Play it Cool
What it means
Stay deliberately unbothered about something you actually care about a great deal.
Where it comes from
Cool as praise for composure spread through American jazz circles in the 1940s. It named a musical style too, quieter and more restrained than the bebop it followed.
The puzzle it came from
Play it Cool was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 5, 2025. The clue read ____ it ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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project
lead
role
play
ball
citric
acid
rain
storm
surge
night
sky
high
school
teacher
second
look
cool
hand
signal
Phrasicle: Play it Cool