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◆ · Di Hydrologist Guy · Pubblicato 2024-09-14T13:05:06.402Z

Constructor's Note

The pun in 2-Down might be a little painful. Please let me apologize up front.

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It sounds a little like a pair of wharves. / It also sounds like a pair of dwarves / In a story where they cloned the dwarf named Doc. / Now, a tale of two Docs, though it be fiction, / Comes off to me as a contradiction -- / A situation in which logic "takes a walk".

Orizzontali

1A
It sounds a little like a pair of wharves. / It also sounds like a pair of dwarves / In a story where they cloned the dwarf named Doc. / Now, a tale of two Docs, though it be fiction, / Comes off to me as a contradiction -- / A situation in which logic "takes a walk".
5A
There's more than one way to look at things, two sides to every story. / You'll need ten sides for this thing, though; that's just mandatory.
6A
To provide understanding through thoughtful description. About this word, I'll add this query: / Is it also a grassland that gets covered with trees and is no longer considered a prairie?

Verticali

1D
Shakespeare's original phrasing was, "To sleep? A dream perchance will bother." / He changed it, though, for the line brought forth an image of his Spanish father.
2D
To snap the cap back on a just-used felt-tip pen, / Or to summarize what happened, noting the highlights once again. / (It sounds a little like a phone tool that probably wouldn't sell -- / You press an icon, and your phone emits a strong and hideous smell.)
3D
A church might proclaim this set of tenets. But here's what's really rich: / Read as two words, you get something quite different, something that's literally a bitch!
4D
Remove the first letter from this noble gas and switch the next two around. / What do you get? A noble gas! And how's this for profound: / Written backward, it's a way that you could fill your ballot out / If you deem none of the candidates noble - consider each a heinous lout.

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