LETTER BANK XXXV

The word CLIENT is a letter bank for the word INTELLECT because INTELLECT is spelled only with the letters in CLIENT, repeated as necessary. In the flat below, the cueword LAPSE is a letter bank for  ASLEEP. Can you replace LAPSE with a word that is a letter bank for the word that should replace  ASLEEP so that the flat makes sense?

We had a festive family feast;

Discussion topics all were deep.

But one LAPSE seemed quite unaware.

His eyes were closed. Was he ASLEEP?

Answer:

 

COUSIN

UNCONSCIOUS 

 

Credit:
The Enigma

October, 2021

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