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Turn Over a New Leaf

What it means

Change your behaviour deliberately and start again on better terms.

Where it comes from

The leaf is a page, not a plant. The image is a book of conduct in which the old page is full of things you would rather not reread, and the next one is blank.

The puzzle it came from

Turn Over a New Leaf was the answer to the Phrasicle of December 31, 2025. The clue read ____ ____ a ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Turn Over a New Leaf

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