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with absolutely no turnip in sight!


It’s a word from a long time ago in Old English…
It can function as a noun, a conjunction, a preposition or a transitive verb…
It can mean ‘during’, but can also mean ‘on the other hand’, ‘in spite of’, ‘until’, ‘time & effort expended’ and a clutch of other intertwined and conflicting senses…

Have you got the word yet? ~ one of those common ones that only when a friend stops you to query something do you start looking at the chasm beneath your feet…!


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How much does it sound like a cunning plan?

OK, so there's your straight-line. Take it.


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Well, not much like the plan part but!


and also not at all like cunning per se... :)

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Man, mav! Solving your little problems always seems like trying to fill a bucket with mist.


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Thanks for another pickle.
These puzzles of yours do not tickle
My funny bone.
So leave me alone
With thinking which isn't so fickle. ;

This is the 2nd turnip you've thrown at us in 24 hours, Maverick. My day is totally ruined. :)


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I thought perhaps 'still'. It seems to meet most of your requirements, but I can't see that ‘time & effort expended’ is covered by it.


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> trying to fill a bucket with mist

A mist is as good as a smile. Thank you - that's a great compliment to a Nenglish would-be cruciverbalist :) Where's Bridget to help the decoding?

> My day is totally ruined

Consider it revenge for all the lamericks ;) But seriously, your expression here has a bearing on the italicised clue at the OP.


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your expression here has a bearing on the italicised clue at the OP.

Are u talking about the expression on my face [all amuddle with your puzzle] or my expression on the page? And, if the page, which expression?

This puzzle gets more puzzling by the minute -- which is only a split second in time. Anon.


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> only a split second

yeahbut what do you do with unsplit hours?


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While the rest of these guys were fooling around with sorta rhymes, etc., some of us would choose to while away the time doing something else. All the while, so to speak.



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