116. Triplet of Triplets

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Hello hello! Is it baseball season yet?? This Broncos fan is pleasantly surprised at Bo Nix, though - we might squeak into the playoffs as well!

(Honestly, I can just keep this introduction for a while, haha.)

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1. Puzzle #114 answer: WISHBONE

Correct entries: 53 - was hoping to get to 60 for this one, but that's still a solid 2.5!

Shortest explanation: The eight 8-letter words have another 4-letter word somewhere in the grid that can fit "between" them, breaking up the original word, and forming what I guess can be a before-and-after of compound words! For instance, HOMEROOM can take WORK to make HOMEWORKROOM (HOMEWORK and WORKROOM). The other seven follow likewise, giving us WISHBONE (another similar compound word) as our meta answer, perfectly apropos for the Thanksgiving season. It is broken up, after all! I hope yours was wonderful!

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2. We are now into the Winter Solvestice, which means we'll be getting a puzzle every Saturday until the first of March or so. Wish me luck on thinking up the puzzles!! We should have a simple enough Level 2 to start things off.

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

The answer to the meta is a 20th-century novel.