# Sunday Morning Puzzle #30

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931 "2001-10-07T15:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931/1 "2001-10-07T15:39:34Z")

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I know I’ve posted some puzzles with rather complicated directions before, but this week we may be moving into uncharted waters…

- Below are 13 cryptic clues whose answers all have something in common.

- Each clue contains a typo. (I knew I couldn’t go two weeks straight without typos!) The one-letter typo always occurs in the definition part of the clue, never in the wordplay.

- These 13 incorrect letters, when read in order, will spell out the common factor.

- Once you discover the 13 words and the common factor, you’ll naturally be led to thirteen names.

- The bold numbers in the brackets directly relate to letters in the name referred to by the clue answer. For instance, the **{6,2}** after clue #1 refers to the sixth and second letters in the name reached from the answer to clue #1. Place the first letter of this pair in the blank to the left of the clue, and the second letter of the pair in the right blank.

- Reading down the left column and up the right, you’ll get the theme message.

- Can you find the clue answers, the common factor, the names, and the theme message?

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\_\_\_ 1. How’s that horse “somebody bet on” in song? (3) **{6,2}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 2. Diary returned to private lair…it’s in a yellow hut. (6) **{6, 1}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 3. Bard’s found with Grisham’s brief. (7) **{1,6}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 4. Friend connected to a tree teen in the tropics (8) **{3,8}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 5. Tearing apart The Rock with mice. (7) **{6,12}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 6. Bind timid striker. (12) \*\*{4,6} \*\* \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 7. The queens hire before I’ve nearly been at the top of hopelessness. (7) **{1,3}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 8. “Defend Hotel,” I yell. “Giant tomatoes come.” (6) \*\*{7,6} \*\* \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 9. Ice rinks that have this usually make brides-to-be happy. (7) **{1,8}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 10. Precious one transplanted livers. (6) **{4,3}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 11. Lake condition’s choppy…lay quiet. (8) **{2,3}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 12. _Penny Lane_’s spun, overwhelming retro popular celebration for 100 mimes. (10) **{7,1}** \_\_\_

\_\_\_ 13. See a Coen production. (5) **{6,7}** \_\_\_

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931/2 "2001-10-07T18:43:35Z")

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No rose destroyed rasher! (6) **{1,2}**

Enjoy your day off!

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931/3 "2001-10-07T20:22:27Z")

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**aseymayo**  
Your puzzling skills never cease to amaze me. Congratulations!

However, my day off will be not be until next Sunday. I’ll be in Washington D.C. for the Natural Products Expo. So there’ll be no puzzle on the 13th…unless someone else wants to give it a try.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931/4 "2001-10-07T20:24:02Z")

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Make that the **14th**!

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**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-30/85931/5 "2001-10-07T21:35:41Z")

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D’oh! The INcorrect letters spell the common factor!

That’s a gem of a puzzle, **Biotop**. But somebody had better show me how to read instructions.