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Sides of this Letter Box are:
IZESTBYLANOM
The answers are:
ENZYMESSAILBOAT
METABOLISE—ENZYME
METAZOANS ⇄ SYMBOLISM
SYMBOLISM ⇆ METAZOANS
Yes! SYMBOLISM – METAZOAN here as well. An organism of hidden metaphors perhaps?
Yes, great theme, Susan! And it’s a symmetric pair, which is relatively rare.
BYZANTINE EMBOLISM
Same
Metabolite — Enzymes
METABOLITE – ENZYMES for me too.
BYZANTINE EMBOLISM
after finding a few 3 word solutions.
BYZANTINE-EMBOLISM. However, SYMBIOTE was not accepted. Spider-Man and Venom would be surprised.
Isoenzyme-eatable
METABOLISE / ENZYME as well…
ZOYSIA-AMENABILITY
Wow!, with ZOYSIA.
Building on:
ZOYSIA—ANTIMETABOLITE(S)
👍☕
ANTIMETABOLITES — SLEAZY
LB actually accepted an ANTI- word!
Nice one!
METAZOANS-SYMBOLISES
ISOENZYMES-SATIABLE
BYZANTINE-EMBOLISM
same
Same, BYZANTINE – EMBOLISM. LB accepts BYZANTINE and MANZANITA(S) but not AZOTEMIA or INYOITE (crystal)??!
Ah, that’s good. I ended up with the OA after detouring at Byzantine for awhile. Couldn’t finish it, though. Something must have been blocking the blood flow to the neurons that could have come up with Embolism. Wonder what they’d call that?
Same here
Same.
METABOLITE-ENZYMES
BENZOATES-SLIMY
Same took me forever to come up with embolism
Oscars, anyone?
Same!
*ZANYISM-METABOLISM
*ZANYISM good in OED, Merriam-Webster, Scrabble US (TWL) but not LB
Tried that combo too, didn’t think to check dictionary when LB rejected ZANYISM. Went back to toying with ENZYMES, thinking there must be a -BOAT or an -ABLE hiding in there somewhere, until I saw OA hiding in plain sight.
Great word streak, Richie.
Good LB day.
Thanks!
I had Zoysia-Abatement. Couldn’t use the L.
I was amazed my memory from the 60s was still intact: we had zoysia grass in our backyard (Asian themed). I really don’t have a repertoire of botanical knowledge in general. Domestic plants yes. But it was fun to have that pop out of nowhere.
Same, I thought it would be the OA
BENZOATES – SYMBOLISM
Nice solution! Building on:
BENZOATES—SMILEY
Manzos Sensibility
I had MATZOS-SENSIBILITY
Same
Me too.
Same.
Same
Byzantine embolism
Oh boy!!
BYZANTINE EMBOLISM too.
Phew!
Glad to join you with the same.
ZLOTYS SEMIBASEMENT
Inelegant but 🤷♂️😅
And excellent. 🙂
ZLOTYS?! Looking it up now!!
matzos-sensibility
same
BENZOATES – SMILEY.
Same
ISOENZYME – EATABLE but after a lot of dictionary searches!
TANZANITES SYMBOL
Nice. I gave up on TANZANITES and settled for the OA.
Excellent! I didn’t even think of TANZANITE (that violet blue is my favorite color).
Nice!
ENZYMES – SAILBOAT… swab the poop deck.
😊
ENZYMES – SAILBOAT
Protein cutter.
… digestive dinghy
ZOYSIA — AMENABILITY
Found ENABLEMENT, ENZYME, SATIATE, and then ZOYZIA (just redid my front yard with it last year!). Found AMENABLE and then quickly saw AMENABILITY. There may be lots of ILITY words lurking out there.
ISOENZYME — EATABLE
ISOENZYME — ENABLEMENT
From ENZYME, got ISOENZYME and EATABLE was right there. ENABLEMENT is less efficient but also works.
Grandpa down in Louisiana, passed in 1969,had only zoysia yard I’ve ever seen. He turned me on to some great 1950s sci fi movies ,none of which won Oscar’s I think unless maybe Ray Harryhausen.
Harryhausen was such a perfectionist. He spent incredible amounts of time getting 15 seconds of animation just right. Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, It Came from Beneath the Sea (that one made me afraid of octopuses!), Sinbad series, etc. Nice memories.
isozyme – entablement
BENZOATES – SLIMY in about 15 seconds
Nice!
Found 3! Kept improving on each one til settling in the last
BYZANTINE-EMBOLISM (17/2)
ENZYMES-SAILBOAT (15/2)
BENZOATES-SLIMY (14/2)
Tanzanites—-symbol
ANTIMETABOLITES – SLEAZY
ISOENZYMES – SATIABLE
ENZYMES – SAILBOAT
Very little time this morning , so , for fun, something I saw quickly… antimanitobans sleazy. Or persons who don’t like our Manitoban friends. I’ll come back later
Tanzanites – Symbolism
The message behind the metal.
ZLOTYS SEMIBASEMENT
NEOSYMBOLISM MATZO
Love neosymbolism matzo !
Byzantine Embolism
OA
Zoysia amenability I thought that might be original but I see Bill Duffin found it. Oh well, good company.
Richie too!
AZOTINES* – SYMBOL
BOTANISMS – SLEAZY
Got the OA after a while.
METAZOANS – SYMBOLISM