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Rise and Shine

What it means

Get up, said with a brightness the person being woken very rarely shares.

Where it comes from

The words come from Isaiah, arise, shine, for thy light is come. Military reveille borrowed them, and anyone woken by a sergeant quoting scripture has had a particular kind of morning.

The puzzle it came from

Rise and Shine was the answer to the Phrasicle of August 15, 2025. The clue read ____ and ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Rise and Shine