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12-12-2003, 07:03 PM

I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer".
This should be easy, I thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four
letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF could be well enough known to
be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!

Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too
obscure for the crossword puzzling public.

The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".

D'oh!

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12-13-2003, 05:17 AM

E-D-D-Y

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer".
> This should be easy, I thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four
> letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF could be well enough known to
> be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!
>
> Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too
> obscure for the crossword puzzling public.
>
> The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".
>
> D'oh!
>
> --
> Warm Regards,
>
> Claire Petersky
> Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com
>
> Home of the meditative cyclist:
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12-13-2003, 05:20 AM

J-O-O-P

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer".
> This should be easy, I thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four
> letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF could be well enough known to
> be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!
>
> Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too
> obscure for the crossword puzzling public.
>
> The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".
>
> D'oh!
>
> --
> Warm Regards,
>
> Claire Petersky
> Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com
>
> Home of the meditative cyclist:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at:
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>
>

12-14-2003, 05:12 AM

Gerard Garcia wrote:
> E-D-D-Y
>

M-E-R-X

:-)

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12-14-2003, 10:38 AM

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:12:31 -0500, Kamus of Kadizhar
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>M-E-R-X

Mercx sense to me...

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12-14-2003, 01:45 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:12:31 -0500, Kamus of Kadizhar
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> >M-E-R-X
>
> Mercx sense to me...
>
> Guy
> ===
> May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
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Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.

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12-14-2003, 02:43 PM

Howard Kveck wrote:

> Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.

Pun? Joke? Whaaas' dat?

:-)

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12-14-2003, 03:14 PM

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 06:17:39 -0800, "Gerard Garcia"
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>E-D-D-Y

GREG

12-14-2003, 04:01 PM

>I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer".
>This should be easy, I thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four
>letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF could be well enough known to

>>E-D-D-Y

>GREG

or (Le) MOND

Not to forget ANDY and RAUL.

or maybe just FAST (or VITE. I don't suppose they were looking for VELO)
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12-14-2003, 05:46 PM

In article <brisjc$94fm$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Kamus of Kadizhar <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Howard Kveck wrote:
>
> > Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.
>
> Pun? Joke? Whaaas' dat?
>
> :-)

Well, ok then. But that word does get misspelled often - even by
frequent posters here (sorry, Bruce! heh.), so it's an easy mistake to make
to assume it was again. You don't have to look too far to find it... First
I thought it was a play on Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, which many
around here might think was a more appropriate answer for the puzzle
question. So there ya go.

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Howard

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