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Maybe we can relate “Good things come in threes!” to the number of times you try to solve this puzzle? If you can’t repeat the three, it’s not that

S A D L Y

That's a challenge! But I'm into a good START now. So let's see..

 last year 

You are usually just as good at the end as you were at the

S T A R T

Then may I end this week with a SNACK?

 last year 

Sorry, you have to stay hunkgry. No cheese, no

S N A C K

What a SHAME! I thought "Good things come in threes!" 😭

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Good grief, Rat. The good things don't even come in fours... Well, if you think so it must be a

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 last year 

That was a rat trap 😹