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Canuckle Classic hints for · #310

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Canadian connection clue

Think of an edible seaweed.

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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Palmaria palmata”, 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 red seaweed is eaten in Atlantic Canada.

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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Palmaria palmata”, 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

DULSE is a name for the red alga Palmaria palmata. Its documented use as food in Atlantic Canada gives the Canadian connection. It is also eaten in places such as Ireland and Iceland, so the association is not exclusive.

Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Palmaria palmata”, 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 seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.”

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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Where the vowels sit
The vowels are the second and fifth letters.

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The middle letter
The middle letter is L.

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How it starts
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DULSE

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Compare the letters after solving

For DULSE, the pattern __LS_ fixes positions 3 and 4. It matches 19 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: BALSA, BULSE, DULSE, FALSE, FALSY, HALSE, HALSH, HILSA ….

4 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: BULSE, DULCE, MULSE, PULSE. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.

This comparison explains spelling constraints. These are dictionary matches, not the publisher's accepted guesses or historical answer pool.

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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 March 20, 2023

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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.

Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: a458db903beb.

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