Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, May 9, 2023

12:07 am

hokie carla

ch7

12:07 am

hokie carla

x2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:23 am

hokie carla

ca7. looks like no one else is here.

12:23 am

dizgrannie

hi hokie

12:24 am

hokie carla

hey diz

12:24 am

ursh

morning hokie and diz

12:24 am

hokie carla

hey ursh

12:24 am

ursh

tough grid this one

12:25 am

hokie carla

yep, just trying to get HOET and then go to sleep

12:26 am

mkg

hi all.

12:27 am

justafreep

late hello here too

12:27 am

hokie carla

howdy mkg

12:27 am

hokie carla

and freep

12:27 am

hokie carla

dale

12:27 am

hokie carla

oops

12:27 am

justafreep

12:28 am

hokie carla

and where's chip?

12:28 am

justafreep

ooh. we7

12:30 am

dizgrannie

ur 7

12:31 am

dizgrannie

rial

12:31 am

dizgrannie

rial

12:31 am

dizgrannie

urial

12:31 am

hokie carla

haven't been able to find any u's so figured they were big

12:31 am

dizgrannie

ooppsie

12:32 am

hokie carla

well, I'm giving up for the night. 92 left. good night!

12:33 am

justafreep

g'night!

12:42 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ce 8 and 9 (plural) - parasitology

12:44 am

justafreep

figures, since that c was really bugging me

12:46 am

Rainiqui

Yeah, good luck with those 2, I'm a retired Clinical Pathology scientist so I've seen these in the lab

12:46 am

justafreep

I have a feeling I will find them tomorrow. I got nothing at the moment

12:47 am

Rainiqui

Yeah it's time for a bowl of fruit and a book.

12:49 am

justafreep

th7

1:00 am

justafreep

well. time to call it a night. I will be bugged overnight, apparently!

1:08 am

rolin

my goodness... these grids are so switched on...yesterday there was throne etc... and today there is ch7

1:18 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...finally got the ce 8/9

3:16 am

rbud

we7 put me at 150 with nbs, nbt, hoet, and all the words of 7 or more letters. might be a good stopping place. good luck all!

6:26 am

aslindy

hello all

6:51 am

periwinkle

hi aslindy. just starting here

6:53 am

aslindy

hi peri

7:06 am

aslindy

I keep wanting to type torch even though I can see it's not really there

7:06 am

periwinkle

help with the M please

7:06 am

aslindy

I don't have it

7:07 am

periwinkle

I have 4 blank tiles. tough grid

7:07 am

aslindy

but I know it's me5,18

7:07 am

periwinkle

bbl

7:07 am

sukee

The quality of ME 5/18 is not strained.

7:07 am

aslindy

I also have 4 blank

7:09 am

aslindy

I got the word, but I don't get your clue

7:10 am

sukee

It's from Shakespeare

7:10 am

aslindy

not familiar with that one, I guess

7:10 am

sukee

From the Merchant of Venice

7:15 am

sukee

Just saw a beautiful cardinal on my patio

7:15 am

Mercy

chorie

7:20 am

Kiani

morning all

7:20 am

aslindy

hi kiani, how's it going?

7:22 am

Kiani

it goes. v complex project on my plate for the next few weeks

7:22 am

Kiani

should be interesting to dig into!

7:23 am

aslindy

that sounds like a good thing

7:25 am

Kiani

how are there over 200 words in here and I only see 20? That bodes well

7:25 am

ChampFit

Glad I'm not alone! Feeling very dim at the moment.

7:25 am

aslindy

bit of a challenge today

7:26 am

aslindy

even with the list it's not easy

7:29 am

Kiani

curses, I fell into your torch trap

7:32 am

aslindy

didn't mean to burn you

7:32 am

Kiani

lol

7:33 am

Kiani

I've been replaying Skyrim recently. I played it on the Xbox 360 when it came out over a decade ago, and now I'm playing on PC with mods for the first time.

7:33 am

Kiani

It's just as awesome as I remember it being. Loving it so much.

7:34 am

aslindy

some games really do stand the test of time

7:34 am

aslindy

must go walk the dogs and feed them

7:35 am

Kiani

the modding community made it possible this time. There are a few big patch ones that fix things that Bethesda was like, "yeah we'll port this, but we aren't fixing any of the bugs we've found over the past 10 years, so... have fun."

7:35 am

Kiani

give them scritches from me!

8:00 am

BzznBea

phantom thorax

8:16 am

hokie carla

I'm not seeing anything from that T, even phantoms. barely got 7.

8:16 am

aslindy

kiani, they send licks in return

8:18 am

hokie carla

name that battlestar galactica (newer version) character!

