Ring the Alarm
What it means
Warn everyone loudly that something has gone wrong and needs attention now.
Where it comes from
Alarm comes from the Italian all'arme, meaning to arms, so an alarm was first a call to fight rather than a noise. The bell arrived later and kept the name.
The puzzle it came from
Ring the Alarm was the answer to the Phrasicle of October 9, 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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door
frame
rate
card
game
civil
wedding
ring
finger
food
false
alarm
clock
tower
crane
black
hole
punch
bowl
cut
Phrasicle: Ring the Alarm