Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 5, 2025

12:10 am

cybernan

hello - everyone lurking tonight :)

12:11 am

jeanne314

seems so!

12:11 am

grannyrose

zi 8

12:11 am

ursh

morning nan

12:11 am

broll

ta 7

12:11 am

cybernan

good heavens, rose - how did you find that!

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, thanks Rose !

12:12 am

grannyrose

magic monkeys. hello everyone.

12:12 am

cybernan

and rain - and here I thought I was doing well to spot the zi 4

12:13 am

cybernan

only long word I can think of begining with zi is zinfandel!

12:13 am

broll

ni 7 & 8

12:13 am

rebelsass

morning babblers!

12:13 am

Rainiqui

Yeah but I bet you have more words than me right now, lol

12:14 am

dcseain

thanks, broll

12:14 am

dcseain

hey, yall

12:14 am

rebelsass

hey seain

12:15 am

dcseain

hi, rebelass

12:15 am

cybernan

ok so my monkeys are alive and well :)

12:15 am

dcseain

glad to hear that, nan

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

broll

yw

12:23 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and crashing -- good night :)

12:23 am

sprite

morning babblers. Thank you Lickety

12:24 am

rebelsass

night, nan!

12:25 am

cybernan

oh - and hoet (that was for carla)

12:29 am

jeanne314

Any stats for the top right E and I please?

12:29 am

ursh

er 5/12

12:29 am

jeanne314

thank you, ursh!

12:30 am

ursh

dont have the i

12:31 am

jeanne314

' 'tis okay...this gives me something to start in on.

12:38 am

sprite

in6/21

12:46 am

rebelsass

nbt, nbs, going to go to sleep now. been a long day. night, all!

1:09 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:16 am

crosshair

Ty for zi8, and good morning Babblers. :)

8:18 am

MollyL

The predicted snow has sent crowds to the grocery store. Lots of people. Lots of grocery carts full of junk food.

8:26 am

phaeton

St Louis streets are completely empty

8:28 am

phaeton

phantom: dance

8:34 am

rururocks

i see why it only took sprite a half hour to do the grid.. it's really easy

8:40 am

MollyL

Said one Babble Brianiac about another

8:47 am

leighprefect

morning! cruising through this grid up until i hit the ni7.

8:47 am

rururocks

ni7 what santa's elf does when he's giving instructiosn

8:48 am

leighprefect

hahaha, i was completely confused for a moment before it dawned on me. perfect, thank you!!

9:06 am

hurshy

morning

9:06 am

leighprefect

morning, hurshy

9:08 am

hurshy

if the jungle dude took up meditation he could become Tarzen

9:08 am

rururocks

done.. not as fast as sprite though

9:10 am

hurshy

it would be hard to be as fast as sprite

9:10 am

hurshy

or um, who's the other fast one

9:11 am

rururocks

dart is really quick too.. what a brain he has

9:11 am

hurshy

yeah

9:12 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! person from a certain Alaskan archipelago

9:14 am

rururocks

Palin isn't in the grid :D

9:14 am

hurshy

haha i meant a NATIVE person

9:15 am

hurshy

and i'm not sure she lives on an archipelago, i think she was from the mainland

9:16 am

MollyL

Ru is modest. He is just as fast as Sprite. And he doesn't brag.

9:17 am

rururocks

I plug away at these grids

9:18 am

MollyL

Most of us do. But not all of us finish every day without fail.

9:19 am

rururocks

yeah.. there's about 20 nutcases who are ocd enough to finish every day

9:19 am

rururocks

MYSELF included

9:19 am

hurshy

well a couple of Ts (hopefully a pair) are still standing between me and top row grey

9:20 am

BzznBea

I'm wondering if there is an 8 in that T.

9:20 am

rururocks

there is am 8

9:21 am

rururocks

kind of rhymes with a fake from the 1800's

9:21 am

hurshy

there's no M, must mean N

9:21 am

rururocks

there is a ta8 i meant

9:21 am

hurshy

ohhh

9:22 am

BzznBea

Thanks, ru.

9:22 am

hurshy

a fake from the 1800s... hmm

9:22 am

rururocks

like a fake doctor

9:23 am

hurshy

quack?

9:23 am

rururocks

ha

9:23 am

BzznBea

We lost Quincy on Friday. He had a heart attack, we think. It is just too quiet here.

9:23 am

rururocks

when did mkg show up :D :D

9:24 am

rururocks

omg bea.. so sorry

9:24 am

rururocks

how old was he?