8:18 am

BzznBea

that t is sticky

8:18 am

hokie carla

have 9 now

8:20 am

hokie carla

now up to 11 t's. this is very arduous.

8:21 am

BzznBea

there is an 7 that ends with ceremony

8:22 am

hokie carla

😱 <--- me realizing I have 10 + 11 c's left

8:22 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea. didn't have.

8:27 am

rastapopolous

M. Poirot is here

8:28 am

hokie carla

hercule

8:35 am

BzznBea

do not like this grid

8:35 am

hokie carla

nope, not one bit

8:37 am

hokie carla

will just do a pass this morning since I played last night and then quit. still 80 left.

8:44 am

welki

'morning all

8:44 am

hokie carla

hey welki

8:44 am

BzznBea

morning, welki

8:44 am

hokie carla

phantom accrual

8:45 am

welki

hokie, i sent email asking if you've ever had success making your own gluten-free pasta. my neighbor wants to make pasta/ lasagna noodles for his girlfriend, but can't find a good mix/mixture. (i had the barilla gluten-free spaghetti and it was great)

8:48 am

hokie carla

oh, I only check that one if someone reminds me to. I've never made pasta, GF or with gluten in my previous life. I do like the barilla. They have a good no-boil lasagna one as does Mueller's, I just buy whichever one I can find.

8:48 am

phaeton

hello...may I have stats for the lone i pls

8:48 am

phaeton

oops...meant bottom E

8:48 am

BzznBea

il4

8:49 am

phaeton

ty Bea

8:50 am

BzznBea

bottom e is ed5.16

8:51 am

phaeton

ty

8:51 am

welki

thanks, hokie - message delivered :)

8:52 am

aslindy

thanks bea

8:54 am

BzznBea

yw

8:55 am

hokie carla

just sent some more info in an email, welki

8:57 am

welki

got it - thanks! don't bother looking for recipes, he can do that himself

8:57 am

hokie carla

okay

8:58 am

hokie carla

there is a canadian brand of GF stuff that I think is terrible, but now I can't remember it. I just know it has french and english on the box.

8:58 am

welki

heh - everything has french/english on the box, it's mandated

8:59 am

hokie carla

yeah, that's how I know it's canadian. 😃 but it's more prominent than other brands, like kinnikinnick (which I like)

9:01 am

welki

they came over for dinner a couple of times last week (he's rebuilding our deck and i promised to feed him) - she kept apologizing for the trouble of GF cooking, but i found it to be fun, and really no trouble at all

9:03 am

hokie carla

I see where she's coming from. I feel high maintenance and don't want people to have to do extra work. our new neighbors invited us to dinner and I didn't say anything at first because I panicked. I was going to just not eat anything. mr. homie was like, you have to tell her.

9:04 am

rururocks

a good host hokie always makes accomodations for guest's allergies

9:04 am

welki

he was right; imagine how she'd feel if you didn't eat anything she cooked

9:05 am

hokie carla

I know, you are both right

9:05 am

welki

correctamundo, ru

9:06 am

hokie carla

it's just a pain. and people without celiac don't realize that stuff like a tub of butter can be contaminated.

9:06 am

rururocks

i did a dinner for two vegetarians, one vegan, one gluten free and one diabetic .. it was a bit challenging

9:07 am

welki

to me, out of the three, diabetic cooking is the most difficult if cooking for a crowd - balancing carbs/protein/fat can be frustrating

9:07 am

hokie carla

LOL, that was like our camping group. we had celiac, diabetic, vegetarian, vegan, and lactose intolerant. plus one lady couldn't eat red onions because it made her RA flare up.

9:07 am

welki

and you try to be discreet about the menu

9:09 am

welki

i take that back - they're all challenging in their own way, but i have vegetarian kids, am diabetic myself and would have to tweak ingredients for vegan

9:09 am

hokie carla

what's frustrating to me (and other celiac people) is that people and restaurants are more accommodating and understanding to vegetarians, and that's almost always a preferential choice they have made, not a medically forced diet, like GF for celiac.

9:10 am

rururocks

the vegan was the hardest for me.. I tried to come up with protein that would work

9:10 am

welki

cooking up here is a challenge in itself because of the scarceness of good quality, fresh ingredients - i have to shop in several stores

9:10 am

welki

*watching ru whip up a batch of tempeh*

9:10 am

rururocks

GF is an over used term here in California

9:11 am

rururocks

I have a friend who is GF just on a whim.

9:11 am

hokie carla

I had tofu for the first time ever the other night in a meal kit we accidentally got. it wasn't bad, but wasn't my favorite.

