Re: Warning, crossword spoiler

Will wrote:
On Aug 31, 2:38 pm, Mike M <mikmoo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 31 Aug, 01:53, Bob Cunningham <exw6...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's frustrating in doing a crossword puzzle to have a
section in which everything fits except one string that
seems to be impossible to be a valid word. This morning it
was "MRPIBB", with the clue "Coca-Cola product".

In a *proper* crossword, that clue would have been something like:

"Roger Vadim holds constant for a drink".

Wouldn't that be MRPIJF?

"They call me 'Mr Pibbs'."

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Mike.



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