Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, September 16, 2025

12:02 am

Rainiqui

tr 7

12:02 am

0471

gr7

12:05 am

dizgrannie

em 7, hi all

12:05 am

Rainiqui

hi Diz and everyone else

12:05 am

cybernan

br 7 - hi everyone

12:07 am

grannyrose

ae 9

12:11 am

SuzeeQ24

gr7x2

12:11 am

SuzeeQ24

emend

12:13 am

SuzeeQ24

sorry

12:13 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:16 am

ursh

hello all

12:16 am

ursh

robs

12:16 am

ursh

oops

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:23 am

sprite

thanks Lickety! Morning babblers

12:33 am

cybernan

missing lot of 7's, but off to bed. kids start arriving at 9 tomorrow morning, so doubt I'll be back for a few days.

12:35 am

sprite

in the land of Mordor...

1:06 am

grannyrose

cooee darling sprite. i hope you didn't overdo it yesterday. is it today you have to yourself?

1:08 am

sprite

hi sweetie, yes I did, because that horrible man of mine put himself out of order. How did it go today?

1:12 am

grannyrose

all good. surgeon likes what dietician has put me on. he said when he did the colonoscopy he was so very preoccupied by that big polyp that he didn't look for anything else except polyps... he will pay more attention to any other anomalies in January.

1:12 am

sprite

hm okay. Sounds pretty relaxed.

1:13 am

grannyrose

he's going to look at the CT scan later, and will ring me if anything needs to be done or changed.

1:14 am

sprite

very good. How are you feeling?

1:14 am

grannyrose

better in myself. went to gym and did full program without too many issues.

1:15 am

sprite

good girl!

1:16 am

grannyrose

i'm guessing you have had a rough night. can you rest a little more today?

1:17 am

sprite

didn't sleep. No, we have to keep pushing now, it is only four more days till moving.

1:17 am

sprite

Rob is overseeing the laying of the floor today. WIll be home this afternoon, probably tired. I will do what I can this morning, then rest a little in the afternoon.

1:17 am

grannyrose

ugh you poor darling.

1:18 am

sprite

I will be okay. I have practice at keeping going when overtaxed and hurting. I know there will be a price to pay later, but then we will be in our new home and there is no hurry

1:18 am

sprite

on the plus side: this does wonders for the translation, lol.

1:19 am

grannyrose

the kitchen is always the most difficult room to pack up I have found. so many bits and pieces.

1:19 am

sprite

yes. Almost done with that. Only pans and pots to go, and the last minute things of course.

1:21 am

grannyrose

when i am in hospital next week, Don is going to fix up all the plumbing for the new laundry area. i anticipate coming home to a functioning cold water tap.

1:21 am

sprite

wow, wouldn't that be something

1:22 am

grannyrose

i'll say. unless you have been through it, one wouldn't understand what is like to have no cold water in a laundry. very frustrating.

1:23 am

sprite

yeah, not comfy

1:27 am

grannyrose

oh, and he is talking about buying the new top loader machine already. i would rather wait until the laundry area is fully ready and functioning. i don't know. guess i'll make that decision when i have to do so.

1:28 am

sprite

if it puts a bit of red pepper in his youknowwhatsit, all to the good

1:28 am

grannyrose

* GIGGLE *

1:31 am

grannyrose

i wonder if he can keep his hands off it and let me be the first one to use the new machine. thus far the only new appliance which has come into the house and he hasn't used first is.... the iron....lol

1:32 am

sprite

keep dreaming, sweetie. Boys and their toys...

1:35 am

sprite

ugh, with 8 words left I finally got the 9. Should have seen that one sooner.

1:37 am

grannyrose

at least you found it honey. well done!!

1:37 am

sprite

thanks, lol.

1:39 am

sprite

fireflies. Freakin' greeting the last word. Not sure why I always miss it. Just like ciao. Guesss I am just not that polite, lol, not into greetings

1:39 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!

1:40 am

sprite

well I guess that means I had better get a move on. Lots of things still to pack and I want to label all the downstairs boxes. Because the kids do the whole moving, I label each box so they know where to put it. Did the 50+ upstairs yesterday.

1:40 am

grannyrose

i'm ashamed to say my last word was tr4.

1:41 am

sprite

*giggles* nothing like babble to keep us humble

1:41 am

grannyrose

wow! you are amazing.

1:41 am

sprite

love you honey. See you tomorrow, hopefully. Hugssssss

1:41 am

grannyrose

* hugs *

7:22 am

swmbo

Good morning Babblers! A sunny clear day here in Eastern Canada

7:43 am

Norma

em

9:16 am

hokie carla

howdy. rain here in south carolina.

9:20 am

hokie carla

robert redford died

9:21 am

rururocks

that's too bad

9:24 am

hokie carla

I think he was 89

9:24 am

rururocks

he was good friends with my tennis teacher

9:25 am

welki

'morning, hokie, ru

9:25 am

hokie carla

wow. I had no idea you played tennis. ;)

9:25 am

rururocks

I took lessons right after him at the club I used to be at

9:25 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:25 am

rururocks

I played a lot of tennis in my 30's-50's tons

9:26 am

rururocks

that's how I wrecked my knees

9:26 am

rururocks

wish I could still play.. i loved it

9:28 am

rururocks

how did the paddle ball thing go hokie are you the local champ?

9:29 am

hokie carla

pickleball, and no. we lost all but one in the prelim round robiin.

9:29 am

welki

we're playing in an iron man tournament on the 27th

9:30 am

hokie carla

the guy I was paired with is like me, athletic & good at a bunch of sports but not great at any one. we both made a lot of unforced errors.

9:30 am

hokie carla

oh, what's that, welki?

