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The answer to following question
"the basic unit of money in Cyprus"

needs to be modified.

The pound has been replaced by the Euro since the First of January 2008.

Question: "a perfumed liquid lighter than cologne"
Answer: "eau de toilette"


Actually, cologne is lighter than eau de toilette.
From Wikipedia: Eau de toilette is a weaker concentration of fragrance than perfume.[13][14] The concentration of aromatic ingredients is typically as follows (ascending concentration):

Splash and after shave: 1–3% aromatic compounds
Eau de Cologne (EdC): Citrus type perfumes with about 2–6% perfume concentrate aromatic compounds[15]
Eau de toilette (EdT): 5–15% (typical ~10%) aromatic compounds
Eau de parfum (EdP), parfum de toilette (PdT): 10–20% (typical ~15%) aromatic compounds. Sometimes listed as "eau de perfume" or "millésime".
Perfume extract: 15–40% (IFRA: typical 20%) aromatic compounds

You will never guess what is " a power tool for drilling rocks"

The answer was hammer

Some people, who use them often, refer to a jackhammer as a hammer.

Thus was my difficult daily challenge today:
"Score at least 7/10 in all four International Hourly games in the same hour."
Don't believe this type of quiz is still available. thanks

15. brachytactyly

Your answer: abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

Couldn't find the word. I only know it as brachydactyly. In the current hour's Wizard.

Clue: skin-dive

Answer: underwater swimming with a breathing apparatus

Skin diving as used by its practitioners, and by all definitions I can find, is underwater swimming withOUT breathing apparatus. To use apparatus is to be SCUBA diving.

https://scubadiverlife.com/scuba-diving-snorkeling-skin-diving-freediving-whats-difference/
https://www.divein.com/articles/skindiving-freediving/

Okay ....

You do realize FT cannot change the definitions in Word Wizard, right?

I wish to object to ascribing 'trash' to 'worthless people'. In the WW game I played today. It is disrespectful, and the kind of easy throwaway insult that contributes to social division.

As a footnote to my last posting, I have just come across this in Duel.

I have refrained from sending a correction note, as technically it is correct, and it may be FT policy to continue promoting division.

10. What color do these three have in common? knuckle, elephant, trash

Correct Answer: white - You were correct. (92% got it correct )
White knuckles refer to a state of fear or tension. A white elephant is an item that no one really wants. "White trash" is a derogatory term used to describe uncouth Caucasians of low socioeconomic standing.

No, it is not policy to continue promoting division. If you have a problem with a question, send a note so an editor can take a look.

In Mind Melt today, the following answer was given.
Is it possible to remove this as an option for future sets?

"sexpot is related to young woman"

Sorry, the above post was meant for the Mind Melt thread .. mea culpa!

Can someone please explain why "blandness" is "smooth and gracious in manner"?

I've seen the word used in that fashion fairly often in older fiction - when a person is described as being bland it doesn't mean they are boring, but that they have no rough edges.

I have always associated the word bland as being:

lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting

unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid

showing no strong emotion.

This is from a British English dictionary -

bland
in British English

1. devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull
bland food
2. gentle and agreeable; suave
3. (of the weather) mild and soothing
4. unemotional or unmoved
a bland account of atrocities

so it's the second definition that has been applied. I'd agree that the first option is far more common but I'd have matched it without too much hesitation.

When I was younger I read a lot of 18th and 19th century fiction, and I've found it has proven very useful in these games. So often the game goes with the old, not really used anymore meaning.

In the Word Wizard that expires at midnight on Christmas Day, there is this question:

8. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing

Your answer: debit

Which was marked as correct.

In the double entry accounting system (as used in Britain and Australasia, at least) this describes a liability, which is actually entered on the credit side of the ledger. It only becomes a debit after it is paid.

Would someone be able to check this one, please?

We cannot check anything about the Word Wizard definitions - they are from a dictionary that is not on this site. It has often been noted that there are some strange entries. It is poorly written - and intends to mean sums that are owed to someone else, which should indeed be a liability rather than a debit.