GOT TOO SILLY sits in plain caps above a white, goose-like bird. The bird wears an orange prison uniform. It
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Look at the shadow first. It is black, wolf-shaped, and roughly three times the height of the dog casting it.
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Continue readingThe Dog-Years Ledger: What ‘In Dog Beers I’ve Only Had One’ Teaches About Unit-Swap Clues
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Continue readingThe Boo in the Middle: What a Beer-Toasting Ghost Teaches About Clue Construction
I’M JUST HERE FOR THE BOOS. The words curve around a ghost in sunglasses, two foaming steins raised, and the
Continue readingThe Rooting Interest: What a Four-Vegetable Pun Teaches About Clue Construction
Four root vegetables sit in a row of soil. A carrot, a radish, a beet, an onion — each with
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