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Today Puzzle #744

Puzzle No. 744– Thursday 22 May

A question for Mum and Dad

What connects the following?

A flightless bird, a bloodsucking fly, a softly spoken utterance, a French novella, steamed semolina and some exceptionally able people.

Today's #PuzzleForToday has been set by Colin, Cryptography for GCHQ

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Each is an example of a word consisting of two repeated sections: dodo, tsetse, murmur, Gigi, couscous and hotshots. The title mentions Mum and Dad. Mama and Papa also have this property.

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