Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, August 24, 2025

12:01 am

Gillie

sn7

12:04 am

grannyrose

ne 8

12:04 am

SuzeeQ24

sc8

12:05 am

Robespierre

cr7 x 3

12:06 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:06 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:09 am

SuzeeQ24

so7

12:11 am

SummerBreeze44

pr7

12:16 am

cybernan

sn 7 x2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Gillie

pr8

12:25 am

sprite

you are the best, lickety, thanks. Morning babblers.

12:33 am

cybernan

crashing - not seeing the n nor the corner r -- maybe in the morning. Good night.

12:34 am

cybernan

just saw the n :)

12:49 am

rururocks

Someone will be dying to give a clue for the ne8

12:54 am

sprite

not more of that rotten humor, ru

12:56 am

rururocks

Why? Is there an expiration date?

12:57 am

rururocks

Jokes of this nature lead to a dead end I guess

12:57 am

sprite

it is blackened humor, I guess

12:58 am

rururocks

Should I repose it in another way?

12:59 am

sprite

I think you should behave with some extinction

1:00 am

rururocks

We could go on and on ad masoleum?

1:01 am

sprite

it is a grave matter

1:01 am

rururocks

Bad jokes are my demise

1:02 am

sprite

end mine

1:03 am

rururocks

You are tomb much sprite

1:04 am

grannyrose

have you two stopped digging at each other?

1:04 am

rururocks

It will be the newest cessation here! Mark my words

1:04 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Late as ever!

1:05 am

grannyrose

I'll have to put you in a room full of spades and tell you to take your pick.

1:05 am

rururocks

As long as we don’t drop dead from a lack of sleep

1:05 am

sprite

all with a stiff upper lip

1:06 am

grannyrose

sprite * hugs * so long as it's not late for dinner..

1:07 am

grannyrose

a 6am start on a Sunday should be illegal.

1:07 am

sprite

I draw the line at the cannibalpark

1:07 am

sprite

you tell Nero that, lol.

1:08 am

rururocks

Maybe not just a lip!

You have a certain esprit de corpse sprite

1:09 am

sprite

it does repose a problem

1:11 am

rururocks

I better got lay to rest

1:11 am

rururocks

Go to

1:11 am

sprite

make it a temporary one, ru :) Sleep well.

1:12 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams ruru

1:12 am

rururocks

Night. Thanks for the laughs. I nearly died laughing

1:12 am

sprite

you just made my dead

1:15 am

rururocks

I am just passing…. Through now

1:16 am

sprite

I think ru went to brush his pearly gates

1:17 am

grannyrose

* giggle *

1:17 am

sprite

how are you doing, darling?

1:21 am

grannyrose

not too bad considering infusion time is just 4 weeks away. oh darn, just remembered i was supposed to plant out some new daisies i have bought, always tomorrow i guess.

1:21 am

sprite

tomorrow is early enough

1:21 am

grannyrose

and you honey? good, bad, or indifferent night?

1:22 am

sprite

finally slept some tonight. And it looks like we have a buyer for the trailer! He paid a part of the price in advance already so that makes it pretty sure

1:24 am

grannyrose

terrific. yes, people don't walk away from a deposit on something. it's sold. that's for sure.

1:26 am

grannyrose

i think i need to remember to dose myself Friday nights. Fridays are so busy, that i think i am over-tired. slept about a total of 3 hours last Friday.

1:26 am

sprite

it was my biggest worry, that we couldn't sell it. Hopefully, today we will also get rid of all the wooden whatsits that are stored in Tim's FIL's garage.

1:26 am

grannyrose

did you have a busy day yesterday?

1:26 am

sprite

your fridays are too busy, honey. You don't rest, you don't eat, and then you are surprised you don't sleep

1:28 am

sprite

yeah, yesterday was crazy. Lots of stuff to arrange. Today I will go upstairs and go through some more boxes, throwing away a LOT.

1:29 am

grannyrose

i don't envy you at all.

1:30 am

grannyrose

did i tell you i am knitting little teddy bears?

1:31 am

sprite

no? Tell me

1:32 am

grannyrose

a lady at church knits up squares, then sews them together to make knee rugs. she sews one last square in the middle to make a pocket, and she wants to put a little teddy bear in the pocket.

1:32 am

sprite

aw that is sweet

1:34 am

grannyrose

first time i have tried to knit in years. a few cramps from holding size 10 needles, but with a little rest between every four rows, i am managing to do it. i am so pleased. knitting was something i did well back in the day.

1:34 am

sprite

it is such a soothing thing to do

1:35 am

sprite

please send me a pic of the bear!

