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Sides of this Letter Box are:
NAGBLQUOSRDE
The answers are:
GONDOLAARABESQUE
ALGEBRAS—SQUALODONʷ
BARBEQUE—, BARQUE—, BURLESQUE—ENDGOALSʷ
BASQUE—, SQUDGE°—ENDOGLOBULAR°
BURQUAʷ—ALGODONESʷ
GONDOLA—ARABESQUE
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° OED
OA
DOGBONESʷ—SQUALOR
BARGELOADSʷ—SQUALENE
QUEBRADASʷ—SELENOLOGʷ
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QUEBRADA—ALGONEURONSʷ
ENDOGLOBULAR°—ROQUESʷ
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GONDOLA — ARABESQUE/ARABESQUES
Struggled with BARBEQUE/BARBEQUES, BURLESQUE/BURLESQUES, and BAROQUE before finding ARABESQUE/ARABESQUE (reminds me of my daughter’s ballet class!)
LB didn’t accept BABELESQUE.
Likewise. Did you try to match GODSQUADS by any chance?
OA, after stuck in BURLESQUE for a while..
OA here as well. Pretty pleased with myself for getting it too.
Yup, me too. Took a while, though.
BAROQUE ENDULGES*
*see, indulge, formerly also endulge, 1630s, “to grant as a favor.” Apt period. George Washington used it in his letters.
Just for fun:
DUNEBUGS* SQUALOR
*accdg to an article in Railroadman’s Magazine from 1945, a “dunebug” is “a human creature who inhabits the sand dunes, going without shirt or shoes until he turns a lobster color…”
OA. Had a few of Mark’s words too, but didn’t check alternate sources when LB wouldn’t take them.
Quick OA. Ty tried two q words, then Esque suffix. First try arabesque and there was gondola
Bodoque(W) enlarges.