9:24 am

hurshy

i'm sorry for your loss Bea :(

9:24 am

BzznBea

He was 8 or 9.

9:25 am

leighprefect

I'm so sorry.

9:25 am

BzznBea

Thanks, friends. He was one of the smartest boxers we've ever had.

9:25 am

rururocks

that is heartbreaking... awful..

9:26 am

hurshy

it is so hard when they leave us :(

9:26 am

rururocks

what was the name of that cute white boxer you had

9:26 am

BzznBea

Usually we know when they are about to leave. This time, we didnt.

9:27 am

BzznBea

Ru, I think you are refering to Emma.

9:27 am

rururocks

you've had a lot of boxers during my time here for sure.

9:27 am

rururocks

I like the breed a lot.. so goofy and playful

9:28 am

rururocks

I didn't know with Dylan.. he went really quickly it was devastating to me.. I know just how you feel

9:28 am

BzznBea

We have a boxer with hooks on it. Four hooks and we have six collars.

9:28 am

hurshy

:(

9:28 am

rururocks

ah bea... so sorry

9:29 am

BzznBea

Yes, Larry is beside himself.

9:29 am

rururocks

i bet

9:30 am

suefrad625

hi all

9:30 am

BzznBea

When the time is right, I will suggest we foster for the boxer rescue we work with. We will move on.

9:31 am

suefrad625

what are hooks?

9:31 am

suefrad625

We foster

9:31 am

suefrad625

it makes a great difference

9:31 am

BzznBea

Things you hang things from are hooks.

9:31 am

rururocks

I'm not a good candidate for fostering.. once they are here they're mine

9:32 am

hurshy

like she has a wooden thing for the wall that is shaped like a boxer and it has hooks for keys or in this case memorial collars

9:32 am

MollyL

I think she meant she has a boxer wall hanging with six hooks in it.

9:32 am

Sophie214

fostering after I lost my lab helped me.....however I'm known as a foster fail

9:32 am

BzznBea

Yes, sue. When we were in KS, we fostered for a boxer rescue. We had a dozen move through our house. We also had two that didn't leave.

9:33 am

rururocks

every dog I've fostered has lived with me from then on

9:33 am

suefrad625

yes and no. its great to get them ready for a family. but depending on the personalty of the dog, it isn't always a good fit. eg: high energy dog in an older home.

9:33 am

rururocks

I'm a total foster fail

9:33 am

suefrad625

I am a 2x foster family

9:34 am

rururocks

I'm a four time foster... currently two chocolate labs

9:35 am

rururocks

what can you do to help yourself feel better bea?

9:35 am

suefrad625

but the house in NC has 2 dog doors, dogs, cats & adults and kids at times. It is a perfect foster setup. plus my kids have fostered everything from snakes to pigs to dogs.

9:35 am

hurshy

i met my Rilla's foster mom, he seemed like a really nice guy

9:36 am

suefrad625

here in Fl. we have room and great dogs for them to come in and find peace

9:36 am

rururocks

you live in florida?

9:37 am

rururocks

I thought the carolinas?

9:37 am

hurshy

sounds like she has two houses

9:37 am

suefrad625

I find it very sad to see a weaker person being drug down the street by a dog. You know that it is a boiling problem that will end in the streets.

9:37 am

suefrad625

2

9:37 am

suefrad625

my kids live in NC, we live in FL

9:38 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! she of Nintendo Legend

9:38 am

suefrad625

I don't think that the space you live in dictates the dog size. but activity levels do.

9:39 am

penquis

zelda...

9:39 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:39 am

penquis

hello all...

9:40 am

suefrad625

Take care all. The weather is coming in, please be careful. 4X wheel drive on ice doesn't work.

9:41 am

penquis

bye, sue...

9:42 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:42 am

BzznBea

Ru, I am going to get back to practicing my favorite art, working with fabric.

9:42 am

MollyL

It is amazing how many people don't know that about 4-wheel drive.

9:42 am

penquis

carla!

9:42 am

hurshy

idk ruru, i'm not saying the grid is very bad, but i'm not sure EASY is the right word either... like for example stuck on P with 7 more, Z with 2 more...

9:43 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:43 am

BzznBea

Hello, Carla.

9:43 am

hokie carla

bea!

9:43 am

rururocks

ok penq i have to find out about the chicken murders?

9:44 am

hokie carla

only 201 left here

9:44 am

hurshy

chicken murders???

