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LukeJavan8 #230415 05/23/2020 8:10 PM
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Always smile! (2) 🙂

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Smile like this. (3) grin

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This is great advice laugh (4)


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Advice is always available online. (5)

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Online games addict many young people. (6)

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People have lots of anger these days (7)


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Days of intense activity seem to fly by. (8)

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By the way, don't forget facemask and hand sanitizer (9).


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Sanitizer should be used by customers before they touch anything. (10)

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Anything on the shelves of a grocery story, could harbor covid (11),


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The virus can linger, but usually no more than a day or so. (12)

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Originally Posted by wofahulicodoc

The virus can linger, but usually no more than a day or so. (12)

That's 13 words – and it should start with 'Covid'. smirk

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Umm. Getting careless in my old age, I see. Shame on me. (12)

Covid virus can linger, usually no more than a day or so. (12)

(No more Bakers' Dozen; that would be the nadir of Boulangers.) (12)

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Originally Posted by wofahulicodoc

Covid virus can linger, usually no more than a day or so. (12)

So disruptive was coronavirus that it eclipsed most other news for two months. (13)

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Months of news about Covid and protests have left me wanting change of pace (14)


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Pace is the factor that distinguishes the best fast bowlers in cricket from the others. (15)

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Others may disagree, but I think the Bible combines ancient philosophy, moral guidance, history and myth. (16)

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Myth and malice are among the commonest sources of Internet misinformation, and the most difficult to refute. (17)

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Refute it as we may, the claim that the moon landings were a hoax will still convince many. (18)

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Many are going to be so disappointed because they did not learn that history will repeat itself if forgotten (19),


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Forgotten pleasures can come flooding back into the memory as a result of some sight, sound or other fortuitous experience. (20)

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Live Free! (2)


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Free us now! (3)

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Now forward and onward (4)


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Onward with resolution and confidence. (5)

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Confidence in oneself is always essential (6)


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Essential vocabulary should be learned and revised. (7)

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Revised is the governments byword for something redacted (8)


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'redacted' is one of the bywords of a kakistocracy (9)

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Kakistrocracy is a terrific word for one person ruled nations (10)


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Nations sometimes get the government they deserve — does that describe us? (11)

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Us British, alas, some nations consider arrogant because of our colonial past. (12)

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Past, present and future all exist simultaneously, according to some interpretations of relativity. (13)

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Relativity involves the concept of spacetime, which many people unfamiliar with physics find confusing. (14)

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Confusing and convoluting as the concept of space-time is, I still relish the concept. (15)


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concept-wise many people are confused by the duality inherent in quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. (2⁴)

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Principle should be tempered with pragmatism: do not let the best be the enemy of the good. (17)

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Good times will return if we can beat Covid, but all these variants make that far from certain. (18)

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Certain actions Covid has forced upon us, like masks, social distancing, isolating, have made life quite cumbersome for many. (19)


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Many ills comparable to Covid have befallen the human race at various times in the past, as historical records show. (20)

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