Safe and Sound

What it means

Arrived or come through unhurt, with nothing lost along the way.

Where it comes from

Sound here means whole or uninjured, from the Old English gesund, the same root as the German gesund for healthy. It survives in a sound sleep and of sound mind.

The puzzle it came from

Safe and Sound was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 1, 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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