9:44 am

rururocks

it goes quickly hokes

9:45 am

hokie carla

it never goes quickly for me, you know that!

9:45 am

penquis

hah!...well my niece bought a house this summer that came with four chickens....she was arriving home and heard a ruckus...a hawk was decapitating one of her chickens....the chicken was named Bitchy....the other poor chickens were huddled in a corner of the pen shaking and making awful noises...

9:45 am

hurshy

ugh, nature can be so harsh

9:45 am

penquis

Bitchy was in the grid yesterday....

9:45 am

BzznBea

Oh no!

9:46 am

hokie carla

is this the cookie niece? I didn't see any posts for a long time by her and wondered if she gave up cookie making.

9:46 am

penquis

She got her name because she was..well...bitchy....she picked on one of the others a lot....but in some ways she was a leader of the group....

9:47 am

penquis

yes, the cookie niece who is not making cookies now...

9:47 am

BzznBea

I'm a big fan of hawks, but not those in the chicken coop.

9:47 am

hokie carla

from the day we arrive on the planet...

9:47 am

hurshy

it's driving me nuts, wanting -ance words

9:48 am

hurshy

or -ence

9:48 am

penquis

what is ironic is that a week before that I had bought her a book for Christmas on how to protect your chickens from predators....

9:48 am

hurshy

:(

9:48 am

hokie carla

ha

9:49 am

BzznBea

lol

9:49 am

penquis

when I gave it to her, she laughed and said she had not lost her sense of humor....

9:50 am

hurshy

oh so you didn't GIVE it to her until after?

9:50 am

hokie carla

did the cookie making just get to be too much?

9:50 am

BzznBea

Anyone see Jeopardy the other night when the question was "What is an anorak?"

9:50 am

rururocks

I didn't know hawks like chicken

9:50 am

hokie carla

you kidding? hawks like everything. birds of prey.

9:50 am

penquis

they like any small mammal apparently....

9:50 am

hokie carla

I did not, bea

9:51 am

penquis

no, Bea, i did not see it....i am behind in watching my Jeopardy episodes....

9:51 am

rururocks

well they like squirrels around here but you know the saying squirrels taste like chicken

9:51 am

rururocks

origami is the jeopardy freak around here

9:52 am

hokie carla

did I tell y'all a blue heron picked up my golf ball one day? I was driving the cart toward it and mr. homie was walking and yelling at it and it dropped it and flew away.

9:52 am

penquis

weird...

9:52 am

hokie carla

yep

9:52 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! country in the himalayas

9:53 am

penquis

nepal

9:53 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:53 am

Shirlockc

did you all hear about the science finding that squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles?

9:53 am

rururocks

did the heron have any egrets about bothering your game?

9:54 am

BzznBea

ha!

9:54 am

hurshy

you mean that SOME squirrels have recently started to do so, shirl? i think i did see that

9:54 am

hokie carla

wish the squirrels here would work on the moles in my yard

9:54 am

penquis

did not know that, shirl....

9:54 am

hurshy

i don't think i have the faintest idea what a vole looks like

9:54 am

Shirlockc

yes, some squirrels in california i think

9:54 am

rururocks

I saw that article too predatory squirrels

9:54 am

hokie carla

not as freaky as a mole

9:54 am

Shirlockc

vole = little rodent, mouse like i believe

9:55 am

rururocks

squirrels around here are a nuisance

9:55 am

hurshy

wish we had an H

9:55 am

hokie carla

everywhere they are

9:56 am

MollyL

Ay! Don't yell at Great Blue Herons.

9:56 am

hokie carla

one day at the disney campground I saw one sneaking away with my muffin wrapper. he had torn a hole in the bottom of the trash bag. I saw them sneaking over and all this beside winston.

9:57 am

hurshy

haha

9:57 am

hokie carla

it shouldn't be stealing my golf ball! what if it ate it and got sick?

9:57 am

rururocks

did the disney campground have gators?

9:57 am

hokie carla

"they" say every body of water in FL has gators

9:58 am

BzznBea

We have squirrels that would stand on the front porch at the window. Drove Quincy nuts!

9:58 am

hurshy

yeah squirrels are rude, they really seem to like taunting indoor animals

9:58 am

Shirlockc

that heron would have a different kind of hole in one

9:58 am

rururocks

same here bea.. on sits on the fence with his tail just inches above where buddy jumps to get him.. just taunting him

9:58 am

hokie carla

I have seen one in the lake the campground is on. same lake as the hotel that the gator snatched the little boy off the beach.

