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Sides of this Letter Box are:
AEKBCUOGINPL
The answers are:
UNBLOCKINGGAPE
Instant OA, took me less than a minute. I suspect an abundance of solutions today. Looking forward to ‘seeing’ my besties, Irim and RF soon!
Darn it, I paused to talk to someone and you got in!
No OA here, see my post below. Well done, dost!
“BAGEL-LEUKOPENIC immediately…I was hovering between LEUKOPENIA/LEUKOPENIC, then suddenly realised BAGEL was right there and went with the C.
Can’t wait to see you on this Friday, Kanishk and RF, dost (friends): I’m off to a weekend of learning pastoral care for the dying & bereaved.
Good luck, everyone, and happy Friday! Have a good weekend!”
Same here. Took less than a minute
OA also
UNBLOCKING-GAPE
Fast fun today
Same here. Very fast. Too fast. Hoping to delay the drudgery that awaits, but oh well…
OA too. And have lots of it this week I must say. Heheheheh…Took me 10 minutes.
Yay!!! The triumvirate is complete early once again. Well done besties. 😊
I checked my previous answers and if I got MICROBLOG – GAWKY not MICROBLOG – GAWKILY, it would have been 8 OAs in a row to tie to my previous record of 8 OA’s in a row.
Yay, hon, so proud of you!!! And congrats to our triumvirate and all who solve xx
OA. Didn’t make the leap from blocking to unblocking as fast as one might have hoped. But still done with plenty of the commute left. 99/107, 15/17, 1, 36
Well done, RF!! Good job, even I have a five-day OA streak (If I hadn’t failed on MICROBLOG, it would have been a 9-day streak for me!)
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UNBLOCKING – GAPE
NIR
ELT
UYB
CDF
Hint: Correct a mistake (7,7)
B _ U _ _ E _ – _ E _ _ _ F _
BLURRED RECTIFY
Ah, MSC, I think that must be a typo, because consecutive Rs aren’t possible. Still, you got half the OA, so well done!
The correct answer is: BLUNDER – RECTIFY
BLUNDER – RECTIFY.
Correct, RF, that’s the right answer! Congrats!!
BAGEL-LEUKOPENIC immediately…I was hovering between LEUKOPENIA/LEUKOPENIC, then suddenly realised BAGEL was right there and went with the C.
Can’t wait to see you on this Friday, Kanishk and RF, dost (friends): I’m off to a weekend of learning pastoral care for the dying & bereaved.
Good luck, everyone, and happy Friday! Have a good weekend!
Miss Irim you have a very smart solution. Good job! 👏👍
Irim, I’m impressed! LEUKOPENIC is SUCH a great word! Congrats on the exotic solve – and thanks for the new word 😉
Unblocking Gape
Unblocking Gape
OA 30 seconds , nice to have an easier one
Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy today!
Agreed! OA here to and in under a minute- or 2;)
Unblocking Gape…
Get the drool tool and a mop.
Sometimes the mind is asleep before the fingers. Phalanx humor; I don’t get it.
LEUKOPENIC CABLING
Same
PIKI INCOAGULABLE*
*OED, Century Dictionary
Populace & Ebanking
Ditto. I almost didn’t even try EBANKING and was surprised it was accepted. It’s no LEUKOPENIA, but I’ll take it!
Also:
Opulence & Ebanking
Selected Solutions:
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PENGUIN—NONBLACK
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UNBLOCKING—GAPE
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OPULENCE—EBANKING
POPULACE—EBANKING
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BAGEL—LEUKOPENIC
LEUKOPENIC—CABLING
Wow! U found a ton!
I think my fav was PENGUIN—NONBLACK. At first I thought it may be akin to the proverbial black swan. Or even a white raven. Then I learned there are, in fact, penguins that do not have black in their feathers.
I just came up with penguin – nonblack myself.
Got as far as blocking – gape but not seeing the un part!
So I feel redeemed that I came up with the albino penguin 😊
OA fairly quickly for once
OA, and kind of surprised it was… There seemed to have been a lot of possibilities today.
Frustratingly slow OA here. Too much linebacking backup policing pipelining etc
Saw blocking, saw unblocking, saw gape . Happy days