Wow, this puzzle defeated me utterly. I got none.
Tap for spoilerNever heard of Inspector Morse, never knew the name for a female goat, never heard of the prefix twi- (and it means ‘half’ in twilight, not two), and haze is not a hypnotic state by any definition I’ve heard.
Interesting, I found today’s easier than usual.
spoilerI wonder whether today’s is more British leaning than usual? I tend to struggle with the overtly American puzzles.
Inspector Morse, for example, is a classic British TV show that is still sometimes shown in re-runs.
Hypnotic wouldn’t have been the word I used to describe yellow but haze clearly fits with dream, trance, and spell as a being in a “fuzzy” mental state e.g. alcohol haze, drug trance, under a spell, dream state.
Also, I’m fairly sure I learned nanny at school.
That very well could be!
Connections often throws in red herrings, so I thought that no way could Javert and Clouseau could be connected. Then I saw Gadget, but simply could not find another Inspector. (OTOH, Clouseau, hootenanny, Moscow, and dioxide all have two O’s.)
It does occur to me that I know a nannygoat, but never would’ve thought of it. Oh well.
Clouseau, hootenanny, Moscow, and dioxide all have two O’s You may wish to revisit that postulation. :)
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