NYT Connections #1223 hints and answers
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The listing said "minor wear." The photos disagree.
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Small flaws on a table, a plate, or a car door — things a seller must disclose.
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One of the four: SCRATCH
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SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS: CHIP, MARK, NICK, SCRATCH
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Pack hiking boots, not swim trunks.
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Four of these nations have no shoreline whatsoever, and they sit across three different continents.
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One of the four: PARAGUAY
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LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: CHAD, HUNGARY, LAOS, PARAGUAY
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Four places here are a whisker short of real.
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Each is a nation's name with something dropped — think the continent holding Italy, Poland and Greece.
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One of the four: HUNGRY
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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER: BULGARI, CYRUS, HUNGRY, SPAN
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Each one opens with a compliment, then wanders off.
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Ignore what these mean. The opening piece is praise for someone fashionable, sharp, or effortlessly composed.
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One of the four: COOLIDGE
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STARTING WITH WORDS FOR "STYLISH": CHICKEN, COOLIDGE, HIPPO, SMARTIES
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