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  • Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries"

    From Joshua Kreitzer@gromit82@hotmail.com to rec.puzzles.crosswords on Sun Mar 24 22:02:46 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles.crosswords

    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
    gromit82@hotmail.com
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@devnull.tb to rec.puzzles.crosswords,rec.puzzles,alt.usage.english on Tue Mar 26 03:20:11 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles.crosswords

    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
    gromit82@hotmail.com



    "Beginnings and Endings" -- refers to Switching (internal Spoonerism)


    filling is a part of POP-Tart

    Opt-Parts --------> Pop-Tarts


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