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Okay, last day I’m gonna mention this because, well, it’s the last day I’m posting before the big event. Boswords. This Sunday. Loads at stake. Well, loads in the puzzlin’ world. Grand prize is entrance fee to next year’s ACPT. Constructors? You’ve got Joon Pahk, tournament directors John Lieb and Andrew Kingsley, Laura Braunstein, David Quarfoot, and somebody named Brendan Quigley. I think the last guy owes me some money. Anyway, should be a blast. As of this writing we’ve got 138 competitors. Can we get to 150? I think we can. Make it happen and sign up today.
Oh, entrepreneur Roy Leban tells me that everyone who attends Boswords will get a free ebook from Puzzazz. So if you’re an iOS person, you should take him up on that offer. Loads of fun stuff in there.
Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
BEQ,
Does the free ebook apply to the people who can’t attend but bought the at home version? I fall into that category. Thanks.
I solved the puzzle and figured out how to anagram the four words to get the alternate versions, but for the life of me, I don’t know why this puzzle is labeled “Pusher.” Any idea?
Look at those four clues – is there something in common in the pattern of how the answers are anagrammed?
Dude, you messed up. The full word for “bra” is “brassiere.” Long way from “brasserie.”
PUSH – ER i.e., add an “er” in the middle of the word.
BEQ did not mess up. The correct rule is to move the letters “er” from one position to another in a common word or phrase to obtain the theme answer.
“Brasserie”, a French restaurant is obtained by moving the letters “er” back before the “i” from the original word “brassiere”.
All of the theme answers work by moving the letters “er”.
I thought 47A was a mistake until I looked up Tim Tebow’s Wikipedia article. Talk about misdirection…
You might want to change the wording of the clue for 67A, since “urge” is in one of the answers.
Great puzzle. Took a while to figure out it was changing position, not subtracting.