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| From | HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.puzzles.crosswords, rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries" |
| Date | 2024-03-26 03:20 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <utu7h1$1oba7$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <utqpgm$rh80$1@dont-email.me> |
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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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Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries" Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com> - 2024-03-24 22:02 -0500
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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