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Sides of this Letter Box are:
KCOWNRISJEAU
The answers are:
KINKAJOUUNSCREW
JUNKIES – SCARECROW immediately. Very refreshing to have a relatively easy puzzle after back-to-back fiendish ones!
Have never heard of KINKAJOU before. I wouldn’t have got this one if this was another one of those singular solution arrays. I like the word though, adding it to my vocabulary!
5/6, 32/37
Woohoo, well done – so glad it was a quick one for you, finally. JUNKIES-SCARECROW here too – surprised it’s not the OA, who thinks ‘KINKAJOU’ – after playing around with CASEWORK, JOUNCIER, REINJURES, JERKINS, etc. for a bit.
Though to be fair, kinkajous are ugly cute!
Ditto! Surprised it wasn’t the OA. Never would have come up with KINKAJOU although I’m familiar with the odd-looking mammal 🙂 Off to SB.
In the same boat with you 3. Maybe Sam is (or isn’t) a fan of EB, JP, Cakes, and Lurch – The Sports Junkies – A morning radio show based on DC that I’ve listened to for over 25 years. Nice to be done before the end of the commute. 35/37, 6/6, 9, 16
JUNKIES-SCARECROW
Had same experience, quickly found this sad image…
Another JUNKIES – SCARECROW contestant here. I am surprised by comments by those who thought this solution would be the OA. I mean, JUNKIES? If someone can find another OA that uses a comparably derogatory term I’ll happily concede. On the other hand, KINKAJOU is a little on the precious side. I’m uncertain whether it’s in my passive vocabulary or not, but I can state with absolute certainty that it would *never* have materialized for me no matter how long I’d worked todays puzzle. (Also annoyed that there was no two-word solution involving SKUNKWORKS.)
I agree.Kinkajou is patently absurd as anOA.
Same…
Junkies – Scarecrow(s) after 4 days of failure
Same here
Junkies Scarecrow
Jounces Swankier…
the potholes of Beverly Hills.
or…
The road to fame is littered with broken dreams.
Tragic.
I KNEW swankier had to be possible. *slaps forehead*
Glad I proceeded to find an alternate solution since I accidentally opened this site before solving. Intimidated and dismayed by KINKAJOU at first. Thought it might be a one-off.
JOUNCES – SWANKIER, too.
4/6.
33/37.
Same.
Same. Lots of fun
JOUNCIER—RAWKS
JUNKIES—SCARECROW
12-, 11-:
NANOSCIENCES, NONCANCEROUS, NONINJURIOUS, REINSURANCES, RENUNCIANCES, CAREWORKERS, CASEWORKERS, INCENSORIES, INSOUCIANCE, NANOSCIENCE, RECUSANCIES, REINSURANCE, RENASCENCES, ACESCENCIES, RENUNCIANCE, RESONANCIES
CASEWORK-KINKAJOU
ACAJOUS-SWANKIER
JOUNCIER-RAWKS
KINKAJOUS-SCAREWARE
*JOUKERIES-SWANC*
*JOUKERIES good in OED
*SWANC good in OED
Bouncier – reawakens
Jouncier not bouncier!
JOUNCIER—REWAKES
JOUNCIER REWAKES
Yep- didn’t need the n in reawakens!!
KINKAJOUS SCREW
JUNKIES SCARECROW
That’s what I came up with as well, very quickly. If you jounce the baby, it often rewakes. Certified grandmother here.
JUICERS SNOWSNAKE*
*Native American sport and equipment. When referring to the game it is often spelled as one word.
“How Sport Works” 1988
“Seneca Myths and Folktales” 1923
Junkies scarecrow.
Cujos(w swankier
Kinkajous screw having looked at oa, shorter; surprised not to see it
Correction, Simon with kinkajous screw. Impressive!
Resorted to JOUNCIER RAWKS after somehow missing JOUNCES when I had JOUNCIER and SWANKIER and not being able to hook up CANKEROUS, among a lot of others.
JOUNCES – SWANKIER