Cross out six letters so that the remaining letters, without altering their sequence will spell a familiar English word:
B S A I N X L E A T N T E A R S
(In reply to
Like an Arrow by Steve Herman)
Hi,
Steve
I
admit that I like this puzzle, although I have wasted about an hour of my
precious time looking for extra-long words fitting the riddle in its strictly
explicit interpretation.
My
3 comments:
1.
<re puzzles' solvers>When everything else fails, try "out of the box" and "out of the books".
2. <re puzzles' creators>A truly tricky question should never be placed
in the "Trick"s category.
3.
<re Marx> My 88-yrs cousin still never uses glasses-, he drinks his
Scotch straight
out of the bottle.
<o:p> </o:p>
PS
–I like both solutions!
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