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Matt Jones’s Jonesin’ Crossword, “Commerce Offs” – Erin’s write-up
Jonesin’ answer 8/9/22
Good day everybody! This week’s theme includes changing the phrase TRADE with numerous synonyms.
- 16a. [Scratches left on the chalkboard by a temporary teacher?] SUBSTITUTE MARKS. The unique phrase is TRADEMARKS, and SUBSTITUTE is a synonym of TRADE.
- 22a. [Riding transit without having to buy a ticket?] FREE COMMUTE, from FREE TRADE.
- 38a. [Java that words even better in all caps?] FAIR SHIFT COFFEE, from FAIR TRADE COFFEE.
- 50a. [Difference between Nasdaq and Euronext?] EXCHANGE GAP (TRADE GAP).
- 59a. [“Don’t haggle too much at the flea market” and others?] TRICKS OF THE SWAP, from TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
Different issues:
- 13a. [Hammer on the screen] ARMIE. I don’t suppose I might have put him in a grid. After final yr’s sexual misconduct allegations, he left the appearing enterprise and extra not too long ago has been rumored to be promoting timeshares within the Cayman Islands.
- 29a. [Japanese eel and rice dish] UNADON. Quick for unagi donburi, or eel in an enormous bowl of rice.
- 67a. [Lead-in to “margarine] OLEO. TIL that OLEO was brief for OLEOMARGARINE and never only a separate phrase for margarine. A biochemist mistakenly thought that animal fats, like the meat fats used to make OLEO, was manufactured from oleic and margaric acids.
Till subsequent week!
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