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Dropboxes XXVII
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. Exhibit excellence [_] 2. 2, 13, and 41 [_] 3. Scrooge
4. Stiffens clothing [_] 5. Leading lady [_] 6. Peaks
7. Shenanigans [_] 8. Hardly enough [_] 9. Set of actors
10. Wrench away [_] 11. Meat cooked with vegetables [_] 12. Assemble a garment
13. Diamond's surfaces [_] 14. Coffee shops [_] 15. Front, as of a head
1. Exhibit excellence [_] 2. 2, 13, and 41 [_] 3. Scrooge
4. Stiffens clothing [_] 5. Leading lady [_] 6. Peaks
7. Shenanigans [_] 8. Hardly enough [_] 9. Set of actors
10. Wrench away [_] 11. Meat cooked with vegetables [_] 12. Assemble a garment
13. Diamond's surfaces [_] 14. Coffee shops [_] 15. Front, as of a head
Answer
1. impress [S] 2. primes [P] 3. miser4. starches [H] 5. actress [A] 6. crests
7. antics [I] 8. scant [N] 9. cast
10. wrest [R] 11. stew [T] 12. sew
13. facets [T] 14.
cafes [S] 15. face
"Shirt" and "pants" -- basic elements of apparel
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This one was complicated. Half the work was just figuring out the rules.
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