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Word Watching: August 1, 2003

by Philip Howard
The Times
by Philip Howard
The Times

PYNYNGE-STOLES

a. Word play

b. Punishment stools

c. A card game

HYTHER

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a. Weather discomfort

b. A billy goat

c. A herbaceous plant

OTACUST

a. An edible grass

b. A jailer

c. A spy

GARD

a. A deer’s claw

b. A cupboard

c. A riposte