9:59 am

BzznBea

They have eaten through some of our wood porch balisters.

9:59 am

rururocks

that was so sad a story hokie

9:59 am

hurshy

ugh, i was just thinking about that incident yesterday and how traumatic that must have been for his dad.

9:59 am

hokie carla

squirrels are assholes. they always eat my squash blossoms and peaches.

10:00 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

10:01 am

hurshy

phantom: guest

10:01 am

rururocks

I can't even imagine what he went through after that

10:02 am

hokie carla

yep, terrible.

10:02 am

rururocks

no signs out .. unbelievable

10:02 am

hurshy

i'd be very concerned suicide would be a big risk

10:03 am

rururocks

do you think the heron got a birdie with the golf ball?

10:03 am

hokie carla

they put fencing around all the resorts beaches after that. but they were just putting one around the canal that goes through the campground when we were there last spring. have never seen one in the canal.

10:04 am

rururocks

I wouldn't stay anywhere near snakes and gators

10:05 am

Shirlockc

i see your puns ruru and i'm in awe, i wish i had a riposte

10:05 am

hokie carla

when I did see the one in the lake I was getting on a boat to the magic kingdom and the boat captain called it in. they did that any time they were spotted and then they were removed, but I guess that one snuck in and no one had seen it.

10:05 am

hurshy

so ta8, ni8, what's the third 8?

10:06 am

penquis

zi 8

10:06 am

hokie carla

we used to go to Kiawah Island a lot near Charleston and I think they have even more gators proportionally

10:06 am

welki

'morning, folks

10:06 am

hurshy

:O

10:06 am

hokie carla

welki!

10:06 am

penquis

hi welki...

10:06 am

hurshy

thanks pen

10:06 am

hurshy

that finished off my 7s as well

10:07 am

penquis

yw...not really hard to find when you know it's there....i saw the stats from the flip when I logged on....

10:07 am

rururocks

pen do you think the hawk was foster-ing any ill will towards the other chickens?

10:08 am

hokie carla

I have just now gotten to the P and it's not going as quickly as it should with 37 words

10:08 am

penquis

they were lucky to survive the attack...

10:08 am

welki

when we were in disney, husband golfed a couple of courses - there were red lines on the perimeters that said there were gators, and don't cross over the line to retrieve your golf balls

10:08 am

mael

name that princess in the grid

10:09 am

penquis

been there, done that... ;o)....hi mael...

10:09 am

mael

hah hi

10:10 am

penquis

gotta go....bbl to finish...bye all....

10:10 am

hokie carla

welki, if you ever go near Hilton Head, there's a super nice campground at HH National. We played there and I lost a ball in a very gator looking area but I have like an 18' retriever and I got all kinds of balls people had left. (FTR, I was up on a retaining wall)

10:11 am

rururocks

thanks for explaining the chicken murders pen

10:11 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

10:11 am

hurshy

oh my

10:11 am

hokie carla

elsa

10:11 am

penquis

yw, ru...bye!

10:11 am

hurshy

anna

10:12 am

hokie carla

anna is not in the grid

10:12 am

hurshy

i know but you said elsa, which isn't in the grid, so i felt i had to respond

10:12 am

welki

we use a retriever here on the desert course - don't want to be poking around under the bushes

10:12 am

hokie carla

I was answering mael but I guess elsa is a phantom

10:13 am

hokie carla

smart, welki

10:13 am

hurshy

mael was talking about the one i did not long ago

10:13 am

mael

not elsa

10:13 am

hurshy

nintendo

10:13 am

hokie carla

must've been before I arrived

10:13 am

rururocks

who knew golf was so dangerous

10:13 am

mael

I hadn't scrolled back :)

10:13 am

hokie carla

well it's not princess peach

10:13 am

mael

that's clearly why I don't golf

10:14 am

rururocks

gators, snakes, ugh

10:14 am

hurshy

it's all in the phrasing, how hard the NTPN is...

