NYT Q: “why Don’t Scientists Trust ___?” A: “because They Make Up Everything!” Crossword Clue Puzzle Answer from July 11, 2024
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Updated Jul 11, 2024
Q: “why Don’t Scientists Trust ___?” A: “because They Make Up Everything!” NYT Crossword Clue Answer
Let’s find the answers to Q: “why Don’t Scientists Trust ___?” A: “because They Make Up Everything!” NYT for the July 11, 2024 edition of NYT crossword puzzle. Answer Contains 5 letters. Start with A and end with S, and the possible solutions are ALIAS, ASSES, ATOMS.
The answer is ATOMS.
"Why don’t scientists trust ___?" with the answer "ATOMS" leads to the humorous response "Because they make up everything!" This joke plays on the double meaning of the phrase "make up everything": scientifically, atoms are the fundamental building blocks of matter and thus compose everything in the physical universe, while colloquially, "making up everything" suggests dishonesty or fabrication.
The humor arises from the clever wordplay that connects the scientific fact with a common idiom.
This clue last seen in NYT Crossword Puzzle on July 11, 2024. You can also get all other NYT's Crossword clues hints and answers here.
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