Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries"
"HenHanna" <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0000
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HenHanna <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/24/2024 8:02 PM, Joshua Kreitzer wrote: > > This is from Games World of Puzzles, February 2024. The puzzle is > > "Beginnings and Endings" by Patrick Berry. > > > > The clue is: Choose a filling for pastries (Hyph.) > > > > and the answer is: POP-TARTS > > > > The explanation given is: (opt + parts) > > > > I see how OPT means "choose", and POP-TARTS are "pastries", but I don't > > see how "a filling for" can give both PARTS and an anagram or container > > indicator. "Filling" could be a container indicator, of course, but that > > would mean that "for" would have to be used to define PARTS. > > > > -- > > Joshua Kreitzer > > [email protected] > > > > "Beginnings and Endings" -- refers to Switching (internal Spoonerism) > > > filling is a part of POP-Tart > > Opt-Parts --------> Pop-Tarts > (MSWord Clone) WPS office -- a place to talk about this??? ______________________ Synonym-izer "Boundary-Shifting" -- Move 1 letter to make synonyms. Example: (Boast - Hip) ----> (Boat - Ship) 1. (Claw - At) 2. (Rag - Below) 3. (Shred - Ban) 4. (Table - Seven) 5. (Potless - Purse)