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Canuckle Classic hints for · #568
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Canadian connection clue
Think of an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.
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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Haida people”, 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
Their traditional territory includes an island group off British Columbia and part of southeast Alaska.
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Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Haida people”, 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
HAIDA names an Indigenous people whose traditional territory includes Haida Gwaii off British Columbia and part of Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska. Haida Gwaii provides the Canadian geographic connection; the people’s territory is not confined to Canada.
Supporting source 1 · Wikipedia contributors, “Haida people”, 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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Compare the letters after solving
For HAIDA, the pattern H__D_ fixes positions 1 and 4. It matches 25 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: HALDI, HANDI, HANDS, HANDY, HARDS, HARDY, HAUDS, HEADS ….
2 dictionary words differ at exactly one position: HAIKA, ZAIDA. Check that differing position before treating a familiar spelling as the solution.
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Also on December 3, 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.
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