9:11 am

BzznBea

i just don't know how you can eat tempeh

9:11 am

rururocks

it's different if you have an issue like celiac or Krohns

9:11 am

welki

i've found that here, too - big diff in choosing GF and being gluten intolerant

9:11 am

welki

i like tofu and tempeh

9:12 am

hokie carla

yeah, that's the problem. a lot of people think all GF people are just a whim. but it's stupid if you don't have those issues. it's not any healthier. I'm actually the heaviest I've ever been right now.

9:12 am

welki

you need to move next door to ru or me :)

9:14 am

hokie carla

and I like that restaurants have more options, but they really don't for people with celiac because they don't make an effort to keep the cross-contamination out. like, why bother offering those options if the people who need it the most can't have it?

9:14 am

BzznBea

too many a's

9:14 am

hokie carla

agreed

9:16 am

hokie carla

finally HOET

9:19 am

rururocks

tough grid today

9:19 am

hokie carla

yep, still 67 left

9:19 am

hokie carla

and a lot of tiles with a lot of words left

9:26 am

hokie carla

alright, leaving 57 for now. have a good day, y'all.

10:12 am

MollyL

Oh give me a break with the ec8. For dictionary readers only.

10:18 am

periwinkle

help wiith the M pleaes

10:25 am

dauber

Think Marvin Gaye, for one thing.

10:28 am

periwinkle

that is not helping me

10:30 am

periwinkle

I have 4 blank tiles. do not care for this grid

10:31 am

dauber

The M is something one might beg for

10:32 am

dauber

and that Cobra Kai does not believe in.

10:32 am

periwinkle

sheesh, ty so much

10:47 am

periwinkle

have no idea re the ec8. what are stats for the other 8s please

10:53 am

MollyL

ad8/50 and ce8/50

10:55 am

periwinkle

ty Molly

10:55 am

periwinkle

bbl

10:56 am

MollyL

Both as weird as the ec

10:56 am

MollyL

Both as weird as the ec

10:57 am

MollyL

Oh, okay, now there is an echo in here. Great.

10:57 am

MollyL

Oh, okay, now there is an echo in here. Great.

11:06 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:07 am

windingwake

Morning

11:07 am

moolingwa

happy Tuesday

11:07 am

penquis

hello all...

11:08 am

moolingwa

hey pen

11:09 am

penquis

hey mool...

11:09 am

moolingwa

how's your day going?

11:12 am

penquis

ok, thanks.... played two hours of tennis this morning and won more than I lost... ;o)

11:13 am

moolingwa

nice way to start the day :)

11:13 am

penquis

yup....

11:13 am

hurshy

greetings and salutations

11:14 am

penquis

hi hursh....

11:14 am

moolingwa

happy Tuesday hursh

11:14 am

hurshy

happy Tuesday!

11:16 am

hurshy

having Trouble with T right off the bat

11:16 am

moolingwa

yeah, this board might be tougher than it looks...still on my first pass

11:16 am

ChampFit

Don't try torch! :)

11:17 am

penquis

too late, lol...

11:17 am

hurshy

i won't!

11:18 am

ChampFit

We all did it pen! BBL to sweat it some more. 75 left, no 8's or 9's. Good luck!

11:18 am

penquis

ty...bye...

11:24 am

hurshy

phantom: oracular

11:25 am

penquis

nice one...

11:25 am

hurshy

thanks

11:28 am

moolingwa

HOET - 65 to go

11:29 am

penquis

132 here...

11:30 am

hurshy

phantom: chortle

11:33 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Ms. Tubman, or young fictional Spy

11:34 am

penquis

harriet...

11:34 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:41 am

moolingwa

that bottom C....

11:41 am

hurshy

is it worse than the other C? i only have 2/3 of that one

11:43 am

moolingwa

I have 15 on both C's

11:44 am

hurshy

i just ate one of them!

11:45 am

penquis

i just found a cowboy...

11:45 am

hurshy

phantom: cedar

11:46 am

hurshy

oh yes this is just hard

11:54 am

hurshy

phantom: mercurial

11:54 am

penquis

another good one...

11:55 am

hurshy

i can't find the ACTUAL m though

11:55 am

hurshy

oh there it is

11:57 am

moolingwa

have 5OFOET except that bottom C - 8 missing there

11:58 am

hurshy

i have a ca6 and 7 that are related

11:58 am

hurshy

if that helps

11:59 am

moolingwa

I have those

11:59 am

moolingwa

or at least a related 6/7 :)

11:59 am

penquis

do you have the name?...

11:59 am

hurshy

i'm missing 7 so not much help

11:59 am

hurshy

how about alt sp of the cu6 poison?

12:00 pm

moolingwa

yep, have that

12:00 pm

hurshy

how about the Sunday building minus H?

12:00 pm

penquis

Mexican cowboy?...

