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Sides of this Letter Box are:
OUTSREBADGCH
The answers are:
HEDGEHOGSSUBTRACT
GARTHS—SUBCODE
SUBROGATED—DODECAHEDRA
BUDGET—THEOCRATS
COASTGUARDS—SAGEBUSH
BEARHUGS—SUGARCOATED
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DEATHBEDS ⇄ SUGARCOATED
SUGARCOATED ⇆ DEATHBEDS
SUGARCOATED – DEATHBEDS here. The TI was delightfully sweet!
DEATHBEDS-SUGARCOAT for me
Deathbeds Sugarcoat
C’mon doc, give it to me straight
Deathbeds Sugarcoat
Husband wants to know, what do puzzlers call it when you can connect words on both ends such as
Deathbeds Sugarcoated
Sugarcoated Deathbeds?
I refer to them as symmetrical pairs. Others have called them reversibles at times.
👍
Coastguards – Sagebrush
DECOCTS / SAGEBRUSH here.
Hogs, subtracted
COASTGUARD – DEATHBED
HRDGEHOGS SUBTRACT(S)(ED)
After a few days of defeat.
BOGART TRUSTED DODECAHEDRA
Everybody needs something to believe in.
(The stopper of his whisky decanter was shaped like this.)
HOGS SUBTRACTED
Likewise.
Same. No need at all for the hedge.
or HOGS-SUBTRACTED
That’s what I got.
HUBS – SUGARCOATED
HUBS – SUGARCOATED
Ain’t he sweet?
Same.
The result of a man singing Def Leppard’s biggest hit to his wife. Also the answer I came up with.
❤️
Same
HUBS – SUGARCOATED as well
Oh the same for me today. 🙂
HOBS-SUGARCOATED
HOGS-SUBTRACTED
COHOS-SUBROGATED
DECOCTS-SAGEBRUSH
HARBORAGE-EDUCTS
GATECRASHED-DORBUG*
*DORBUG good in Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble US (TWL)
COASTGUARD-DEATHBEDS
EARTHBOARDS-SUGARCOAT
BUDGET-THEOCRATS
SHORTBOARDS-SUGARCOATED
GARTHS-SUBCODE
*HATGUARDS-SCOBE*
*HATGUARDS good in Collins, Wiktionary, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
*SCOBE good in OED, Wiktionary
Oy
SUGARBUSH
HEDGEHOG(S)
ROASTED
STARBOARD(ED)
DOGSAT
SUBCODE
Same (cg-db)
HUAGO-OBSTRUCTED
BODEGAS-SHORTCRUST
Oops, HAUGO
HEARTBEATS-SUGARCOATED
DUSTCOATS-SAGEBRUSH
COASTGUARD DEATHBED
Same
Same here
Me too. Sounds like a shipwreck
hubs sugarcoated
Same
Hubs Sugarcoated
Bearhugs sugarcoated
HOBOS SUGARCOATED (or BOHOS).
sugarcoated-deathbed
A very weird and inefficient combo but it worked.
SUGARCOATED – DEATHBED
Bitter with the sweet.
🤗
OA
Dustcoats — Sagebrush
And that’s the best I could do.
HOBS-SUGARCOATED
The stove after making jalebis.
Hubs Sugarcoated as well
decocts – sagebrush
Decocts Sagebrush
Lone cowboy’s cocktail
HEARTBEATS — SUGARCOATED
Found HEART, BEAT, HEARTBEATS, and then SUGAR, SUGARCOAT, SUGARCOATED
Tried to make HEARTHRUGS work, but couldn’t. LB didn’t like DRUGBOATS or HEARTDRUGS
shortboards sugarcoated
BUDGET THEOCRATS
Nice!
Best answer
GARTHS-SUBCODE
Was looking for that pair for SUBCODE!
Shortboards-sugarcoated
a sweet surf
Hogs – Subtracted
Hedgehogs – Subtracted
Hubs – Sugarcoated
AGUACATE-EARTHBOARDS
Nice! I was looking for -BOARDS, but I am unfamiliar with EARTHBOARD (plow).
THROBS-SUGARCOATED
Not the most efficient but I liked the combination.
Hocus Subrogated
Same here
Hogs subtracted. Hedgehog subtract(Ed)
Got OA and HOGS SUBTRACTED
Also BEGUSHED* DECORATE
*I found Begushed in a couple of 19th-century books, poetry and religious texts. For example: “Satan Chained” by Nathaniel Dunn. 1875
Also CATHECTS* SUBROGATED
*MW
Or CATHEDRAS* same.
OA
BOGUS STEGOSAURUS STASHED DETECTED
The latest headline
Hubs/throbs sugarcoated
Very frustrated today. Thought I had a winner with BOGUS – SHORTCOATED. SHORTCOATED not accepted.
Stuck on BEGRUDGED and couldn’t work it in.
SHORTBOARDS SUGARCOAT
OOPS – SHORTBOARDS SUGARCOATED
Hubs – sugarcoated for me
HOBS SUGARCOATED
Hogs Subtracted
Costards sagebrush
Boardshorts-Sugarcoated
Although it seems I went the hard way, at least I don’t see anyone else with that answer!
Deathbeds – sugarcoat
Throbs and Sugar Coated
uninvited Artificial Insects!
ROBUG – GATECRASHED