1:35 am

grannyrose

oh my.just glanced over at Don. he is sound asleep, sitting in his chair, headphones on, movie running on his laptop. and now he will tell me he is just resting his eyes...

1:36 am

sprite

he is. Profoundly resting them.

1:36 am

grannyrose

how is Rob doing?

1:36 am

sprite

rob does the same thing, I usually let him sleep, unless his posture is such that he will be in agony otherwise

1:37 am

sprite

okayish. He is going to Zaanstad by himself today, I am staying home. So that is progress.

1:37 am

grannyrose

does the sock thingy i sent over help him with the compression socks?

1:39 am

sprite

no, the socks are too tight for that to work. We are putting them on together, both armed with rubber gloves. We have the routine down pat by now

1:39 am

grannyrose

what a good idea with the rubber gloves!! which clever person thought of that?

1:40 am

sprite

:D guess!

1:40 am

grannyrose

of course! you are brilliant. i must remember to try that for myself.

1:40 am

sprite

*giggles* one fun side effect of it all... Rob is stiff as a board, but he has to reach for his feet twice a day now. He is getting a little more limber

1:41 am

sprite

not the cleaning rubber gloves, but the workman ones. They give great grip.

1:42 am

grannyrose

hey, that's also great news. and i can now reach my feet and the floor when sitting down, so am able to do my socks and shoes for myself.

1:42 am

sprite

wow awesome!

1:43 am

grannyrose

when i weighed myself last week, i was 200gm short of 9kg lost. my clothes are staring to hang on me. i have had to give away my lovely floaty tops i bought in Rome. they are too big for me.

1:44 am

sprite

am so proud of you, honey

1:45 am

grannyrose

maintaining the exercise program as i lose weight is helping so much. Don says i am shrinking all over. when i fell over the other day he was able to pull me to my feet without any problems.

1:46 am

sprite

awesome. But not the falling part

1:47 am

sprite

fireflies

1:48 am

grannyrose

it was the same step Don has fallen up on himself. it is now sporting a smart coat of white paint, which highlights it's height.

1:48 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE!!

1:48 am

grannyrose

are you up for a phone call later? if so when.

1:48 am

sprite

well that is something at least. As they say here, when the calf has drowned, they fill in the well

1:49 am

sprite

I think you say close the barn after the horse has fled or smth like that

1:49 am

grannyrose

after the horse has bolted... yeah.

1:49 am

sprite

in about an hour? Rob is still asleep.

1:50 am

grannyrose

no probs. will have a good chin wag then. see you soon.

1:50 am

sprite

bolted. that is the one. Lol, in all the stress I even lose dutch words. English is worse.

1:50 am

sprite

see you then, honey. Big hugs for now. Poofing!

3:01 am

msg

Pays

3:01 am

msg

Nays

3:01 am

msg

Snap

3:01 am

msg

Pans

3:01 am

msg

Pansy

3:01 am

msg

Pare

3:01 am

msg

Pares

3:01 am

msg

Says

3:01 am

msg

Snare

3:01 am

msg

Sear

3:01 am

ursh

wrong box msg

3:02 am

Kamanjah

Wrong box

6:22 am

Norma

s

6:32 am

Norma

er

6:47 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:07 am

crosshair

I think today is a good day for reading--which I do far too little of these days. It seems that the internet and social media have given me a diminished attention span. Now, when I pick up a book I glory in the act of reading a story, and each time I chide myself for not doing it more often these days. I have always been attracted to sea stories--especially in my youth, so I am starting with some old favourites--Captains Courageous, followed by some sea stories by Cpt. Frederick Marryat. I have left our young protagonist on a fishing schooner, soaking wet smelling of fish, and full of indignation at his current situation to find a few words here. Kipling knew how to set the scene!

7:07 am

Scrabbler

Good for you. Have you read the Master & Commander books?

7:08 am

crosshair

Oddly enough, I have not--though they have been on my radar for many years.

7:08 am

Scrabbler

I enjoyed the movies.

7:10 am

crosshair

I also just finished Grey Seas Under, and Serpents Coil, by Farley Mowatt. I sea I could tastes the ocean spray in his words. Brilliant writing!

7:11 am

crosshair

Sorry, typos.

7:11 am

Scrabbler

Maybe I am thinking of Horatio Hornblower on TV.

7:11 am

crosshair

Perhaps. :)

7:24 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done. Enjoy the day.

7:28 am

crosshair

Have a goid day, Scrabby. :)

7:28 am

crosshair

Good*

7:52 am

maccafixx

cr 7/40?

7:54 am

ChampFit

Toilet

7:54 am

ChampFit

Hope that helped! BBL for last 12.

7:59 am

maccafixx

ty?

