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Much better week puzzlers! It’s good to see most of the pitchforks have been set down for the time being. There were a couple perfect scores, though nobody gave me the bonus answer.<\/p>\n

The theme of the puzzle was “Take it or leave it”. So all the answers either had the word “it” left<\/em> in them, or were a word\/phrase that had “it” taken<\/em> out of them. To earn the bonus you had to send me a list of those words\/phrases with the “it” put back in.<\/p>\n

8A: One-armed Band(it)
\n15A: Electrical Perm(it)
\n19A: Bean Burr(it)o
\n21A: Babys(it)ting
\n6D: Hobb(it)s
\n14D: Microcircu(it)s<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure several of you knew this, but didn’t consider it a bonus. Bret came the closest by doing this with a few of them.<\/p>\n

I allowed multiple alternatives to 14D Microcircus as so many fit. There were a couple alternates for 15A. I learned something new with “Electric Plaits”. I also allowed “Dog Biscuit” for 10A, though I don’t know that those of you who answered that way knew it was pejorative for hardtack.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoyed! The PDF with the answers is right below, as well as the standings for Pure & Power.<\/p>\n

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Week 3 Top Performers
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\nMatthew — 24
\nBrooks — 24
\nAndy — 23
\nRandy — 23
\nBret — 22<\/p>\n

Top 5 in Standings
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\nMatthew — 75
\nBrooks — 69
\nAndy — 67
\nRandy — 66
\nBret — 61<\/p>\n

Power Standings
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\nBret Highum\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a094
\nMatt Novak\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a088
\nKelly Wells\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a086
\nBrooks Maki\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a082
\nAndrew Haugen\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a079
\nErik Dikken\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a064<\/p>\n

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