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Size: 12x16Picture:8/10Difficulty:3/10Added:04.11.24Author: kalahan

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COMMENTS
Alicia_Butcher_Ehrhardt (5 November 2024, 3:14) complain
Nice! Tricky, but doable without Xs. Definitely a 2.5* for its size.
NancyUK (5 November 2024, 3:43) complain
Love it! Such a lot of character in a small grid. Thanks
grubbo (5 November 2024, 5:28) complain
a real snakeoil salesman LOL
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Celandine (8 November 2024, 17:40) complain
Oh, a pun on the title? You know, snake oil is actually good for you, but only in the way fish oil is. And I doubt most of these guys sold actual snake oil
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Femme_Appeal (17 November 2024, 17:23) complain
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That's one of the ironies of English idioms. We think the phrase refers to someone selling snake oil, which is a fake homeopathic cure. Except that actual water-snake oil is good for inflammation, and was a legitimate treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. But it was introduced to the US by Chinese immigrants brought over to build the railroads, around the time when a lot of charlatans were selling fake panaceas, and they were labeled as snake-oil when they were anything but.

And in some ways, the incidents that led to the term "snake oil salesmen" becoming popular, were the beginnings of the hornswoggling supplements market we're in today, where any jagoff can market a no-fail diet gummy or a miraculous new cure for memory issues, and as long as they're calling it a supplement, no one will do anything about the number of people getting ripped off unless the product is actively making people sick.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen
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grubbo (23 November 2024, 0:10) complain
oh woah. thank you for this. really good answer
3strikesurout (5 November 2024, 6:46) complain
Great job on your first puzzle!
juliadesigns (5 November 2024, 7:01) complain
What a cutie.
se38005 (5 November 2024, 10:38) complain
Nice
Nikki3851 (5 November 2024, 13:45) complain
That's weird, he doesn't look like a doctor.
wisekaren (5 November 2024, 16:36) complain
Cute! Welcome, new artist!
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Author kalahan (10 November 2024, 14:27) complain
Thank you kindly!
Jevanyn (5 November 2024, 17:12) complain
Perfect, and a nice easy one for no X's
Phael (5 November 2024, 23:49) complain
Nice one, 2:32 w/o Xs
The-Nono-Gram (6 November 2024, 1:56) complain
Welcome new artist!
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Chorton (6 November 2024, 2:07) complain
What she said!
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The-Nono-Gram (6 November 2024, 2:11) complain
Didja Vote?
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Chorton (6 November 2024, 2:56) complain
only in my head, I live in Australia. I am praying a lot for common sense over there though.
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Femme_Appeal (17 November 2024, 17:28) complain
I'm so jealous of people who do get to vote in Australia. The whole universal civic duty voting and election days that feel like street parties, sounds amazing.
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Chorton (18 November 2024, 2:33) complain
Well might have used to be, a lot of us do pre-voting now though. But yes its compulsory!
elftrees (7 November 2024, 16:11) complain
quick, easy and cute. Early morning trifecta! Thank you!
CRyan (7 November 2024, 20:07) complain
Very cute!!
Celandine (8 November 2024, 17:37) complain
A little bored with this subject, but it's a good one of its kind and I appreciate a fun quick one
etteirrah (13 November 2024, 13:12) complain
Cute
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