10:14 am

welki

the other golfers are likely more dangerous than any wildlife on the course

10:14 am

hurshy

that's why i said "Nintendo Legend"

10:14 am

hokie carla

mr. homie had a black bear run across the fairway in front of him

10:14 am

MollyL

Or how many kids you have who played The Legend of Zelda

10:15 am

mael

or how many of you WERE kids playing Legend of Zelda, lol

10:15 am

hokie carla

zelda was more my time but I didn't play it

10:15 am

rururocks

I don't play computer games like my nephews do

10:15 am

rururocks

just this one and serpentine

10:15 am

hurshy

i mean i didn't play it but i knew about it

10:15 am

MollyL

I think Fitzgerald was the more famous Zelda

10:15 am

hokie carla

it was my time. I had friends who played. but I was all about Mario & Luigi

10:16 am

hurshy

i SUCK at video games

10:16 am

mael

I would have to say that Legend of Zelda has definitely surpassed Fitzgerald's Zelda in popularity, sorry Molly. And I say this as an english major

10:16 am

rururocks

me too I think

10:17 am

marksdolly

Ru, you play Serpentine too?

10:17 am

rururocks

yep.. almost every day

10:17 am

hurshy

well and the fact that both mael and i thought of the Legend rather than fitzgerald is some evidence of fame level right there

10:17 am

marksdolly

what is your name there?

10:17 am

rururocks

same as here

10:17 am

marksdolly

which room do you play in?

10:18 am

MollyL

There are a lot of people (like Nan) who would have no idea about the Nintendo Zelda

10:18 am

hokie carla

he plays the 4x4, dolly

10:18 am

mael

I still have a big problem with enable not recognizing zine as a word, btw

10:18 am

hokie carla

oh, you asked that

10:18 am

rururocks

I play in the medium room

10:18 am

marksdolly

awww.... wondered why I hadn't seen him

10:18 am

hurshy

sure, it'd be a Venn diagram, some people would know one or the other, some know both, but the question is which circle is bigger

10:18 am

hokie carla

I still only have 18 p's. need one to move on.

10:18 am

mael

and there are more people who would have no clue about Fitzgerald's zelda these days

10:19 am

hokie carla

found one. moving on!

10:19 am

rururocks

you play in the hard room dolly?

10:19 am

hokie carla

if I ever had a clue about fitzgerald's I have forgotten

10:19 am

rururocks

wowza.. i get lost on that one

10:19 am

mael

pop culture is, well, popular

10:19 am

MollyL

🙄

10:20 am

welki

i should get back into serpentine, i really enjoy it

10:20 am

rururocks

they call it the hard room molly ...

10:20 am

MollyL

Guess Hokie knows nothing of The Great Gatsby

10:20 am

marksdolly

have missed seeing you there welki

10:20 am

hokie carla

right so, old sport

10:20 am

MollyL

Will refrain from comment Ru

10:21 am

welki

it's where we met, dolly :)

10:21 am

rururocks

viagra is in the grid there all the time

10:21 am

mael

if someone thinks of the Great Gatsby they think of Nick and Daisy, not of Fitzgerald's actual wife whom he plagiarized from

10:22 am

rururocks

i enjoyed the Great Gatsby as a kid .. good book

10:22 am

hokie carla

have seen the movie with leo. not sure I ever read the book. probably thought, "oh, a zelda" and then never thought of it again.

10:23 am

marksdolly

welki :)

10:23 am

mael

there's no Zelda in the Great Gatsby :)

10:23 am

hurshy

now ELLA fitzgerald, she's perhaps the most famous Ella

10:23 am

hokie carla

then wtf are we talking about

10:24 am

hurshy

the author's wife was Zelda, hokie

10:24 am

hokie carla

okay, no way would people know that over the LEGEND OF ZELDA

10:24 am

hurshy

she was a famous socialite at the time

10:24 am

hokie carla

I didn't realize Molly was that old

10:25 am

hurshy

like a Paris Hilton

10:25 am

rururocks

(<--- doesn't have to ask what wtf is from hokie)

10:25 am

hokie carla

we have intel again today

10:26 am

hokie carla

ruru, I hoped you would figure that out

10:26 am

rururocks

<--- has that acronym down

10:26 am

MollyL

Yeah, I meant F. Scott's wife. Not a character in the book.

10:26 am

hurshy

intel counts in squaredle

10:26 am

mael

the story of Zelda Fitzgerald is definitely not common knowledge. She was a socialite yes, but her husband plagiarized MUCH of his material from her writing. He treated her like dirt and she died in an insane asylum in a fire. It's only been relatively recently that all her work has been rediscovered

10:27 am

mael

and/or his plagiarism identified in his novels. He forced her to edit out most of her only publish novel so he could use the same storyline in Tender is the Night

10:27 am

hokie carla

interesting, thank you, mael.

