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6-Aug-23 23:43

Shrink against major passage (7)

(Updated because I like my clues to be bold)

modified 7-Aug-23 6:34am.

OriginalGriff7-Aug-23 0:04

7-Aug-23 0:04

NARROWS?

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Pete O'Hanlon7-Aug-23 0:14

7-Aug-23 0:14

Nope.

Re: Delayed CCC OTD - Winner

OriginalGriff7-Aug-23 0:45

7-Aug-23 0:45

Immediately after I posted I came up with a better one: CONTRACT

modified 7-Aug-23 6:59am.

Pete O'Hanlon7-Aug-23 0:58

7-Aug-23 0:58

Congratulations. You're up tomorrow.

OriginalGriff7-Aug-23 1:03

7-Aug-23 1:03

Explanation:
Shrink

against        CON
major passage     TRACT

CONTRACT

My elder brother and his then wife were very religious (he later became a vicar until he was defrocked) and when I went to visit them as I left I stopped on the door mat and emptied all the tracts she had stuffed into my jacket pockets out on the floor ...

ChandraRam7-Aug-23 1:12

ChandraRam

7-Aug-23 1:12

I thought of "CONTRACT", but could not fit the "TRACT" Smile | :)

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FreedMalloc7-Aug-23 5:46

FreedMalloc

7-Aug-23 5:46

I thought of CONTRACT but the clue stated the answer was 7 characters long whereas CONTRACT has 8. I also thought of CONDUCT but that didn't fit the definition. Did the character count shrink too? Laugh | :laugh:

After that I tried shrinking the word AGAINST and combining to some synonym of MAJOR to define passage. Unsure | :~

In any event, I'm counting my effort today as a win. $Shucks | :-\$

OriginalGriff7-Aug-23 6:28

7-Aug-23 6:28

You'll have to ask Pete - I didn't notice the length difference ... Blush | :O

englebart7-Aug-23 7:18

englebart

7-Aug-23 7:18

Cryptic Length

Pete O'Hanlon7-Aug-23 10:55

7-Aug-23 10:55

I was counting in base idiot. If you're not proficient in it, you'll never get the answer. Rejoice in your base 10 victory.

ChandraRam8-Aug-23 0:47

ChandraRam

8-Aug-23 0:47

I did not notice the length difference either $Shucks | :-\$

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FreedMalloc7-Aug-23 7:35

FreedMalloc

7-Aug-23 7:35

My response to OG's win today:
I thought of CONTRACT but the clue stated the answer was 7 characters long whereas CONTRACT has 8. I also thought of CONDUCT but that didn't fit the definition. Did the character count shrink too?

After that I tried shrinking the word AGAINST and combining to some synonym of MAJOR to define passage.

In any event, I'm counting my effort today as a win. $Shucks | :-\$

Oi! Pete O'Hanlon!

OriginalGriff6-Aug-23 23:00

6-Aug-23 23:00

@Pete-OHanlon
Where's the CCC? Big Grin | :-D

I was sent this, and...

OriginalGriff6-Aug-23 21:22

"Snakes on a plane" was a terrible movie, but it could get a sequel...

6-Aug-23 21:22

Products that don't exist, but maybe should[^] Laugh | :laugh:

OriginalGriff6-Aug-23 19:14

Re: "Snakes on a plane" was a terrible movie, but it could get a sequel...

6-Aug-23 19:14

Bear on a plane![^] OMG | :OMG:

Sander Rossel6-Aug-23 21:30

Sander Rossel

6-Aug-23 21:30

I already feel a crossover... Cocaine Bear[^] on a Plane!
Maybe they get stuck in a Sharknado[^] too Big Grin | :-D

10/10 would watch that movie!

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Shane01036-Aug-23 17:51

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6-Aug-23 17:51

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Re: Wordle 779

OriginalGriff6-Aug-23 18:35