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Sides of this Letter Box are:
AFHTIORLDWEC
The answers are:
AIRFLOWWATCHED
Ha, first comment! ORCHID-DELFTWARE
I like this one!
✔
WRETCHED-DEFOLIATE
Same
Me too, pretty quickly.
AIRFLOW – WATCHED
Don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Got the OA fairly quick after toying around with CHOCOLATED and WHOLEHEARTED.
Wholehearted Deific 😊
Thanks. I wonder how I never saw DEIFIC!
Wholehearted – Deific here as well. A religious zealot. Suspect there are a lot of possible solves today. Happy to have finished it quickly. Was slightly disappointed I couldn’t finish TAILFEATHER, though. Would have been fun to shake that answer around.
AIRFLOW WATCHED
I thought waterfowl was a strong contender but couldn’t make it work.
OA on first try
FLORID-DEATHWATCH
CHOWDERHEAD-DEFOLIATE
WATERCOLORED-DEATHIFIED
WATERFOWLER-RICOCHETED
WHEREFORE-EDICTAL
FELWORT-TETRACHLORIDE
*FLICHTERED-DOWAR*
*FLICHTERED good in OED
*DOWAR good in OED
*TRACHEIDAL-LOWLIFE
*TRACHEIDAL good in OED
*CHLORIDATED-DOWF*
*CHLORIDATED good in OED
*DOWF good in OED
CHLORIDE-EARTHWOLF*
*EARTHWOLF good in Collins, Wiktionary
WHIFT-TRICOLATED
*CHLORIDIC-COWFETERIA*
*CHLORIDIC good in Collins, Wiktionary
*COWFETERIA good in Collins, Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
Florid Deathwatch
I have my rites!
Flowier ratcheted
Fixing to come a flood.
😊
😄 Good job. Same solution here but couldn’t come up the TI.
Solution: Florid Deathwatch
AIRFLOW—WATCHED/WRETCHED
FLORID—DEATHWATCH
FLATWATER—RICOCHETED
CHOWDERHEAD—DEFOLIATE
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CROCODILE—EARTHWOLFʷ
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ʷ Wiktionary
Airflow wretched
Flowier ratcheted
Airflow watched
AIRFLOW–WRETCHED. No wonder I snore.
OA without too much of a struggle
Also FRATRICIDAL LOWLIHEAD*
*MW
WATCHER REFOLIATED*
*W and many books:
“Guide to Wildlife Tree Management in New England Northern Hardwoods” 1987
A bit more obscure 🙂
CHOWDER REFILTRATE*
*”The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure” 1761.
FICHEL* LEADWORT
*”Dictionary for the Scottish Traveller”Scottish word for cloth.
WORTHIER REFOCILATED*
Var. of Refocillated
*”New Dictionary of the English and Dutch language” 1851
Not very efficient, but FLOWIER – RATCHETED for me
WHOLEHEARTED DEIFIC
And finally, in memory of Jan Michael Vincent:
AIRWOLF* FETCHED
*farfetched but fun TV show.
WHEREFORE-EDICTAL here. A legalistic solution.
Airflow Wretched
FLOWIER-RATCHED
WATERFOWLER – RATCHED
chowderhead-defoliate
airflow – watched
Lilapsophobia
Somehow I cancelled my name with yesterday’s answer.
airflow – watched
Lilapsophobia
Obviously overthought this…
CHOWDERHEAD – DEFOLIATED
Waterfowler-ricocheted
Missed the duck and lost an eye
Whereof fratricidal