Puzzle #530 • October 12, 2025
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Top Word
Part of the frame
P A S S E D
Word 1
___ song (what "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" is an example of)
P A T T E R
Word 2
___ down (frisked)
P A T T E D
Word 3
Stuff studied by physicists (in solid, liquid, gas, or plasma form)
M A T T E R
Word 4
Say under your breath
M U T T E R
Word 5
Placed back in after cutting, as a piece of text in a document
P A S T E D
Bottom Word
Part of the frame
M U S T E R
Shared Frame Clue
The top + bottom rows = Two-word phrase that means "measured up to a certain standard." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
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