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Busy as a Beaver

What it means

Working steadily and visibly hard, with something to show for the effort.

Where it comes from

The reputation is earned. Beavers fell trees and build dams largely at night, and one dam in northern Canada is long enough to be picked out in satellite images.

The puzzle it came from

Busy as a Beaver was the answer to the Phrasicle of October 6, 2025. The clue read ____ as a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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