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Mom of 2NYCFeb 15, 2024, 4:05 PM2024-02-15negative67%

I completed the puzzle with double letters and they haven’t disappeared. What bothers me more is 15D: the clue is singular and the answer is plural. Italian apology is SCUSA (and also the informal “sorry” or “excuse me”), not SCUSE. SCUSI would have been OK too, as the polite form.

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Mom of 2NYCJan 21, 2026, 9:53 PM2026-01-21neutral72%

@Barry Ancona An Italian speaker would use “scusi” (formal) or “scusa” (familiar) if they were apologizing to someone. “Scuse”, as others have said, is plural. It’s not used to apologize, so it’s not “an Italian apology”. It could be “Italian apologies (or excuses)” but not “Italian apology” in the singular.

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Mom of 2NYCFeb 15, 2024, 4:14 PM2024-02-15positive61%

@BR But that’s the clever thing: without the doubled letters the answers still work (mine didn’t disappear, tho!)

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