puz-lateral-thinking-01
One short noun here has more than one everyday sense. Ask what a hot drink leaves behind on bare wood.
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One short noun here has more than one everyday sense. Ask what a hot drink leaves behind on bare wood.
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Split the candidates twice over: who could get inside, and who could know how heavy the boxes were.