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Canuckle Classic hints for · #183

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Canadian connection clue

A sporting nickname provides the connection.

Sources (may reveal the answer)

Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Toronto Argonauts”, 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

Look to Toronto’s professional Canadian football team.

Sources (may reveal the answer)

Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Toronto Argonauts”, 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

ARGOS is a short name for the Toronto Argonauts. That established team nickname gives a direct connection to Canadian football in Toronto.

Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Toronto Argonauts”, 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 it means
“A city in the Peloponnese, Greece.”

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
Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the first and fourth letters.

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The middle letter
The middle letter is G.

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How it ends
Reveal the answer
ARGOS

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Understand this puzzle

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Compare the letters after solving

For ARGOS, the pattern _RG__ fixes positions 2 and 3. It matches 19 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: ARGAL, ARGAN, ARGIL, ARGLE, ARGOL, ARGON, ARGOT, ARGUE ….

8 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: ALGOS, ARCOS, ARGOL, ARGON, ARGOT, ARGUS, ARVOS, ERGOS. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

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The Canadian connection might be geography, culture, nature or everyday life. A word can fit the letter feedback without being the day's themed answer.

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Also on November 13, 2022

Source and record information

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.

Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: 3f6cd1fe9ad4.

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