8:08 am

hokie carla

phantom disarray

8:24 am

hokie carla

finding some good ones today though

9:10 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the 8s welcome.

9:16 am

mkg

Any clues for the first column o words? Ty

9:17 am

montreal13

they are both 4-letter words mkg

9:18 am

mkg

Ty montreal

9:19 am

montreal13

np

9:21 am

mkg

Got both. Ty

9:21 am

mkg

Any help with ne 8 welcome!

9:22 am

montreal13

when part of an organ is dead, that's NE8/45

9:25 am

montreal13

...ends in NOT bro

9:27 am

ChampFit

pr 8/55 and sc 8/55

9:27 am

hurshy

morning

9:28 am

ChampFit

morning

9:28 am

montreal13

tks for SC8 Champ ! and good morning

9:28 am

ChampFit

yw

9:29 am

hurshy

top row grey!

9:30 am

montreal13

1st pass done - bbl for last 38 - have a great day all

9:32 am

ChampFit

you too!

9:32 am

hurshy

phantom: prior

9:36 am

mkg

Great clue for ne 8. Ty

9:38 am

saanichcat

he was dying to clue it

9:38 am

ChampFit

ha!

9:40 am

rururocks

good morning saanich

9:44 am

rururocks

gotta get going.. have a good day everyone.

9:44 am

ChampFit

you too!

9:45 am

ChampFit

Help with the pi6/27 please?

9:48 am

hurshy

start like a buccaneer, end like a tropical fruit

9:50 am

momof5

Great clue, hurshy

9:51 am

ChampFit

Ty!

9:51 am

mkg

Pirpaya

9:52 am

mkg

Ooops

9:52 am

mkg

Sorry

9:52 am

ChampFit

It's a fish! Learned something new this a.m. FW!

9:52 am

ChampFit

Hagd everyone!

9:52 am

mkg

Wasn’t exact anyway but sorry

9:53 am

mkg

Still missing R bottom corner. Any help welcome.

9:58 am

penquis

it's a pl....

9:58 am

mkg

Ty pen, how many letters please?

9:59 am

penquis

6....

9:59 am

penquis

the singular comes from another R....

10:00 am

mkg

Ty pen. Any meaning?

10:01 am

penquis

it's one spelling of people who tear down things....

10:01 am

hurshy

As Axed!

10:02 am

mkg

Demolishes? Ok

10:02 am

penquis

yes...

10:02 am

penquis

down to the ground....

10:06 am

mkg

well, got 180 syn. For demolish and none that start with ra or re. Hmmmm………

10:06 am

penquis

sounds like things men use to take the hair off their faces...

10:06 am

mkg

But got it. Change z to another letter! Ty.

10:06 am

mkg

Thanks pen.

10:06 am

penquis

yw...

10:07 am

mkg

One last missing tile and i am done……..the A words for the A in 4th column.

10:07 am

penquis

opera song...

10:08 am

mkg

And i got one of them. So all good. Ty.

10:08 am

mkg

Got three of them now pen. Ty.

10:08 am

penquis

yw...

10:08 am

mkg

Off for the day.

12:24 pm

periwinkle

hello all.help with pr8 please

12:28 pm

Dorens

to look for gold pr8

12:29 pm

periwinkle

hmm

12:29 pm

periwinkle

ah thank u Doren

12:30 pm

periwinkle

bbl

3:04 pm

cybernan

good afternoon everyone :)

3:40 pm

welki

hi, everyone

3:48 pm

hokie carla

hello anyone still here

3:55 pm

hokie carla

well that top N is not necropsy

3:56 pm

hokie carla

ooh, but I was on the right track!

3:56 pm

welki

no, but you're so close

3:57 pm

hokie carla

welki!

3:57 pm

welki

carla!

4:00 pm

welki

done! (finally) went to play golf and came back to finish

4:03 pm

hokie carla

congrats!

4:04 pm

hokie carla

we went to visit our youngest son and just got back. I forgot my laptop and ipad in the back of the car so didn't get to work on this more. still 50 left.

4:06 pm

hokie carla

just did my due diligence and typed tenrec

4:10 pm

welki

hehe - always

4:10 pm

hokie carla

I never see it when it's actually here

4:11 pm

welki

need any help before i go? i need to drink water, it was hot out there

4:11 pm

hokie carla

no thanks, drink up!

4:12 pm

welki

okie dokie - have a nice evening!

4:12 pm

hokie carla

you too!

4:37 pm

cybernan

hi again - anyone still here?

4:37 pm

hokie carla

yep

4:37 pm

cybernan

hi carla

4:37 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

4:38 pm

cybernan

found the first half to be fairly easy - the 2nd half, not so much

4:38 pm

hokie carla

have got down to 24

4:38 pm

cybernan

good for you

4:38 pm

cybernan

trying to find something from the left o - do you have any stats?

