Elephant in the Room
What it means
The obvious problem everyone can see and everyone has silently agreed not to mention.
Where it comes from
A fable by the Russian writer Krylov is often pointed to, in which a visitor to an exhibition describes the tiny insects in loving detail and never mentions the elephant.
The puzzle it came from
Elephant in the Room was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 30, 2025. The clue read ____ in the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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spelling
bee
hive
mind
control
face
turn
white
elephant
tusk
silver
coin
flip
phone
number
first
class
room
service
dog
Phrasicle: Elephant in the Room