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Canuckle Classic hints for · #168

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Canadian connection clue

Think of a landform in permanently frozen ground.

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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Pingo”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.

Stronger clue

This hill contains an ice core; examples occur around Tuktoyaktuk.

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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Pingo”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.

Why this answer fits

PINGO names an ice-cored hill in permafrost. A specific Canadian connection is the group of these landforms around Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories, including the Pingo Canadian Landmark area. They also occur elsewhere in the Arctic.

Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Pingo”, linked revision · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original concise paraphrase of contributor-written definitions or factual prose. Puzzle connections and clue wording are independently authored. Adapted text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. No third-party quotations, photographs, audio or publisher hint prose are reused.

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The answer

What kind of word
Wiktionary lists it as a noun.

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What it means
“A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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How it starts
The middle letter
The middle letter is N.

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How it ends
Reveal the answer
PINGO

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Compare the letters after solving

For PINGO, the pattern P__G_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 41 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: PANGA, PANGS, PARGE, PARGO, PEAGE, PEAGS, PEGGY, PENGO ….

12 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BINGO, DINGO, JINGO, LINGO, PENGO, PINGA, PINGE, PINGS …. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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Also on October 29, 2022

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Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .

The resumed schedule starts at number 143 on 4 October 2022. Both document ID and the publisher's index must match. Earlier paused-era puzzles are outside this contract.

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