12:00 pm

moolingwa

ah, was missing that :)

12:01 pm

hurshy

i might need the mexican cowboy, idk

12:01 pm

hurshy

homophone of indian or thai dish

12:02 pm

hurshy

what are the cowboy stats?

12:02 pm

hurshy

all i can think of is the argentinian gauchos

12:03 pm

penquis

ch 6/24....

12:03 pm

hurshy

that's upper C then, but i do need it

12:04 pm

penquis

still missing 17 Cs here....

12:04 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I'm pretty good with the top C (just 4 left there)

12:05 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Canterbury Tales author

12:05 pm

penquis

chaucer

12:05 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:06 pm

hurshy

woohoo, monkeyed the cowboy

12:07 pm

penquis

NTPN.. first name of an Agatha Christie detective....

12:07 pm

hurshy

Hercule!

12:07 pm

hurshy

and his brother was Achille

12:07 pm

penquis

ding, ding, ding!!...

12:08 pm

hurshy

any 8s or 9s? i haven't found any

12:09 pm

penquis

none here yet...

12:11 pm

nrkii

found an re9

12:11 pm

nrkii

no 8s yet

12:11 pm

nrkii

re9 builds off an re6

12:11 pm

hurshy

thank you nrkii!!!!!

12:16 pm

penquis

ty, nrkii...

12:22 pm

ChampFit

It can't though. There aren't 2 re's. Am I losing it?

12:22 pm

hurshy

re6 is a church official

12:22 pm

penquis

it does build off re 6...

12:23 pm

hurshy

like one title of a priest in the Church of England

12:23 pm

hurshy

re9 is an adj based on that

12:23 pm

ChampFit

OH!!!! I was totally off track. Thx

12:23 pm

hokie carla

well I tried re6-ite last night

12:24 pm

hurshy

more like the adj for secretary

12:24 pm

nrkii

I still have no 8s

12:24 pm

nrkii

this grid is a challenge

12:25 pm

hurshy

we all agree on that today methinks

12:25 pm

hurshy

unless hokie is having her opposite thing

12:25 pm

hokie carla

me too

12:25 pm

penquis

yup...

12:25 pm

hokie carla

phantom mercurial

12:25 pm

hurshy

that's the ending!!

12:25 pm

nrkii

I should have known I was doomed when I saw 44 Cs

12:26 pm

hokie carla

nope, I hate this one worse than yesterday's

12:26 pm

hokie carla

and yes, found the ending and then saw the phantom

12:26 pm

hurshy

i guess we should name this grid Leroy Brown since it is bad

12:26 pm

ChampFit

bad...BAD!

12:26 pm

nrkii

this grid is cr4/7

12:26 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I still need 5 + 9 c's

12:27 pm

hokie carla

it's crule 😜

12:27 pm

hurshy

phantom: cerulean

12:27 pm

hokie carla

yep, already typed that just in case

12:28 pm

ChampFit

Devil Wears Prada!

12:28 pm

hokie carla

did anyone ever answer my BSG character?

12:29 pm

penquis

what's BSG?...

12:30 pm

moolingwa

Big Scary Gnome

12:31 pm

hokie carla

haha

12:31 pm

hokie carla

battlestar galactica

12:31 pm

penquis

in the grid?

12:31 pm

hokie carla

if you don't know the acronym you'll never get the character.

12:31 pm

hokie carla

yes, this is the 2000s one, no idea if the character was in the original

12:32 pm

firetender

torl

12:32 pm

firetender

torra

12:32 pm

firetender

sorry!

12:34 pm

hokie carla

well, I did try both just in case but not real words so no foul

12:35 pm

moolingwa

maybe the dictionary changed :)

12:35 pm

hokie carla

doubtful

12:36 pm

moolingwa

7-19-7-7-3-1

12:36 pm

hokie carla

how goes the grid for you, moo?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

read my mind

12:36 pm

penquis

still have 73 to go here....slow going...

12:36 pm

hokie carla

16-19-12-4-3-1

12:36 pm

moolingwa

7OFOET...that dumb bottom C

12:37 pm

hokie carla

I still need 9 there!

12:37 pm

hokie carla

and 7 L's

12:37 pm

moolingwa

need 3 L's

12:40 pm

hokie carla

would be nice to find my last G

12:42 pm

moolingwa

I still need 2 G's...low priority :)

12:44 pm

penquis

just found an odd ce 6....

12:44 pm

hokie carla

sometimes I like to finish the small ones so it looks like I have more done

12:44 pm

penquis

not in the dictionary...

12:44 pm

moolingwa

6OFOET

12:45 pm

hokie carla

supposedly there is a ce8/9 that is related to parasite or something

12:45 pm

hokie carla

pen, I have a ca6 and 7 that I just made up out of the blue

12:46 pm

penquis

mine was CE...

