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Six Letter Strikeout (Posted on 2013-12-10)

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

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta

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Like an Arrow

| Comment 4 of 6 |

(In reply to re: Solution (spoiler) by Larry)

In the immortal words of Groucho Marx:

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a BANANA"

Now that Larry has explained the real trick, you can count me in with the fruit flies. BETTER was really the inferior solution.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2013-12-11 08:46:43

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