Talk a Mile a Minute
What it means
Speak so fast that the listener falls a sentence or two behind.
Where it comes from
A mile a minute is sixty miles an hour, once a headline speed for a train. Ordinary speech runs at roughly a hundred and fifty words a minute, and auctioneers manage well beyond it.
The puzzle it came from
Talk a Mile a Minute was the answer to the Phrasicle of December 8, 2025. The clue read ____ a ____ a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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extra
mile
marker
ink
well
last
minute
hand
soap
bubbles
small
talk
back
yard
sale
garage
band
practice
test
score
Phrasicle: Talk a Mile a Minute