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I read the column after solving the puzzle and not understanding the theme/trick. I knew it had to do with some edge letters being omitted but the animation with the red letters went by too fast, and all I could see was the word "TRUMP" flashing in the upper part of the puzzle, which gave me the ick. Still, this puzzle is a good reminder that you can't spell "Trump" without "rump."
SOHO is not an acronym, it's a portmanteau. Still, a great puzzle worthy of a Saturday.
@Barry Ancona, I think we're both wrong. The second-letter Os knock it out of the acronym club, and you're right that it's an incomplete blend, so also not quite a portmanteau. I now think it's a "clipped compound." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipped_compound" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipped_compound</a>
@Patrick, a Gael is someone who speaks Gaelic, which I guess they do on the Isle of Man.
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