A little knowledge...

E-D-D-Y

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer". This should be easy, I
thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF
could be well enough known to be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!

Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too obscure for the crossword
puzzling public.

The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".

D'oh!

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J-O-O-P

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I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer". This should be easy, I
thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF
could be well enough known to be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!

Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too obscure for the crossword
puzzling public.

The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".

D'oh!

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Gerard Garcia said:

E-D-D-Y

M-E-R-X

:-)

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Kamus of Kadizhar said:

M-E-R-X

Mercx sense to me...

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Gerard Garcia said:

E-D-D-Y

GREG

In article <[email hidden]>,

Just zis Guy said:

Kamus of Kadizhar said:

M-E-R-X

Mercx sense to me...

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Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.

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Howard Kveck said:

Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.

Pun? Joke? Whaaas' dat?

:-)

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Quoted message said:

I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer". This should be easy, I
thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF could
be well enough known to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

E-D-D-Y

Quoted message said:

GREG

or (Le) MOND

Not to forget ANDY and RAUL.

or maybe just FAST (or VITE. I don't suppose they were looking for VELO)
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They must have meant G-R-E-G .

Steve

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E-D-D-Y

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer". This should be easy, I
thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF
could be well enough known to be a crossword puzzle answer and be only four letters!

Peña? Maybe. Mayo? Possibly. Lotz, Loda, Velo, Piil I rejected as too obscure for the crossword
puzzling public.

The answer was, of course, "B-I-K-E".

D'oh!

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Kamus of Kadizhar said:

Howard Kveck said:

Note to both of ya: try again. Here's a clue - add more letters.

Pun? Joke? Whaaas' dat?

:-)

Well, ok then. But that word does get misspelled often - even by frequent posters here (sorry,
Bruce! heh.), so it's an easy mistake to make to assume it was again. You don't have to look too
far to find it... First I thought it was a play on Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, which many
around here might think was a more appropriate answer for the puzzle question. So there ya go.

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"No, but the first of you turns my stomach!"
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Alex Colvin said:

Quoted message said:

I was working on the crossword, and the clue was "Tour De France racer". This should be easy, I
thought, "Lance Armstrong". But it was only four letters. Four letters! What racer in the TdF
could be well enough known to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

E-D-D-Y

Quoted message said:

GREG

or (Le) MOND

Not to forget ANDY and RAUL.

or maybe just FAST (or VITE. I don't suppose they were looking for VELO)

Naw, you're missing the obvious one:

FABS

(ducks flames)