BRING YOUR "A" GAME
Horace and I haven't done a Sunday puzzle together in, well, a month of Sundays, but due to special circumstances (see below), we decided to write the review ASONE. I was pleasantly a-mused by today's theme. The puzzle title and revealer, "Bring your 'A' Game," tells you what you need to know to reinterpret common phrases by either merging the indefinite article 'A' with the first word of the phrase or by separating it from the first word. In the former case, we have HALFAWAKE ("Just the refreshments, not the viewing?"), or 'half a wake,' and, one of my favorites, BRUSHEDASIDE ("Painted 25% of the house?") - ha! In the latter case, we have AWARDOFTHESTATE ("Lottery prize?"), or 'award of the state' and the excellent "Successfully used Rogaine?" (SLOWLYGREWAPART). Hairlarious! And how about, "Make one's long story overly short" - ABRIDGETOOFAR. Grade A material, in my book.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for ... the big announcement is that ASOF tomorrow we welcome a new guest blogger, Philbo! He's EMANUEL know as a regular commentor and speed solver on this blog. We made his acquaintance during the online-only A.C.P.T. in 2021, and then met him in real life in Stamford when the tournaments went live again. Despite generally being ONTOP of his game, some LAPSE on his part lead him to agree to a try a week of reviews and he's too honorable to WELCH out, so stay tuned for tomorrow when Philbo gives HAFDTNYTXPFCA, admittedly ACUTETRIANGLE, a chance to square off.
Easy and breezy and fun, I think. SLOWLY GREW A PART is my favorite, but they're all pretty CUTE. Philbo! Looking forward to it!
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