Palimpsest solution

Thursday 8 October 2026

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The line

How is it you’re not ashamed to bury such pearls in the country?

Tolstoy, War and Peace

The answer

Tolstoy's countess sees a gem wasted on rural airs.

that beauty

Bonus round

Theme: Wealth and property

Wildcard

No word of a wildcard answer hides inside a single word of the line, and no clue is given.

turn my heart

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