NY Times Crossword
August 2, 2015
Matt Ginsberg
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What special feature is shared by the following words and phrases?

INTERMINGLED
HASHMARKS
MIXED MEDIA
FAST SHUFFLE
SCRAMBLED EGGS

Answer;

Each word or phrase is self-descriptive. In INTERMINGLED, the letters of the word INTER are "mingled" among the letters of the longer word -  inTeRmINglEd.

hAShMaRKs - MARKS is "hashed" 
mIxED MediA - MEDIA is "mixed"
fAsT ShuFfle - FAST is "shuffle(d)"
ScramblEd eGGs - EGGS are "scrambled" 

The first half of this puzzle was posted on 11/10/18.

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