Alternate Letters

EXAMPLE: Odd tropical bird expert (3) [1]

Unlike other parts-of-words clues, alternate letter clues come in just one flavor — the same indicators that tell you to use the odd letters only also tell you to ignore the even letters and vice versa.

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ALTERNATE

ALTERNATELY

AT ODDS

AT REGULAR INTERVALS

CYCLICALLY

EVEN

EVENLY

EVENS OUT

EVERY OTHER

EVERY SECOND

FLUCTUATING

IGNORING THE ODDS

INTERMITTENT

INTERMITTENTLY

LOSING ODDS

LOSING SECONDS

NOT EVEN

ODD

ODDLY

ODDLY LACKING

ODDS

PERIODIC

PERIODICALLY

REGULAR

REGULARLY

REGULARLY IGNORED

SECONDS OUT

SKIPPING

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[1]  P[A]R[R]O[T]

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