Burn the Midnight Oil

What it means

Work late into the night, usually because the deadline arrived before the work did.

Where it comes from

Lamp oil cost money and burned visibly down, so a late night was measurable in fuel. Writers used the phrase long before electric light made staying up cheap.

The puzzle it came from

Burn the Midnight Oil was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 14, 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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