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2 weeks agoSunday Puzzle: Common threads
Find a nine-letter word containing IAN that becomes a familiar ten-letter word when IAN is replaced by a friend's four-letter name.
As The Witcher barrels toward its season finale, an episode like this feels a bit like busywork, built less around satisfying storytelling than ensuring every character is where they need to be before the curtain call. Fortunately, this episode's thematic centerpiece (and the thing that redeems an otherwise by-the-numbers installment) is also my favorite kind of Witcher story: a dark, fairy-tale-esque monster hunt with a nice twist at the end.