12:47 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I'm still working on that. also made up a 2nd ca7

12:47 pm

hokie carla

there appear to lots of fake c words here

12:47 pm

mkg

I hate this grid.

12:48 pm

hokie carla

me too. not going to waste much time on it.

12:52 pm

penquis

found a few more Cs, but still too many to find...

12:53 pm

hokie carla

certainly

12:53 pm

hokie carla

I have only just now noticed my name

1:02 pm

BzznBea

i'm back...57 left

1:02 pm

penquis

hi bea....64 here...

1:02 pm

hokie carla

52 here. how's your a's, bea?

1:02 pm

BzznBea

done

1:02 pm

BzznBea

with the a's

1:02 pm

hokie carla

awesome. still need 6 + 3

1:03 pm

BzznBea

there is an 8 there

1:03 pm

hokie carla

of course

1:04 pm

BzznBea

ad8.50

1:04 pm

penquis

ah, ty....

1:05 pm

hokie carla

is it related to ad5?

1:05 pm

BzznBea

the first 4 of that one

1:06 pm

BzznBea

but not related

1:08 pm

penquis

got it....not familiar with that one...

1:31 pm

penquis

well i went looking for fours....still have 8 of them to find....but got myself down to 48....

1:31 pm

nrkii

anyone have a clue for the ce8/9 combo?

1:31 pm

penquis

not me...

1:33 pm

ChampFit

I totally looked it up: ce + cons + automobile +2 vowels

1:33 pm

hokie carla

according to rainiqui at the flip it's parasitology

1:33 pm

hokie carla

and she's a retired clinical pathology scientist and said "good luck"

1:34 pm

nrkii

thanks!

1:34 pm

penquis

ty, champ....

1:34 pm

nrkii

I have ec4 x 2 from that left E... missing?

1:35 pm

hokie carla

same for me on the E

1:35 pm

BzznBea

ec8.55

1:35 pm

nrkii

of course :)

1:35 pm

hokie carla

of course

1:36 pm

BzznBea

ends with spot on a calendar

1:37 pm

nrkii

that got me 2, thank you

1:37 pm

nrkii

ca7!

1:37 pm

nrkii

and ca6

1:38 pm

nrkii

the pins are just falling and falling now

1:38 pm

nrkii

(not)

1:38 pm

nrkii

26 to go, but have to go to my ballroom dance lesson

1:39 pm

nrkii

nellie doesn't exactly have 2 left feet, but she is not the picture of grace...

1:39 pm

hokie carla

48 left here - 14-16-12-4-2. going to do some things.

1:39 pm

penquis

bye, nrkii....

1:39 pm

penquis

bye carla....

1:40 pm

penquis

the biggies are done and down to 45....also taking a break...bye all....

3:13 pm

mkg

Any clues welcome for the 8s or the 9s. Thanks.

3:15 pm

mkg

i am having a lot of difficulty with this grid. Cant get even half way. Missing the u words and the top corner A words and several others. Ugh. And the M word. All help welcome

3:15 pm

nrkii

re9 = re6 (priest) + adjective ending

3:15 pm

nrkii

don't feel bad mkg... it's a miserable grid

3:16 pm

nrkii

the top corner A words are both AW6

3:16 pm

mkg

Ty for re 9. Got it. Glad we are in this together.

3:16 pm

nrkii

the M word is Lord have Me5

3:16 pm

mkg

Still need an 8 please. Ty

3:16 pm

nrkii

the 8s are bizarre

3:17 pm

mkg

Any words ending with opp of early?

3:17 pm

nrkii

yes... ec8

3:17 pm

nrkii

oh, wait

3:17 pm

nrkii

nope

3:17 pm

nrkii

ends with the box on the calendar

3:18 pm

nrkii

not opposite of early

3:18 pm

nrkii

sorry

3:18 pm

nrkii

and if you get ec8, you can drop the e for a c7 word

3:19 pm

nrkii

and change the ending of that for a c6 word

3:19 pm

mkg

So not sure what the clue for the ec 8 is.

3:20 pm

nrkii

ec + 2 vowels + box on calendar

3:31 pm

moolingwa

brutal grid

3:32 pm

nrkii

25 to go. It just took me 30 minutes to find one 4-letter word.

