LETTER BANK XXXIII

A letter bank is the shorter of two words or phrases such that the longer word or phrase is made up only of its letters, repeated as necessary, and no others. For example, GRAND TIME would be a letter bank for GETTING MARRIED. 

In the flat below, the word or phrase represented by GALORE is a letter bank for the word or phrase represented by AEROGEL. The constructor's use of the key words GALORE and AEROGEL is deliberate, because GALORE is a letter bank for AEROGEL.

I'm mired by self-pity; my head is 

   GALORE.

My AEROGEL romance has fizzled

   once more.

 

HINT:

 

I'm mired by self-pity; my head is 

   _ _    _   _ _ _ .

My _ _   _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ romance has fizzled

   once more.

Answers:

 

IN A FOG

ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN

 

Credit:

The Enigma 

NPL Magazine

December, 2020

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