Around the Clock
What it means
Continuously, with no gap for sleep and no hour when nothing is happening.
Where it comes from
A clock face shows only twelve hours, so going around it once is half a day. The phrase quietly means twice around, and nobody has ever bothered to say so.
The puzzle it came from
Around the Clock was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 19, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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pitch
black
diamond
ring
tone
test
run
around
back
fill
cigarette
smoke
alarm
clock
work
beef
stock
market
value
add
Phrasicle: Around the Clock