AOTD: E?I?E?I?
...O? 7D, the penultimate clue and not a huge variety of options! I can only find one possible solution, but it's a good one. Bonus points for creativity, and I will pick the winner on Friday.
Posted Aug 28, 2016, 7:23 AM UTC
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Pied stranger leads mice around. . . a public health threat. (8)
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Lovely face.
EPIDEMIC {a public health threat}| Anag. {stranger} of PIED followed by {leading} anag. {around} of MICE
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Correct, and thanks!
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Tide returned again, changed a thing or two (6,2)
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Rash of the skin after wiping your bottom? (8)
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Laments loss of central message from piece said to be rewritten (8)
EPICEDIA {Laments} | Anag. {to be rewritten} of PIECE sAID* –S {central mesSage}
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Recipe I’m mixing up involves two closely related chemicals (8)
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Correct! We must use the same crossword helper, because that's the only way I knew the word too!
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French grocery is legendary and, briefly, strange. (8)
EPICERIE = french grocery, EPIC + eERIE {strange, briefly} I'm hoping french is okay. . .
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Widespread ebullition for record breaking dice roll. Over 1001! (8)
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Half-drowned by great wave (8)
EPIDEMIC =wave. demi=half drowned by EPI(demi)C great
ooh good one!
The clear winner this week! Congratulations!
Thanks