10:28 am

MollyL

F. Scott is buried close to where I live so we locals know the story of the Fitzgerald's

10:28 am

welki

sounds familiar - raymond carver was another writer who crapped all over his (first) wife, achieved fame and married his second (who ended up with all the rights to his work)

10:28 am

mael

yep

10:28 am

rururocks

well.. one wife was enough for me

10:29 am

mael

and he refused her a divorce and the abandoned her to go to Hollywood, which is why she ended up depressed and getting electroshock therapy in the first place. Screw F. Scott, great writer or not

10:29 am

hurshy

you're no Henry VIII

10:29 am

welki

(that said, carver still remains one of my faves)

10:30 am

hurshy

phantom: stanza

10:31 am

rururocks

going to go now and do other stuff.. hugs to you bea...

10:31 am

BzznBea

thanks, ru

10:32 am

hokie carla

well in certain accents you have stanzer, hurshy

10:32 am

hurshy

1-4-5

10:32 am

hokie carla

bye ruru!

10:32 am

welki

reading back - ((((bea))))

10:32 am

hokie carla

me too, sorry bea

10:33 am

BzznBea

Thanks, Carla and welki.

10:41 am

hokie carla

some people are certainly dancier than others

10:41 am

BzznBea

Not me. Two left feet.

10:42 am

hokie carla

wow, finished the middle E and the lower A on first try. unheard of for vowels!

10:43 am

mael

FW!

10:43 am

hokie carla

well done

10:44 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

10:51 am

BzznBea

Need to clean up after brunch and start some laundry. BBL

10:51 am

hokie carla

bye bea

11:00 am

hokie carla

have made it to 29 left. 5-7-10-4-3
guess I will have to backchat to see those 8s (just coined a new word)

11:18 am

MollyL

Oh great. Now all the followers will jump on the HOET bandwagon and start using backchat. At least the numbers thing has not caught on.

11:29 am

BzznBea

Wow! When I came back, I have no words and I have yesterday's clues. Interesting.

11:30 am

BzznBea

Wonder if nan plays wordle? She will like today's word.

11:33 am

welki

tried to play the mini today, but when i opened it, all the words had been entered

11:35 am

welki

my subscription expires next month, so will do my annual, "please give me a better discount" spiel

12:02 pm

dan2bit

morning all! bottom row done

12:14 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:15 pm

hokie carla

did you refresh and get everything back, bea?

12:16 pm

hokie carla

I didn't even have to do a spiel, welki. I just started canceling online and they gave me a better offer.

12:21 pm

hokie carla

22 now. 5-6-9-1-1
TT A
P10 Z
SSSS CC
TT

12:22 pm

hokie carla

found a t6 from the top!

12:32 pm

cybernan

hello eveyone :)

12:32 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

12:32 pm

hokie carla

looks like it's just me now

12:35 pm

hokie carla

have found 6 p's now

12:43 pm

cybernan

only have z x3

12:44 pm

hokie carla

do you have the 7/8 set? extend the zi element

12:44 pm

cybernan

yes - those are the 3 that I have

12:45 pm

hokie carla

two ze4

12:45 pm

cybernan

found 2 more

12:45 pm

hokie carla

and then I still need another

12:46 pm

hokie carla

just looked for 4s and still have 3 I can't find

12:46 pm

hokie carla

down to 3-4-5-1-1
T A
PPPP Z
SSS CC
TT

12:48 pm

hokie carla

even though ruru said it's easy, I think I'm going to have to list now.

12:50 pm

nrkii

Could I get a gentle clue or maybe just stats for the i?

12:50 pm

dan2bit

in6/21

12:50 pm

nrkii

ohhhh, now I see it

12:51 pm

nrkii

I was trying so hard not to ask for help because I knew that would happen

12:51 pm

dan2bit

glad to not help nrkii :-)

12:51 pm

nrkii

heh!

12:52 pm

nrkii

Are there any S8 words?

12:52 pm

nrkii

I am missing 6 S's and 2 8's... hoping I can knock out with one concerted effort

12:52 pm

dan2bit

I only have 1 of the 8s and it is zi8

12:55 pm

cybernan

there is also an ni 7-8 -- don't know what the third one is

12:55 pm

nrkii

thanks! that killed my Ns

12:56 pm

cybernan

let me know if you find the other 8 please

12:56 pm

hokie carla

hey nellie and dan

12:56 pm

hokie carla

there is a ta8 that I can't find and I don't know if it's upper or lower T

12:56 pm

MollyL

ta8/40

12:57 pm

MollyL

Sounds like a ch word that means phoney

12:57 pm

MollyL

Phony

12:57 pm

hokie carla

phony the noun, not the adj.

