2025.02.02

Like *Goodnight Moon* nightly, probably

Crossword

FEATURED CLUE | 39-down: Like Goodnight Moon nightly, probably

The Commons

• CLUE: Abbr. sometimes written three times in a row (3) — 🖋️Kameron Austin Collins
  

  ⬇️ Answer at the bottom

The Commons is a guessing game of common answers or “crosswordese” used in puzzles.

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Cryptick

• CLUE: Greeting with a tale for the past (7)

• CLUE: Device for circulating dull tin around America (4,5)

  ⬇️ Answers at the bottom

Cryptick is a Crosswoods hat-tip to cryptic crosswords. Here’s a good explainer on them.

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Connection

CLUE: Hero of Philadelphia — 🖋️Nam Jin Yoon

CONNECTION: Rocky Balboa. Or is it Ben Franklin? Maybe Billy Penn. What else is Philly known for? Swoop the Eagle. Gritty the…monster. Or, or food! Soft pretzels, water ice, cheesesteaks. Yes, almost there — a cheesesteak relative. Not a sub, but a…

ANSWER: Hoagie

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This won’t be the last word!

Sincerely,

— Crosswoods

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Answers

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The Commons

• Etc

Cryptick

• History (Greeting = Hi, a tale = story)

• Lazy Susan (Dull = Lazy, Tin = Sn, America = USA)