Puzzle #607 • December 28, 2025
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Top Word
Part of the frame
E V E N
Word 1
Nights like the 24th and 31st of December that precede other holidays
E V E S
Word 2
Affirmative votes, as in the British Parliament
A Y E S
Word 3
Lyric poems that praise or glorify their subject
O D E S
Word 4
Body parts that all bats have and use to perceive the world, despite what the idiom "blind as a bat" might imply
E Y E S
Word 5
Citrus drinks (most commonly used as a suffix after fruit names like lemon or lime)
A D E S
Bottom Word
Part of the frame
O D D S
Shared Frame Clue
The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase meaning 50/50. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
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