12:57 pm

hokie carla

phony the noun, not the adj.

12:57 pm

hokie carla

thanks

12:58 pm

hokie carla

reminds me of the twins in GWTW

12:59 pm

nrkii

Ah, I was trying from wrong T... got it now, thanks

12:59 pm

cybernan

can't think of a ch word that means phoney and no idea what gwtw is

1:00 pm

nrkii

knocked out 2 S words along the way, so sort of got where I was heading

1:00 pm

hokie carla

gone with the wind

1:00 pm

nrkii

Gone With the Wind

1:00 pm

hokie carla

another clue: scottish plaid with two letters shoved in the middle

1:00 pm

nrkii

A ch9 is someone who swindles, takes advantage...

1:01 pm

GMpnk

aha - scottish plaid clue worked! Thanks

1:01 pm

nrkii

pretends to have skills they don't

1:01 pm

hokie carla

just struggled for 5 min to find a 4. was going the wrong direction!

1:01 pm

hokie carla

no problem

1:02 pm

dan2bit

30 left, mostly P and S words

1:02 pm

hokie carla

yeah, those are the worst

1:03 pm

nrkii

9 to go here
A
P
L SSSS
T

1:03 pm

nrkii

and another T

1:03 pm

cybernan

ty -- all clues make sense now :)

1:03 pm

nrkii

oh shoot, dog walk time... bbl

1:05 pm

hokie carla

okay, missed the slang plural in the P

1:05 pm

hokie carla

guess I should say plural of the slang

1:06 pm

hokie carla

and the plural of the kilt feature

1:06 pm

hokie carla

so maybe the p's weren't as hard as I thought

1:07 pm

cybernan

just have any slang in the p's -- french words yes

1:08 pm

hokie carla

slang for our (us) leader

1:08 pm

cybernan

ty - never think of that one

1:09 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I rarely do too. did not see it on first pass, and obviously missed the plural until listing

1:09 pm

hokie carla

3 left that I still can't find.

1:10 pm

cybernan

think I'm going to list as well - getting tired of looking at the same words over and over again

1:10 pm

cybernan

3 words or 3 p's?

1:10 pm

hokie carla

ah, the A I finally found. always miss that one in both spellings (only one here today)

1:11 pm

hokie carla

it was 1 A and 2 C

1:11 pm

hokie carla

I know the 3rd letter of the C and still can't get it

1:13 pm

hokie carla

tried catnip and catnap just in case since I can't see compound words

1:13 pm

hokie carla

aha, it is one.

1:13 pm

hokie carla

TADA

1:13 pm

dan2bit

tx carla

1:16 pm

dan2bit

19 left, just Ts, Ps, Ss

1:18 pm

cybernan

grats, carla -- struggling to find 3 more c's

1:19 pm

cybernan

need the ca 6-7

1:19 pm

BzznBea

tennis racket strings

1:21 pm

cybernan

ty - violin strings too -- at least they used to be

1:23 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:23 pm

hokie carla

I think the bow I had was horsehair

1:24 pm

hokie carla

is that a thing violins? (or fiddles in my case)

1:26 pm

BzznBea

Yes. They are made from horsehair as well as synthetic fibers.

1:33 pm

cybernan

not the bow - the strings

1:34 pm

cybernan

the G, D and A strings all used to be made from ca6 - often wound with silver

1:34 pm

cybernan

or steel -- E string was usually steel

1:44 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

1:57 pm

cybernan

got side tracked, but done now

1:57 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone

1:57 pm

Gillie

I didn't know this - apparently, ca6 (for strings) was never actually made from the eponymous animal, but from cattle and sheep (the origin of the name isn't certain)

1:58 pm

Gillie

correction - usually sheep or goat

2:02 pm

Gillie

and it's still used in some instruments (but mostly not)

2:09 pm

periwinkle

help with the i please. I think it is in6

2:09 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

2:09 pm

periwinkle

hi jes hello all

2:27 pm

Cathyar

Peri, did you find the IN yet? If not, it means everything in its place.

