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15 August 2026

Puzzle sentence and answer

The sentence

Overnight parking was allowed on every street until the mayor banned it.

Show the five-word answer
mayorbannedovernightstreetparking

Kept 'allowed'? That is the world that just ended. The ban is the news. 'Every' adds nothing a ban does not already say.

Every word, accounted for

Overnightwhen the rule bites. part of the rule itself. stays
parkingthe thing itself. stays
wasglue. never in the answer
allowedthe world that ended. the ban is the news
onglue. never in the answer
everyscope. the ban is the same ban
streetsays which parking. stays
untilglue. never in the answer
theglue. never in the answer
mayorwho did it. stays
bannedwhat happened. stays
itglue. never in the answer
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