3:34 pm

moolingwa

39 left here, not even really looking much anymore

3:38 pm

hokie carla

I'm back from some rollerblading. super hot out. 84F. think I will hit the pool. screw this grid. 😜

3:39 pm

moolingwa

yep, it's about as fun as having to eat left over pizza that's been left out a couple of days

3:42 pm

hokie carla

I hated yesterday's and didn't think anything could top that

3:43 pm

nrkii

23 to go

3:46 pm

hokie carla

maybe I'll look for my 14 4's

3:47 pm

nrkii

21 to go... some words just fell into place

3:47 pm

moolingwa

36 here

3:47 pm

nrkii

sadly, I only have 3 4's left, and too many white boxes to find them

3:47 pm

moolingwa

still missing the obscure 8/9 combo

3:48 pm

hokie carla

I have those 😛

3:48 pm

hokie carla

because I'm next level, super genius

3:48 pm

moolingwa

that's pretty apparent

3:48 pm

hokie carla

(or someone spelled it out earlier)

3:49 pm

player girl

Oddly I have the big words but I am still so stuck.

3:49 pm

moolingwa

I have a lot of odd words I've found

3:49 pm

moolingwa

6-17-5-5-2-1

3:49 pm

player girl

I need the U words, G words, E from the bottom row and the lone I. H-E-L-P, Please!

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I have definitely made up a lot of words

3:49 pm

moolingwa

the lone i is a 4

3:49 pm

hokie carla

e on the bottom is ed5

3:50 pm

moolingwa

u is 4, 7 and 5 in that order

3:50 pm

player girl

Thank you all

3:50 pm

hokie carla

the 3 g's I have are all 4's

3:50 pm

player girl

What is the second letter of the U words?

3:50 pm

nrkii

the other g is gu5

3:51 pm

hokie carla

I have the 7 and 5 and they are UR

3:51 pm

nrkii

I'm missing one g4... looking now

3:51 pm

moolingwa

ul, ur, ur

3:51 pm

player girl

Thank you

3:51 pm

hokie carla

thanks

3:51 pm

nrkii

found it!

3:52 pm

hokie carla

yay! still looking for the 5 here. 🤣

3:53 pm

nrkii

stick a letter in the middle of the second gu4

3:53 pm

hokie carla

just noticed we have guac here

3:53 pm

moolingwa

new one for me

3:53 pm

hokie carla

never had guac before, moo?

3:54 pm

moolingwa

no, the g5

3:54 pm

hokie carla

😁

3:54 pm

moolingwa

I bathe in guac

3:54 pm

hokie carla

finally got it, thanks, nellie

3:55 pm

hokie carla

now if I could find 4 D's I could gray a whole row

3:56 pm

hokie carla

but it keeps rejecting dealie

3:57 pm

moolingwa

2 D's left for me

3:57 pm

hokie carla

found 1

3:57 pm

moolingwa

I'm flat, you're going into space/time

3:57 pm

hokie carla

lol

3:57 pm

hokie carla

took me a sec

3:57 pm

moolingwa

it wouldn't be me if it didn't take a sec

3:59 pm

hokie carla

now I'm flat

4:16 pm

moolingwa

I'm a point at this point

4:17 pm

hokie carla

still 2D but I moved on with my 4's quest. still need 11 4's!

4:18 pm

moolingwa

need 5 4s

4:18 pm

hokie carla

found another but must've reached the point of not seeing anything

4:20 pm

hokie carla

found some w's, now just need 1

4:24 pm

hokie carla

made it down to 35. 8-12-9-4-2
T2 O W
C2 H R2
E A4 L6 T3
C7 A3
D2

4:25 pm

hokie carla

I do know one of the 8's but I guess I'll have to look it up

4:26 pm

hokie carla

would love to know how bea found that one

4:38 pm

saanichcat

the ad 8 ends in the diva song, if you wanted a hint!

4:39 pm

saanichcat

and so does the other 8

4:40 pm

saanichcat

another

4:51 pm

moolingwa

wow, there's some odd words in this one

4:51 pm

moolingwa

ah, haven't done squaredle yet today

4:51 pm

moolingwa

brb

5:00 pm

moolingwa

okay....28 to go

5:04 pm

mkg

I am back to do more. Still have no 8s and missing top row A and all U words.

5:04 pm

moolingwa

I have 2 8s and both are very odd

5:05 pm

moolingwa

if you need clues on words, let me know

5:12 pm

mkg

Would love clues please for one of the eights and a U and an A top corner A. Ty

5:12 pm

moolingwa

ad8 -

Almost mature opera song? - it's not a direct definition because that wouldn't help

5:13 pm

moolingwa

ec8 - ends in a fruit from a palm

5:13 pm

mkg

Ouch. Dont know mature opera song. Is there a term for it?

5:13 pm

dcseain

it's been aw6 since I've seen you here mkg

5:13 pm

moolingwa

think about a word for mature, it's almost that, and then add an opera song

5:14 pm

mkg

Ty dc. Great clue.

5:14 pm

mkg

Got the aw at least.

5:14 pm

moolingwa

Well I've been all in aw6 trying to get stuff done today

5:14 pm

dcseain

:)

5:14 pm

moolingwa

might take you aw6 to find aw6 ;)

5:15 pm

mkg

Got the aw. Ty.

