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Threesomes [4 remaining to solve]
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05/12/23 07:07 PM
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A favorite of mine from years past, this puzzle by Stitchman uses an alphabetical list of seemingly unrelated words which are combined into groups of three in a category. Your job is to find three words related to each other 'and' match them with one of the lettered categories. Oh by the way...some words appear to fit in more than one category  manXman found the first Threesome   1. Bilbo Baggins 2. Board 3. British Army Captain 4. Camelot 5. Canoe 6. Defibrillator 7. Dice 8. Dodger 9. Dominos 10. Eight 11. Electric Eels 12. Ferry 13. Fraternities 14. Gladys Knight 15. Godfather’s 16. Greece 17. High 18. Holy Grail 19. Hungry Howie's 20. Ice 21. IKEA 22. Kayak 23. Kiss 24. Knight 25. Lima 26. Little Caesars 27. Madam 28. Navy 29. Oil 30. Paris 31. Ping Pong 32. Pinto 33. Prussian34. Racecar 35. Radar 36. Round Table 37. Rubik 38. San Salvador 39. Scuba 40. Seoul 41. Sky 42. Slugs 43. String 44. Sugar 45. Surf BoardCategories: A. Acronyms B. Alliterative word pairs C. Beans D. Cubes E. Diving F. King Arthur G. Palindromes H. Pizza Chains I. Shades of Blue J. Slippery Things K. Things With Paddles L. Things with Pips M. Water craft N. Words that have a Homophone O. World Capitals A. 21.23.35 IKEA, Kiss, Radar B. 1.11.19 Bilbo Baggins, Electric Eels, Hungry Howie's C. 28.32.43 Navy, Pinto, String D. 7.37.44 Dice, Rubik, Sugar E. 2.17.39 Boards, High, Scuba F. 4.18.24 Camelot, Holy Grail, Knight G. 22.27.34 Kayak, Madam, Racecar H. 15.26.36 Godfather's Little Caesars, Round Table I. 8.33.41 Dodger, Prussian, Sky J. 20.29.42 Ice, Oil, Slugs K. _ _ _ L. 3.9.14 British Army Captain, Dominos, Gladys Knight M. 5.12.45 Canoe, Ferry, Surf Board N. 10.16.40 Eight, Greece, Seoul O. 30.25.38 Paris, Lima, San Salvador
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Re: Threesomes
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05/13/23 10:27 AM
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Good morning everyone ... this puzzle will require analysis of everyone's attempted and/or successful solutions  Michele, you have two correct for both L & B manXman, you have two correct OldBroad, you have two correct Hi Remi, you have one correct Flotsam, you have two correct Hello JBOliver, you have one correct RedZ, you have two correct 
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Re: Threesomes
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05/13/23 10:34 AM
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LOL!! Let's try: C. navy, string, sugar
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Re: Threesomes
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05/13/23 10:34 AM
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H. Godfather's, Hungry Howie's, Little Caesars 
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Re: Threesomes
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05/14/23 07:48 AM
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OldBroad, you've got two correct which includes your new pick Lex, you've got two correct Michele, B has two correct which includes your new pick but your L choices only have one correct Redz, for N your two originals are still correct; for O you have two correct Hi manXman Ding Ding Ding Ding ... well done! FogFighter, you've got two correct Happy Mother's Day to our mom's!  Never give up, never surrender!
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Re: Threesomes
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05/15/23 08:18 AM
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Michele, you’ve got two correct for B and two correct for L … you’re making progress Redz, you’ve got two correct for N and two correct for O … you’re making progress Lex, you and Marian have two correct for H Lex, you have two correct for L OldBroad … Ding Ding Ding Ding ... well done you solved BOTH the “bean and slippery connections”! FogFighter … Ding Ding Ding Ding ... well done you solved the “King Arthur connection”! manXman, you’ve got two correct for A Never give up, never surrender!
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Re: Threesomes [4 good solves now]
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05/15/23 02:00 PM
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Redz, you’ve got one correct for K ...  tar and feathers ... love it! Remi, you’ve got one correct for A Michele, OldBroad and Redz Ding Ding Ding Ding ... for B, L, M, N and O Never give up, never surrender!
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Re: Threesomes
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05/15/23 06:29 PM
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Re: Threesomes [4 good solves now]
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05/16/23 08:28 AM
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manXman and Michele Ding Ding Ding Ding ... for D & I Michele, you’ve got two correct for K Never give up, never surrender!
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Re: Threesomes [4 remaining to solve]
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05/16/23 03:18 PM
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A. IKEA, Kiss, radar  Hi soot
Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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Re: Threesomes [4 remaining to solve]
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05/19/23 06:56 PM
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Three more bite the dust manXman, Bernie and Lex Ding Ding Ding Ding ... for A, E & H Never give up, never surrender!
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Re: Threesomes [4 remaining to solve]
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05/21/23 07:18 AM
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Yes indeed Lex, an odd practice!
Have a good day everyone!
: wave 2:
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I can make a new attempt with F. Camelot, Holy Grail, Knight 
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