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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

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 || ladle, ninja, hazard, bottom, an old hand at it.

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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.