5:15 pm

dcseain

both spellings of red oc5 again today.

5:15 pm

MollyL

mature=not a teen but an _____ drop the last letter

5:15 pm

mkg

Got the aw words. Ty.

5:15 pm

moolingwa

yes, both are ok :)

5:15 pm

dcseain

two aw6.33

5:16 pm

dcseain

it's rare to see the 'american' ending on packaging for it here, usual the British ending.

5:16 pm

mkg

Yup. Got both. Ty for clues. Back to the 8……i need more help. Ty.

5:17 pm

moolingwa

ad8 ends in the opera song

5:18 pm

mkg

Just monkeyed a U. Wow. Never saw that word before but ok. So still need the 8 please. Or any 8 please. Is there an 8 that is a compound word?

5:18 pm

mkg

GOT THE 8. Ty. Now i get the clue way below. Ty ty ty.

5:19 pm

mkg

Stilll missing the M word. Would love clues. Ty.

5:25 pm

dan2bit

a street Peter Gabriel sings about

5:26 pm

dan2bit

clemency, tenderness

5:26 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty.

5:27 pm

dcseain

ooh, twisty, thanks

5:27 pm

mkg

I didnt see that bottom corner Y

5:28 pm

mkg

Ty

5:28 pm

mkg

Ok so i am left with needing bottom row E word. Ty. And then no blanks. Then on to half way which i almost am at.

5:28 pm

mkg

Ty

5:33 pm

mkg

got the e so i am set. Ty.

5:40 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

5:46 pm

penquis

hello again....

5:46 pm

circe

hello. I'm rather regretting starting this one.

5:47 pm

cybernan

finding to be tough

5:48 pm

penquis

yes, tough....

5:58 pm

mkg

Now i have no blanks but need some more to be half way. Good luck all. Circe it is not a nice grid. Not at all.

5:59 pm

mkg

Night all. Made it half way.

6:00 pm

penquis

goodnight...

6:02 pm

dan2bit

phantom ritual

6:21 pm

cybernan

listing early

6:22 pm

penquis

just listed with 38 to go....still can't find wods...

6:23 pm

cybernan

ntpn: cuchi cuchi girl

6:23 pm

MollyL

Charo

6:23 pm

cybernan

:) wtg molly

6:24 pm

penquis

add a letter in there for the Mexican cowboy...

6:25 pm

cybernan

ty pen

6:26 pm

penquis

yw...

6:32 pm

HarryHood

hello! still 99 to go here. don't think I'll make much progress though.

6:33 pm

penquis

29 here....not a fun one....

6:33 pm

HarryHood

nice pen!

6:33 pm

HarryHood

no this is a slog.

6:34 pm

penquis

i listed at 36....

6:37 pm

HarryHood

89! I guess a fresh look helped

6:38 pm

penquis

Usually does...

6:49 pm

cybernan

monkeys need a break

6:49 pm

HarryHood

I hear you nan. 71 here.

6:50 pm

HarryHood

clue for the M?

6:50 pm

penquis

me 5....ordinary word...

6:50 pm

HarryHood

got it ty

6:53 pm

penquis

yw...

6:56 pm

HarryHood

have a good night! I'm not going to expend any more energy on this one.

6:57 pm

penquis

bye, harry...

7:14 pm

hokie carla

this grid shows no me5

7:17 pm

penquis

yes, there is an ME 5....only M word...

7:18 pm

penquis

do you have the ar 7?

7:19 pm

hokie carla

yes, I have it, it was a statement on the grid being awful

7:19 pm

hokie carla

the me5, that is. I don't have an ar7.

7:20 pm

penquis

have ME 5 on me!!....

7:20 pm

penquis

do you have the ur 5?

7:21 pm

penquis

nm...channeling peri tonight...

7:21 pm

penquis

just missing the AR 7....

7:22 pm

hokie carla

points?

7:22 pm

penquis

ar 7/36....

7:24 pm

hokie carla

thought I was onto something with archery but of course archer never worked the many times I tried it

7:25 pm

penquis

archer doesn't even work...

7:25 pm

nrkii

I'm back. Somehow my last 20 words didn't find themselves in the last 3 hours while I was away.

7:25 pm

hokie carla

archemy - alchemy's cousin

7:26 pm

hokie carla

oh, you can help pen with the ar7/36

7:27 pm

nrkii

ar + a british Agatha Christie type word for a local minister, but drop the r from the middle of it

7:27 pm

hokie carla

hmm

7:28 pm

penquis

hmm....can't seem to make that work....

7:28 pm

nrkii

or... for that minister, substitute what one does for a living if one manages the art collection in a museum

7:28 pm

nrkii

ar + manage the collection, drop the r in the middle of the manage word

7:29 pm

nrkii

or, rainbow shape + vowel + consumed food?

