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Sides of this Letter Box are:
BTWERHKPSUMO
The answers are:
BRUSHWORKKEMPT
OA.
Likewise.
Yep… glue sticks and glitter.
OA also. Don’t seem to be many options around this box.
Yeah
OA after toiling with:
Worktop,
Brushstrokes,
Horseshoes,
Horseshoes,
Shortest,
Browses,
Meshwork
I think some of the above have pairings.
*Horseshows
Ditto but didn’t find any pairings beside OA! Adding to your list: WORKHORSE(S)
Word Play:
(10-) (8-letters):
(_ _F_ _IS_E_) (_US_ _E_S)
Clue: Something that needs to be completed, if possible.
unfinished business
Hey, PGGIE,
WOW!!! You are correct!
UNFINISHED BUSINESS, indeed! 👍🤓
Yay!!!
☢️🌹
Way to go! I didn’t even come close.
OA for me, and UNFINISHED BUSINESS TOO!
Hey, Ms.GOLDIE,
I’m glad you got it! Yay!!! 👍🤓
☢️🌹
IEH
TAN
MGV
RCD
CLUE: It’s horrific.
NIGHTMARE- EVINCED? ☠️
Hey, Stephie,
Almost! You got half of the OA. But your solution is more efficient by one letter. Also, you’re almost there with the second word. 👍😉
☢️🌹
NIGHTMARE — EVICTED
Hey, SIR BILL DUFFIN,
👍👍
Your solution has better TI and is more efficient than the OA. You got the half of the OA too.
Good job! 🤓🤗
☢️🌹
nightmare / evidence ?
Hey, Mr.DAREDAVEL,
You got the OA! YAY!!! 👍🤓
NIGHTMARE – EVIDENCE. Indeed.
☢️🌹
I got close with BRUSHSTROKES-SWEPT (no M). Close, but no cigar.
BRUSHWORK-KEMPT
In a reasonable amount of time.
BRUSHWORK-KEMPT
In a reasonable amount of time….
OA here as well. Kempt and Unkempt put in frequent appearances on LB, it seems to me. And I suspect it’s another one-off, following yesterday’s panoply of possibilities – a recurring pattern.
BRUSHWORK – KEMPT
Surprised Brushwork would show up so soon after Housework.
Not kibitzing mind you.
😂
I think so too..
Saw Kempt but then fixated on KEPT – TUBEWORMS: so close but no H. Three word solution with KEPT – TUBEWORMS – SHUT (because we don’t need those guys getting out!).
🙂
These 2 words go together. I have no idea what hutkept means.
hutkept / tubeworms
hutkept isn’t a PSW
Its not in the Oxford English dictionary either;
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/spellcheck/english/?q=hutkept
Seemed like it needed to include work, horse, brush, stroke, etc… Brushwork very neatly revealed kempt.
Took me a while to give up on BRUSHSTROKE(S), but finally pivoted to the OA. So much for the run of recent easy/multi-solution puzzles. But, at least the brain cells are still functioning!
Same 🙂
BRUSHWORK—KEMPT
The fine lines in a painting?
🖼️
BRUSH—HOWK—KEMPT
I’m trying to extract a theme from that triple but it’s eluding me.
☕
Proper Paleontology
I can see that one, with the secondary definition of HOUK:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/howk
☕☕
OA after an extended period wrestling with TUBEWORMS.
My stumbling block was WORKHORSE(S).
Wrestling with Tubeworms sounds like just about the worst TV sporting event evah, JTV!
😂
OA but only after spending way too long on WORKHORSE, MESHWORK and BRUSHWORK. I was fixated on WORK, not sure why since I don’t do much of it!
OA after being stuck on BRUSHSTROKE(S) and WORKHORSE(S) for a while
OA
Kept trying BRUSHSTROKE/S too. Settled for 3w: TEMPOS SUB BRUSHWORK. Might’ve seen Kempt if I had tried Brushwork on its own, but I just entered it as my 3rd word, then got locked out for further guesses. Wasn’t sure Brushwork would be accepted.
OA
OA
OA after fixating on WORKHORSE(S) and UPTEMPO.
I do like Uptempo, though!
OA (x5). Found BRUSHWORK early on but had to circle around several times before KEMPT clicked.
OA also. Posting only to say that I really enjoyed solving today’s puzzle. The combination was tough but the words were not obscure.
Chris
OA. Stuck on Brushwork and Tempo until i remembered kempt is a word too.
I’m more used to unkempt.
Isn’t it odd there’s no Couth, only Un? I wonder if there ever was one. I suppose I could find out easily enough, with the aid of the very device I’m using right now, but somehow it seems like too much work. Oh look, there’s Work again. What is the Universe trying to tell me?
I thought COUTH is a word.
Just checked and Merriam-Webster says it means “sophisticated, polished.”
Meant to add, we’re just lucky it’s not Verklempt again. That one really drove ’em to the exits. Ditto Jaguarundi. And who can forget the horrible Vuvuzela! Aieeee!
Ditto!
Here is the full list. There are no Scrabble words today.
** Don’t look at the list if you haven’t finished solving the puzzle **
(The first number is a count and the second number is the number of letters used)
1 – 14 brushwork / kempt
2 – 16 hutkept / tubeworms
Squeaks Sunflower
OA.
Very late. Zoned 💤 out last night.