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I got both ellipses and Edith Wharton but don't see the logic that makes them right.
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<E(LLIPS)<ES <SEE ("look") containing ("around") SPILL ("coastline disaster", as in an oil spill), reversal indicated by "in retrospect"
ReplyDeleteED I THW(H)ART ON ED ("editor") + I (†) + THWART ("impede") containing ("has") H ("hit") + ON (†)
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