PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 22): The long and the short of it

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The following words can be paired and each pair associated with two letters. The pairs of letters can be arranged to make a single word. What is the word?


BREAD	ELEMENT	ERGO	FIFTY-EIGHT
HENCE	JAM	LIGHT	SECOND

ttotherat · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-22T17:50:13.173

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The word is

SOLSTICE, which is especially appropriate for this season! Although in my time zone the solstice was last night, rather than today :)

ERGO and HENCE are both synonyms of SO

LIGHTSECOND is abbreviated LS

TI is "a drink with JAM and BREAD" in The Sound of Music

CE, cerium, is ELEMENT FIFTY-EIGHT

The puzzle's title refers to

the summer solstice and winter solstice, respectively the longest and shortest days (time from sunup to sundown) of the year.

edited Dec 22 '23 at 17:50

answered Dec 22 '23 at 17:42

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Exactly so and I will take it as read that you understand the name of the puzzle. – Daniel S Dec 22 '23 at 17:45
Yes, but I'll add a comment about it. Thanks for the puzzle! – ttotherat Dec 22 '23 at 17:46

PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 22): The long and the short of it

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