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Sides of this Letter Box are:
IWHCSLMAONTU
The answers are:
COLUMNISTTHAW
CHOWS SIMULATION
Chaws simulation
CULMINATIONS SHOW
This was my solve as well. That’s all folks!
COLUMNISTS SWATH. Though I tried with LUMINOUS and STATISTICIANS…both lovely words 🙂
Same here.
COLUMNIST—THAW
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HUMILIATIONS ⇄ SWATCH
SWATCH ⇆ HUMILIATIONS
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CHAINSAWS—STIMULATION(S)
COLUMNISTS / SWATCH
Culminations/Cumulations with Shaw/Show/Shawl
CULMINATIONS – SHOW immediately.
Likewise.
And here as well!
Same. CUMULATIONS – SHOW right away.
MULTICHAIN – NOWS° (°OED)
Of course there are NOWS. What else would come between the BEFORES and AFTERS. Welcome to the Multiverse, LB.
OWLISM—MULTICHAIN
THIS! Goin’ deep two days in a row? I’m still pondering Job; now the multiverse? Excellent!
culminations show…
Laugh lines!
*CUMSHAWS-SIMULATION
*CUMSHAWS good in OED
*MUSICALISATIONS-SHOW
*MUSICALISATIONS good in OED
CHAWL-LUMINATIONS*
*LUMINATIONS good in OED
*LUCTATIONS-SHAWM
*LUCTATIONS good in OED
*NONMUSICAL-LOWTH
*NONMUSICAL good in Merriam-Webster
*ACTINIUMS-SHOWL*
*ACTINIUMS good in Scrabble US (TWL), Wiktionary
*SHOWL good in OED
WOTCHA-ALUMINAS*
*ALUMINAS good in OED
*NOCTILUCAS-SHAWM
*NOCTILUCAS good in Merriam-Webster
SHAWMS-SUCTIONAL*
*SUCTIONAL good in OED
*HOLOCAUSTIC-CWMIN*
*HOLOCAUSTIC good in OED, Collins, Wiktionary
*CWMIN good in OED
Good one! I had tried HOLOCAUST TOWNISM* but could only come up with obscure examples. Also Twainism, but that is capitalized.
Thanks
SNOWCAT—THULIUM
OWLISM—MULTICHAIN
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SWASTICA°—ANHALONIUM^
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° OED, ^Merriam-Webster
MULTICAST—TOWNISH
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ALUMINIC—COWSHOT°
NONMUSICAL^—LOWTHS
MUCHACHOS—STOWNLINS°
CUSHAWS—SOLICITATIONISM°
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° OED, ^ Merriam-Webster
MULTINATIONALISMS-SWATCH
Quite inefficient solve, but oh well
MULTINATIONALISMS is definitely the word of the day! 🙂
luminous swatch
Same
LUMINOUS – SWATCH here too
LUMINOUS – SWATCH here too.
Had to let go of multinational to get to this. I see from BSJ I could have used ism on the end to make that work. Oh well, I’m happy I found this.
Watch humiliations
WATCH – HUMILIATIONS also.
Sit through Dancing with the Stars.
WATCH-HUMILIATIONS also.
Gaudy timepieces.
CONSULTATIONS – SHAWM
WATCHLISTS-SIMULATIONS
Not efficient, but definitely an accurate description of my watchlists…
MULTICASTS-SHOWN
HUMILIATIONS — SWATCH
Started with NATION/NATIONAL/NATIONALISM/NATIONALISTIC but couldn’t pair with anything.
Then I tried CAUSATION, but LB doesn’t like CAUSATIONAL or CAUSATIONISM.
Went with SOCIAL/SOCIALISM (NATIONAL SOCIALISM is two words unfortunately)
Finally found HUMILIATION/HUMILIATIONS and then found SWATCH.
MWALIMU/MWALIMUS were not accepted as well.
S(t)imulations swatch quickly. Watchlists s(t)imulation(s)
Was beginning to think I was the only one with SIMULATIONS—SWATCH
Nope, me too. Not the most efficient but does the trick!
Multinationalisms swatch
Luminous swatch
LUMINOUS SWATCH quickly, was surprised it wasn’t the OA.
Same, assumed it would be OA
SIMULATIONS – SWATCH
Thanks to knitters!
Columnists – Swath
Columnists – Swaths
Columnists – Swatch
Columnists – Shaw
Columnists – Shaws
Columnists – Shawl
after finding Nationalists, Actional, Astonish first
Stimulations -Swatch
I saw stimulations right away and swatch immediately followed. Not efficient but fast.
Culminations-show
Ditto.
CALUMNIATIONS SHOW
CALUMINOUS SWATCH
SWATCH-HUMILIATION
Same
CHAINSAWS STIMULATION
that sounds rather nasty
Cumulations – Swath or Swat or Swatch
LUMINOUS SWATCH found in seconds.
SIMULATIONS – SWATCH