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Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries"

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HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> wrote:
> On 3/24/2024 8:02 PM, Joshua Kreitzer wrote:
> > This is from Games World of Puzzles, February 2024. The puzzle is 
> >                           "Beginnings and Endings" by Patrick Berry.
> > 
> > The clue is:    Choose a filling for pastries (Hyph.)
> > 
> > and the answer is:    POP-TARTS
> > 
> > The explanation given is:     (opt + parts)
> > 
> > I see how OPT means "choose", and POP-TARTS are "pastries", but I don't 
> > see how "a filling for" can give both PARTS and an anagram or container 
> > indicator. "Filling" could be a container indicator, of course, but that 
> > would mean that "for" would have to be used to define PARTS.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Joshua Kreitzer
> > gromit82@hotmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> "Beginnings and Endings"  -- refers to Switching  (internal Spoonerism)
> 
> 
> filling is a part of POP-Tart
> 
>              Opt-Parts  -------->   Pop-Tarts
> 


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Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries" HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-03-26 03:20 -0700
  Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries" "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-01 19:48 +0000

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