2:35 pm

MollyL

Peri, if a fragile item arrives okay it arrives in6

3:32 pm

jesdraggon

a's axed

3:39 pm

jesdraggon

d's demolished

3:41 pm

jesdraggon

e's eradicated

3:43 pm

jesdraggon

g's gone

3:45 pm

jesdraggon

l's lanced

3:46 pm

jesdraggon

n's noshed

3:50 pm

jesdraggon

p's poppe

3:50 pm

jesdraggon

d

3:51 pm

jesdraggon

r's rounded up

3:52 pm

mkg

Any cluyes for top corner E? Ty

3:53 pm

jesdraggon

er5 - proper name

3:54 pm

mkg

A name? Hmmm. Ok ty

3:55 pm

mkg

what kind of proper name? Like a persons name?

3:55 pm

jesdraggon

yes

3:56 pm

mkg

ty. Erin is a name but wont take.

3:56 pm

jesdraggon

e5, not 4

3:57 pm

mkg

ooh got it. Ty. Now why is that in the grid???????

3:59 pm

jesdraggon

no idea, but i've seen it in before. it's annoying every time!

3:59 pm

mkg

agree.

3:59 pm

mkg

Weilll. I have no sevens or 8s and am over half done. Any help welcome.

3:59 pm

mkg

Ty

4:00 pm

jesdraggon

28 left, working through list but stalling out on sp7

4:01 pm

mkg

Ok

4:02 pm

jesdraggon

I do have ni7/8 though, like a bird's extra eyelid

4:08 pm

jesdraggon

did that help find that 8?

4:11 pm

jesdraggon

Found another 7 - ta7 is plural of ta6 things you're good at

4:11 pm

mkg

Tygot it.

4:12 pm

mkg

Ty.

4:12 pm

mkg

Any 8s jes?

4:15 pm

suz01

swet

4:15 pm

jesdraggon

Only the ni so far

4:17 pm

mkg

Ni 8? Any clues?

4:17 pm

jesdraggon

plural of ni7, like 3rd eyelid

4:18 pm

mkg

Oh i dont know that word. Sorry. Ty anyway

4:19 pm

jesdraggon

ni+consonant+ MRA Andrew ****

4:19 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty

4:21 pm

jesdraggon

the zi 7/8 rhymes with the ni7/8

4:24 pm

jesdraggon

z's zinged

4:25 pm

jesdraggon

back in a few minutes for the last 4

4:41 pm

jesdraggon

3

4:42 pm

jesdraggon

c's crushed

4:46 pm

jesdraggon

s's smashed

4:53 pm

lideola

Really? MRA? He's a criminal misogynist.

4:53 pm

jesdraggon

yeah, but I didn't want to write a whole rant and lose the point of the clue

4:54 pm

lideola

agreed. His name immediately puts me on guard.

4:58 pm

jesdraggon

anybody have clue for ta8/40?

5:03 pm

jesdraggon

nm. firewords :)

5:06 pm

jesdraggon

still looking for clues, mkg?

5:42 pm

periwinkle

help with either en5 please

5:46 pm

jesdraggon

Hi peri. en5/12: get something started, en5/12: an inherent quality

5:46 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

5:47 pm

periwinkle

got them both ty jes

5:57 pm

jesdraggon

welcome :)

6:31 pm

MollyL

The Broncos beat the Chiefs. It's a great day in my house.

6:33 pm

sajarn

ditto

7:48 pm

Nef

I’m watching the Vikings vs. the Lions & rooting for the Vikes. It’s the 1st quarter & good game so far!
GO VIKINGS!!!
Peat

7:48 pm

Nef

Oops

8:51 pm

rururocks

who is andrew mra?

8:54 pm

origami

Not sure what MRA is. But there is an andrew ta4 who is a despicable human being.

8:55 pm

rebelsass

Can anyone help clue me the ni7,8 combo, please?

8:56 pm

origami

Clued at 4:19 rebel

8:59 pm

rebelsass

Thank you, origami!!

9:00 pm

origami

You're welcome

10:23 pm

hurshy

dear friends, the urban dictionary is a great online resource. i looked up MRA in it, and it means "Men's Rights Activist".

10:30 pm

rebelsass

oh goodness!

10:33 pm

rebelsass

Can anyone help clue me the sp7, please?

10:45 pm

grannyrose

sp 7, concerning the spleen. sp + ***s on camera + most of frozen water

10:46 pm

Roses6

clue for the upper right e please?

10:48 pm

rebelsass

thank you grannyrose!

10:48 pm

grannyrose

flower roses, er 5/12. or a girl's name

10:50 pm

Roses6

thank you granny! I've never seen that as other than a proper name.

10:51 pm

grannyrose

roses, another name for heather... lol... just realised that can also be a girl's name.

10:51 pm

grannyrose

yw rebel

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