7:29 pm

penquis

ty...that did it...i am done...

7:30 pm

penquis

i had the similar ac 6....

7:30 pm

nrkii

Thank you... I was missing that

7:30 pm

hokie carla

got them, thanks both

7:31 pm

nrkii

still missing one of those ac6 words

7:31 pm

penquis

ac 6 ends with the Hawaiian necklace...

7:31 pm

nrkii

yes!

7:32 pm

penquis

i used Best Word List for that one...

7:33 pm

nrkii

finally using the list... should have done this hours ago

7:33 pm

penquis

need anything else before i go?...

7:34 pm

nrkii

I'm good here... thanks!

7:36 pm

penquis

goodnight then...

7:36 pm

nrkii

night!

7:39 pm

nrkii

wow, even with the list... I'm just making sh*t up here

7:41 pm

hokie carla

had to take Winston out and missed Pen leaving. bye, Pen!

7:41 pm

nrkii

okay, the we7 was the only one of my last 20 that I should have found on my own

7:42 pm

nrkii

done

7:42 pm

hokie carla

that one I have

7:42 pm

hokie carla

nice!

7:43 pm

hokie carla

31 left here

7:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone using lickety and finding it slow?

7:55 pm

Lizlin

No problems here with Lickety

7:58 pm

nrkii

dog walk time... anyone need a hint before I go?

7:59 pm

nrkii

k... happy babbling... just a few more hours and this grid will be behind us all

7:59 pm

Lizlin

Enjoy your walk

8:00 pm

hokie carla

I have not opened lickety's list yet

8:03 pm

Lizlin

I've resorted to forewords for my last 20 and so far, most of them have been words I don't recognise. I'll be pleased to see the end of this grid!

8:03 pm

Lizlin

Morewords - autocorrect strikes again!

8:03 pm

hokie carla

down to 31 and if I need to look up 20 I think I'll just call it quits.

8:04 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I knew what you were talking about and didn't even notice

8:04 pm

Lizlin

I always hope if i look up the words, I'll remember them for another time. Sometimes it works!

8:04 pm

hokie carla

I used to say that too, then I realized it rarely happens that I remember. 🤣

8:05 pm

hokie carla

I still have 8 4's left. hate to list with that many but I went on a 4 quest earlier and didn't find many.

8:05 pm

Lizlin

Well, I guess it must work, when I think of the babblers I now remember and some of the other more obscure words.

8:05 pm

Lizlin

I've got one 4 left - but I won't look that up.

8:06 pm

Lizlin

babblets - one day I might turn autocorrect off!

8:06 pm

hokie carla

okay, diving into the list.

8:06 pm

hokie carla

and yes, I always have autocorrect off because it's a pain here.

8:13 pm

hokie carla

so far the list is not helping with the c's. no wonder I coudn't find them all day.

8:39 pm

Gillie

the ce8 ends with a song

8:39 pm

hokie carla

I have that, thanks. it's other c's.

8:41 pm

Gillie

There are 3 variations on a 17th century coach - ca6/27, ca7/40 (the correct spelling), and another ca7/40

8:42 pm

hokie carla

the ones I skipped are ce6, last ch7, and first cu6

8:44 pm

Gillie

The last ch7 is like the preceding ch6, but with an extra vowel

8:45 pm

hokie carla

so not the singing group?

8:46 pm

Gillie

Actually, you can get both of the ch7/36 by adding a vowel to the ch6/24

8:46 pm

Gillie

(different vowels, different placement)

8:47 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I tried adding stuff to that earlier. ah, different placement.

8:47 pm

hokie carla

finally got it, thanks

8:48 pm

Gillie

yw

8:48 pm

Gillie

The cu6 is a different spelling of the poison

8:55 pm

hokie carla

have no idea what the poison is, so I looked it up, but thanks

8:56 pm

Gillie

Sorry - I've been using MoreWords a lot today

8:57 pm

hokie carla

and looked up the ce6 for the finish. hope tomorrow's is better.

8:57 pm

Gillie

Yeah - today's is mean

8:59 pm

hokie carla

yep

9:05 pm

moolingwa

rehi

9:09 pm

hokie carla

remoo

9:11 pm

moolingwa

rimu is a tree from NZ, though not acceptable here :)

9:11 pm

moolingwa

unlike kauri :)

9:12 pm

hokie carla

what? enable not being consistent about something?

9:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

9:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, 128 to go

9:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Oy, stuck, 4 squares shy of hoet and 92 to go. night all

10:19 pm

cybernan

hi again

10:54 pm

MollyL

cerule

11:05 pm

rururocks

good guess molly :D

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