2nd of the theme entry identifiers and if you rearrange the four letters below it, you have another LEAF! BEND is also a town in Oregon with Mt Hood in reposeĦ5. This one's the noun version: "Shakespeare's use of ASIDEs and soliloquies" as opposed to the adverb: "they pushed their plate ASIDE"ģ4. This clue's OK I might've used "Ant" or "Odor" followersģ3. This one's the verb: "the precision with which surgeons can EXCISE brain tumors"ģ1. Similar to 23-Across, in that the word has two very different meanings depending on whether it's a verb, noun, adverb, etc. This could also be an "expected" result, as proved by this Moe-ku (here's hoping):Ģ7. "the memory had the power to make her cheeks turn ROSY"Ģ3. As Dictionary dot com defines: (especially of a person's skin) colored like a pink or red rose, typically as an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment. A popular phrase back in the mid-1800's, it's making a comeback. I doubt it was easy for him to design and fill thisĪnyhow, let's visit the clues and answers to see how this all fits together! I'm sure that Paul will stop by and add his comments. But as I look at the words he used, none of the 37 short words seemed forced or unusual either as an abbreviation OR an actual word, with one or two exceptions. 24 of these were 4-letter words, and 13 were 3-letter words. Which left 76 words and 179 letters to fill. Yes, there are 46 blocks pretty high number for a Friday, but the grid still looks "open". Paul DEFINITELY used some construction "magic". But to use all four of the corners (NW, NE, SW, SE) for the reveal (each being a four-letter word), as well as having all three entries be four-letter words, and then having THOSE words fall on top of the anagrams of LEAF. All 15x15 puzzles have a total of 225 squares to fill. Now, if your puzzle came with no circled letters for those 3 synonyms, then you'd probably be "SOL".Īs Lemondade714 pointed out in a previous recap, Friday puzzles are most often ones with fewer "blocks" (the black squares) and a higher letter count. And since FLEA is the only recognized anagram of the word LEAF, all three of the ones highlighted in the puzzle grid are truly NEW. As obvious as the nose on my face! Just below the words "SPIN", "BEND", and "EDDY" is an anagram of the word "LEAF"! And since the words SPIN, BEND, and EDDY all mean "TURN", then they do, literally TURN, OVER A NEW "LEAF". (who read my late night post on Wednesday) I got an email from her suggesting where I should focus my view. Apparently I couldn't see the forest for the trees, as I was focusing on how the circled words in the puzzle RELATED to the theme instead of just looking below them. I was scratching my head trying to figure out this puzzle and its theme correctly.
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