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Crossword 336: Close with Clothes

Helen Allingham, The Clothes Line
Helen Allingham, The Clothes Line

Have you ever noticed how certain words or phrases sound more or less the same—sometimes are even spelled the same—and yet have entirely different meanings?  This phenomenon was recently brought to my attention, and I had a thought:  what if one were to base a crossword on it?


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336 Close with Clothes