NYT Connections #1169 hints and answers
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Each one waits for the wrong kind of spark.
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Metaphors and real objects alike, all poised to blow up at any moment.
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One of the four: POWDER KEG
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POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE THINGS: POWDER KEG, TIME BOMB, TINDERBOX, VOLCANO
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Meaning is the decoy here; study the spelling.
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Definitions don't matter; each hides a repeated pair in its spelling, and they aren't consonants.
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One of the four: SKIING
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DOUBLE VOWELS: ANTIFREEZE, BAZAAR, SKIING, VACUUM
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One humble tuber, four very different disguises.
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Every item here begins with the same starchy root vegetable: soup, spirits, breakfast, science experiment.
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One of the four: VICHYSSOISE
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MADE WITH POTATOES: HOME FRIES, POTATO BATTERY, VICHYSSOISE, VODKA
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Coffee on the rug? Look under the kitchen sink.
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Cheap kitchen and medicine-cabinet standbys people reach for to lift spills out of fabric.
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One of the four: VINEGAR
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HOUSEHOLD STAIN REMOVERS: BAKING SODA, CLUB SODA, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, VINEGAR
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