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choose one*:
a) [Scot] a fold in the skin, a wrinkle
b) a snap of the fingers
c) a small snail found in Central and South America
d) any of a variety of the iris genus native to New England, featuring showy yellow or purple blossoms
e) [acronym] Low Intensity Remote Photogrammetry
f) the hole in a donut
g) a small sucking insect that secreted a sugary cover (or test) over itself for protection
h) dessicated food; just add hot water and eat (from acronym LRRP; rations, used in Vietman by soldiers on "Long Range Reconnaisance Patrol")
i) an old Polish unit of measure, equal to 3.68 miles or 5.92 kilometers
j) [n] the noise made by frogs [v] to croak
k) a wind instrument used by the Ancient Greeks
l) (from Old English liripen, dross) the waste material that adheres to sandcast moulded metal products, usually removed with a brush before the metal has cooled
m) [slang] a monetary unit only redeemable at a company store
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*a few of these seem quite... definitive; for all I know, there may be more than one correct answer.
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LIRP, did you say?
My initial impulse is to go with L.
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acronyms sound like the best bet, so it's either e] or h].
I'll pick up H (rather than drop it.)
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I agree with Ruby, H it is.
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OK, here's the thing:
I gotta eliminate right off the proverbial bat selections a, g, h, j, k, and m for spelling, grammatical or stylistic transgressions.
Now then....
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formerly known as etaoin...
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Since I'm feeling in a flowery mode today, I'll go with de d
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I'll take A wild stab in the dark, as usual.
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Protest: it should be "secreteS" in (g), not "secreteD".
And it gets my vote.
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