4:38 pm

hokie carla

have 6-6-10-2 left. looking for 4s now. the 6s always get me.

4:39 pm

cybernan

still need 15 6's

4:40 pm

hokie carla

they're the worst

4:41 pm

hokie carla

still need 7 P's

4:41 pm

hokie carla

dosp

4:41 pm

hokie carla

oops

4:42 pm

cybernan

change the s out

4:43 pm

hokie carla

yeah, have that but thanks

4:43 pm

cybernan

left o stats please?

4:44 pm

hokie carla

I can only find or4

4:44 pm

cybernan

oh yes - the or 4

4:49 pm

hokie carla

do you have the bottom right R?

4:52 pm

hokie carla

still 5 4s after looking for them

4:52 pm

hokie carla

guess I will list

4:54 pm

cybernan

bottom r -- and old movie played again

4:54 pm

cybernan

or old tv series

4:54 pm

cybernan

nope - that's the wrong r

4:54 pm

hokie carla

no, I have that one,

4:56 pm

cybernan

one(s) who level things to the ground

4:56 pm

cybernan

alt. sp

4:56 pm

hokie carla

what's the stat?

4:57 pm

cybernan

ra 6/18 - it is a plural

4:58 pm

hokie carla

wow, thought I tried that when I got the sing

4:58 pm

hokie carla

thanks

4:59 pm

cybernan

I'm going to list - don't remember the babblets like you younger people do

5:01 pm

hokie carla

just looked up that d4 we were talking about. don't recall ever seeing that before. a village. gotta be scots, right?

5:01 pm

cybernan

not to my knowledge

5:01 pm

cybernan

but we have had it before

5:02 pm

hokie carla

I guess I don't remember the babblets like you think ;)

5:04 pm

cybernan

some of these have to be really strange. Can't figure out anything resembling a word for that cr 6/21 that fits

5:06 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that took me a bit of trying things. ends in sibling.

5:07 pm

cybernan

ty

5:15 pm

hokie carla

okay, not too bad

5:15 pm

cybernan

do/21 you have the 2nd pa 6?

5:18 pm

hokie carla

it's an anagram of the first, with the last 3 letters jumbled

5:20 pm

cybernan

ty - japanese?

5:21 pm

cybernan

wow - the monkeys worked on that py 6

5:23 pm

hokie carla

I think the pa6 might be italian

5:29 pm

cybernan

these s's are killing me

5:30 pm

hokie carla

yeah, they are tough

5:33 pm

cybernan

missing sa x5 and running out of ideas

5:37 pm

cybernan

so 7 please?

5:38 pm

MollyL

so7...witchcraft. Why did you want to know if I live alone?

5:40 pm

cybernan

your comment about people who chat a lot -- for those of us who live alone this is the only contact we have with others for 2 or 3 days

5:40 pm

cybernan

ty for the so 7

5:41 pm

MollyL

My comment was not about people who chat a lot. It was about an interesting word I got from a word of the day site.

5:46 pm

cybernan

8 to go, but need a break first

5:54 pm

nrkii

molly, what was the word again? I remember I liked it when you posted about it, but now I can't remember what it was

5:56 pm

nrkii

ooh, just found 2 S words Sa 6/18 and Sa 7/28... only 2 S's to go!

6:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi nrk

6:05 pm

MollyL

logorrhea

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

i knew someone who seemed to have that. she would just talk and talk and talk over you to continue her monologue

6:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

i mean, not just voluable, just weird.

6:07 pm

nrkii

I have/had a couple of aunts like that

6:07 pm

nrkii

I like that word!

6:08 pm

nrkii

Hi TO!

6:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

probably not the illness, just very strange. i have never met another person like her.

6:09 pm

nrkii

well, there's the technical illness and then there's just the general criticism... I think the word can be used both ways :)

6:10 pm

penquis

pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech....remind you of anyone?...hello all....just finished, so heading out...bye!

6:11 pm

nrkii

I'm out. Have a good night.

6:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

night

6:31 pm

cybernan

first ar 5/12 please - stuck!

6:33 pm

cybernan

nm - found

6:36 pm

cybernan

sa 5/14 please?

6:43 pm

MollyL

Sounds like moving quickly, as in water

6:44 pm

cybernan

rushing gushing flooding

6:44 pm

cybernan

nothing with sa

6:47 pm

MollyL

Sounds like a descriptive of fast heartbeat

6:47 pm

MollyL

Ends in Freud's first

6:48 pm

cybernan

ty molly - last one. Those s's were tough.

6:49 pm

cybernan

Back at the flip -- good evening all.

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