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From: rjh@cpax.org.uk

On 05/08/2025 13:10, James Dow Allen wrote:
>
> Here's a similar puzzle.
> To make it difficult, I don't show word lengths
>
> 123456789ABCD - famous claim from philosophy

Stop right there! I gotta know right now!

Before you go any further...

Well, Meat Loaf aside, I've seen enough.

> This phrase is obtained by concatenating five English words in this order:
> * a small part (3)
> * a pronoun (1)
> * a word that occurs twice in a famous 1st stanza (2)
> * a verb with dozens of dictionary entries (2)
> * often appears at the end of a restaurant meal (3)

I think you hesitantly missed out two letters.

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