My dad asked me to help him understand last Sunday’s crossword puzzle theme.
The name of the theme was “the long and short of it”
The answers all replaced “**L” with “ILL” such as…
Electric Eels -> Electric Ills (eel -> ill)
North Carolina Tar Heels -> North Carolina Tar Hills (eel -> ill)
Happy Meals -> Happy Mills (eal -> ill)
Banana Peel -> Banana Pill (eel -> ill)
Let’s Make a Deal -> Let’s Make a Dill (eal -> ill)
Cold Hard Steel -> Cold Hard Still (eel -> ill)
Hamster Wheels -> Hamster Wills (heel -> ill)
Not sure how the last one fits but that’s the answer. I looked it up.
What does that replacement scheme have to do with the theme’s name?
