Thursday, August 7, 2025

Thursday, August 7, 2025, Ben Zimmer

0:11:48
Mini: 0:00:28
Connections: Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow
Wordle: 1Y1G first guess; three
Strands: No hints

LATTE

It seems so straightforward now, but finished this without figuring out the trick, which is explained in the central revealer FRUITLESSLY (... how to read the answers to...). So, for

TOPEARNERS (Mixtures in copier cartridges)
IMPEACHED (Chatted online, in brief)
ROMANGODS (Some fishing gear)
and
PROBLEMONE (Investigate in detail)

fruits need to be removed from each one for the answers to make sense. I'm not sure PROBLEMONE is a normal thing to say, but I could be out of the loop.

The last square for me today was the first square of the puzzle - "Speeding check" (BUMP) and "Be up" (BAT) just were not clicking for me. Honestly, I was so stumped that I started to run the alphabet. Luckily, I skipped "A" as being highly improbable. :)

I enjoyed the QMCs for PUERTO (P.R. piece?), ELS (Trains for the Chicago White Sox?), and NAN (Grammy, in the U.K.). 

- Horace

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