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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