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Sides of this Letter Box are:
RNYTCIDBAOFH
The answers are:
HYDROCARBONNIFTY
FIFTH—HYDROCARBON
is Pentane C₅H₁₂
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FIRTH HYDROCARBON. Scottish North Sea oil
Same
OA here, but this one is my favourite!
OA again.
OA as well, for a change!
got the official.. pretty quickly.
OA and also Fifth and Firth Hydrocarbon. I was amused to find Idiocy and Brainfart in a single puzzle. Couldn’t get Hybrid to work, nor Handcraft(y).
The Birdman of LB has been missing in action for a while, but I’ll throw Antbird, Catbird and Friarbird out there to start, plus Finch and Chaffinch (double letter exception).
+ CONDOR + RAINBIRD
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I also tried catbird and wasted a lot of time on handcraft/y
Apologies, Bernie, I didn’t realize anybody cared anymore! Here’s the complete list for today:
🐦 ANI, RIO BRANCO ANTBIRD, ARACARI, CARACARA, CARIB, CATBIRD, CHAT, CONDOR, FINCH, FRIARBIRD, IBON, INCA, IORA, ROBIN, ROBIN-CHAT, TODY, 🐦 🐦 BOOBY, CHAFFINCH, CHIFFCHAFF, COOT, NODDY.
RAINBIRD isn’t an actual bird, but I believe it is a lawn-sprinkler company (or maybe it is two words).
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainbird
That’s cultural nomenclature, not ornithological.
Ok, I see.
Yes, I saw FINCH this morning and wondered if the birdlist was forthcoming!
same 🐦
Thank you, DW! I get a big kick out of birds’ frequently onomatopoeic names.
I was thrilled to see a red-eared grebe a few days back, sunning itself on a rock in a pond.
Gave up after failing to find a match for TACHYCARDIA
Yes, and I was so hoping to pair TACHYON, a hypothetical faster-than-light particle.
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Ugh tried that too!
TACHYCARDIAC* – CARBONIFY works, now that I think of it. I tried both TACHYCARDIA and CARBONIFY, but didn’t think to try this riff until just now.
As did I. (Any further LB stress might have brought on an episode of tachycardia.)
Never saw hydrocarbon (!) and had to settle for:
– Handcraft Toyboy Yin, or Handcrafty Yob Bin. Spent (appropriately) far too much time with Brainfart, never getting anywhere 🙁
Official. Relatively quick
Birdcraft + thanatocracy are words in my world but not here. Oh well. I’m keeping them. Heaven & hell to me, respectively!
CHI—INDRAFT—TOBY
14/3
Noteworthy as it’s the only 14/3 I found today, but there may be others.
OA but disappointed FRAIDYCAT was not accepted.
Fraidycat flew through my mind briefly but never tried it.
Shame on me for being so indifferent, Fraidycat is gorgeous!
OA… Really hoping BRAINFART would pair up.
BRAINFART did pair up, but only (it seems) with TRACHYTOID. Of course, LB did not recognize the latter. I only produced it after noodling with the Merriam-Webster online dictionary after something I thought was a word wasn’t.
Evidently, Trachytoid refers something geological. See, I’ve already forgotten.
Gotta give credit enough for LB recognizing the first word, though.
I sputtered and ran out of gas. No nifty hydrocarbon for me. I wanted “handcraft toybin”, but the second is two words.
I was hoping against hope for Handcraft Toybin too.
Toybox but toy bin 🙁
Yes! I was so hopeful when I saw TOYBIN, then spent way too long trying to find another pair for HANDCRAFT(Y).
Was eventually led to OA by noodling off of carbohydrate. 🤷♂️
DEBUNKING – GRIMACE
hydrocarbon – nifty
Had to take a long break when tachycardia, etc. failed to pair.
Didn’t spot hydro- so was stumped on this one!