Puzzle #646 • February 5, 2026
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Top Word
Part of the frame
B O R N
Word 1
Coffee seed
B E A N
Word 2
Poorly behaved child
B R A T
Word 3
Actor Pitt who was in “Se7en” and “Ocean’s Eleven”
B R A D
Word 4
What a drummer keeps for the band
B E A T
Word 5
Switzerland’s capital, which is a homophone of a word meaning “set ablaze”
B E R N
Bottom Word
Part of the frame
B R E D
Shared Frame Clue
The top + bottom rows = ___ and ___ (phrase referring to where one’s childhood took place). Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
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