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Dropboxes XIX
In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related.
1. Wander aimlessly [_] 2. Tropical mammals [_] 3. Set of steps
4. Chihuahuas, for instance [_] 5. Movie theater [_] 6. Chop finely
7. Small waterway [_] 8. Be pungent [_] 9. Barely achieve, as a win
10. At the same time as [_] 11. Crush, like coffee beans [_] 12. Planetary jewelry?
13. Not poetry [_] 14. Tiny opening [_] 15. For each
16. Conifers [_] 17. Move like a top [_] 18. Drink slowly
1. Wander aimlessly [_] 2. Tropical mammals [_] 3. Set of steps
4. Chihuahuas, for instance [_] 5. Movie theater [_] 6. Chop finely
7. Small waterway [_] 8. Be pungent [_] 9. Barely achieve, as a win
10. At the same time as [_] 11. Crush, like coffee beans [_] 12. Planetary jewelry?
13. Not poetry [_] 14. Tiny opening [_] 15. For each
16. Conifers [_] 17. Move like a top [_] 18. Drink slowly
Answer
1. traipse [E] 2. tapirs [P] 3. stair4. Mexican [X] 5. cinema [A] 6. mince
7. creek [C] 8. reek [R] 9. eke
10. during [U] 11. grind [D] 12. ring
13. prose [S] 14. pore [O] 15. per
16. pines [E] 17. spin [N] 18. sip
"Excuse" and "pardon" -- two synonyms
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