Fun vibe with such fun clues like a PIRATE SHIP being an antagonist on the main and dancers having a ball at a DISCO. I enjoyed Christina's last take on literal interpretations more than this one, but it's hard to resist the allure of an Iverson / Donaldson collab two of my favorite crossworld people. With respect to Modern English, Old English did not include J, U, and W. Especially with the BICENTENNIAL CENTER being outdated, I'd have preferred something easier to spot, like A (PENNY) SAVED IS A (PENNY) EARNED. The Old English alphabet was recorded in the year 1011 by a monk named Byrhtferð and included the 24 letters of the Latin alphabet (including ampersand) and 5 additional English letters: Long S (), Eth (Ð and ð), Thorn (þ), Wynn () and Ash ( later Æ and æ). It is professional enough to satisfy academic standards, but accessible enough to be used by anyone. The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internets go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms. CENT isn't easy to imagine in there, either - this geography dummy ARAL as a US time zone and didn't look back. Tremendous thanks and appreciation to all of you. I wasn't hot on BI(CENT)ENNIAL (CENT)ER, because it was so hard to change mindsets and allow the possibility of not just a single rebus square, but a pair of them. ![]() Maybe it was the required mental leap from BUCK to SINGLE? This doubling stretched plausibility. Second play on BUCK this week! STRETCHING A BUCK gave us doubled SSIINNGGLLEE, along the same lines as Christina's previous literalisms puzzle, but it didn't work as well this time. So well-hidden in IN CAN, ASSET, BUTTE, and AL BUM, too. Unscramble Scrabble Words Word Unscrambler and Word Generator, Word Solver, and Finder for Anagram Based Games Like Scrabble, Lexolous, Anagrammer, Jumble Words, Text Twist, and Words with Friends. MAKING ENDS MEET hauled ass, four synonyms for "ends" meeting in the middle of the puzzle. And like all good cruciverbalists, I love me some wordplay.
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