FJs for the 5/14/18 week
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Re: FJs for the 5/14/18 week
And in crosswords, as an answer.Elijah Baley wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 2:46 pm (And Asta shows up as a clue in his own right with some regularity).
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Louisville was the only Southern city that was possibly named for a king that I could think of in the thirty seconds. If I had framed the clue in my mind as "name an important Civil War city," I might have been able to pull Charleston.
I was flummoxed by "written only in cursive"; I couldn't begin to think of what that could mean, and it didn't occur to me to try to think of the UN's official languages.
I checked the "pine to wood" box for Trojan Horse, but I think lucking into interpreting "among those who emerged" as referring to a single occurrence rather than to a series of unconnected births was seminal (ha) to my get.
I didn't check the "not something I recalled seeing previously" box for plumbago because once I came up with it I thought it had a vague ring of familiarity to it, which I suspect came from the BotD game where it appeared.
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Re: FJs for the 5/14/18 week
I had to read tues/wed/thurs on the board. I totally WAGGED Plumbago as a joke answer, while cognizant of the Plumbum / lead equivalence.
I could not get to the Trojan War as I didn't/don't realize it is considered Mythology. Sure there's plenty of hyperbole, but nobody is breathing fire IIRC. Major props to Big Daddy Matty for the snarky comment about the ribs!
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Charlotte on Monday
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Re: FJs for the 5/14/18 week
Knew back pain <-> lumbago; adding the p and seeing "plumb" (lead) quickly confirmed it. Knew Ulysses designed the Trojan Horse, so was pretty confident with that + "pine." NHO basking shark.
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Didn't get any traction Monday or Wednesday. Pscoliosis on Thursday. Did not get shark.
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