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Eels are fish

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178 points speckx | 2 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.455s | source
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jeffwass ◴[04 Sep 25 11:16 UTC] No.45125957[source]▶
I’ve learned all sorts of strange facts about eels by doing crossword puzzles. EEL is a super common crossword answer. If the clue references some aquatic creature and the answer is 3 letters long, very likely the answer is EEL.
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1. amiga386 ◴[04 Sep 25 12:13 UTC] No.45126364[source]▶
That's crosswordese for you - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosswordese - there's also ERNEs, AUKs, TERNs and ORCAs out at sea
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2. AndrewStephens ◴[04 Sep 25 12:21 UTC] No.45126428[source]▶
> out at sea

Surely you mean ASEA, my least favorite crossword non-word.