9:30 am

rururocks

that's too bad.. I had high hopes for you hokie

9:31 am

hokie carla

thanks, ruru.

9:32 am

welki

they also call it 'greenskeepers' revenge' - it's a two man scramble set up with weird pin placements and tee boxes in odd places. supposed to be 'challenging,' but for crappy players like me, it's just like a regular game *lol*

9:33 am

welki

players like my husband, and the couple we're playing with, will have a harder time than i will - prizes and dinner afterwards

9:33 am

rururocks

sounds more like whack-a-mole to me

9:34 am

welki

yep, there'll be some club smashing, i imagine :D

9:35 am

rururocks

well this was a tough grid for me today.. very challenging

9:39 am

mkg

morning all. i am half way but missing lots of stats and tiles.

9:40 am

mkg

got the 9! nice one.

9:41 am

rururocks

bye for now all have fun with the grid

9:41 am

welki

bye, ru

9:43 am

mkg

any clues for 7s welcome! thanks.

9:46 am

mkg

just got an 7.

9:46 am

suefrad625

Morning all. So beautiful here in central florida’

9:46 am

ChampFit

an 7/36, 7/32, bi 7/44 br 7/44, em 7/36 gr 7 /48 and 44, ro 7/36, tr 7/40

9:47 am

mkg

SUPER CHAMP! THANKS.

9:47 am

ChampFit

Go get 'em!

9:47 am

hokie carla

sounds fun, welki!

9:48 am

mkg

i need E words please. both of them.

9:48 am

welki

it'll be a long day, but yeah, fun - packin' birdie juice (for me, it's 'almost birdie juice')

9:49 am

suefrad625

Thank you champ

9:49 am

ChampFit

The e's are killing me. I have a few: ei 4/5, 5/23 em 5/14, 7/36, ep 6/24

9:50 am

mkg

killing me too!

9:51 am

hokie carla

also finding this grid difficult

9:51 am

hokie carla

can't even get the first tile

9:51 am

mkg

ty i need the ep and the ei words. any clues welcome. and yes, Carla, it isnot an easy one.

9:52 am

suefrad625

Ei is kind of like what you call people older than you

9:52 am

suefrad625

Replace the i

9:52 am

ChampFit

ep starts like the injection for an allergy

9:52 am

mkg

ty. got it but not from the E i have blank! ugh.

9:52 am

hokie carla

well I am on the right track then

9:52 am

suefrad625

Epidea

9:52 am

suefrad625

Sorry

9:53 am

mkg

not a word anyway

9:55 am

ChampFit

em 6/24 and 7/36

9:55 am

ChampFit

em4/6 Always forget that one!

9:57 am

hokie carla

because who would ever spell it that way

9:57 am

mkg

i need more help fro the ep word please.ep got the start, but then what? it is a six right?

9:57 am

bookgrrl

ending is the start of the mythical female sea creature

9:57 am

ChampFit

Yes. The last three are the beginning of the half woman, half fish

9:59 am

mkg

got it. super clues! yeah!

9:59 am

mkg

only one more blank: the E word for the E in fourth column. not sure what it is. perhaps em?not sure

9:59 am

ChampFit

it's the em4

10:00 am

ChampFit

4/6

10:01 am

mkg

got it. the animal with another letter added. ty so much.

10:01 am

mkg

no blanks and i am rolling. ty. now to get half way. i thought i was half way but i am not. ty all cluers.

10:07 am

hokie carla

you all are adorbs

10:08 am

ChampFit

You know I tried it!

10:08 am

hokie carla

lol, I knew there was not a chance so I didn't

10:08 am

ChampFit

Desperate times....

10:09 am

hokie carla

let's go back to this em6 and 7. not a lot of options point wise but I can't make it work. are these normal words?

10:10 am

MollyL

No

10:10 am

ChampFit

Not to me. Monkeyed them. I can tell you that the 6/7/7 all start with the same 4 letters

10:10 am

hokie carla

of course they aren't

10:11 am

ChampFit

OH ick! Divine punishment for taking the ARK...severe pain in the groin...

10:12 am

welki

they might remind you of your mother's perfume (without the french spelling)

10:14 am

hokie carla

hmm, only french one I can think of...I can bring home the bacon

10:14 am

hokie carla

fry it up in a pan

10:15 am

MollyL

They are archaic spellings of what you use Preperation H for

10:15 am

hokie carla

well got one with that, thx.

10:16 am

MollyL

And not my mother's perfume because that was strictly Chanel Number 5

10:16 am

ChampFit

Take out the last vowel carla

10:16 am

hokie carla

my mom had like avon perfumes and in later years (like the 90s) I think she liked oscar de la renta

10:17 am

hokie carla

thanks, champ and molly. got all 3 now.

10:18 am

ChampFit

Yay!

10:19 am

hokie carla

NTPN - the place one does not simply walk into

10:20 am

MollyL

My sister wore a lot of Hawaiian White Ginger by Avon

10:21 am

hokie carla

I don't even rem. that

10:21 am

hokie carla

I liked benetton colors back when I was a teenager

10:21 am

MollyL

Mordor

10:21 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding!

10:23 am

hokie carla

now we just wait for hurshy to ask ;)

10:24 am

hokie carla

if you missed a target, wouldn't you reaim?

10:25 am

MollyL

No, I would just turn around and go back to the Target store I missed. : D

10:25 am

ChampFit

or if you had to apply a bandage, would you reaide?

10:25 am

hokie carla

apologies if the Y stat has been given already, but can someone tell me?

10:25 am

hurshy

haha luckily i have just seen that you did that one so now i can avoid being redundant

10:26 am

hokie carla

I did try reaid too

10:26 am

hokie carla

:D

10:26 am

ChampFit

yw! ye 6/27

10:26 am

hokie carla

darnit, thanks.

10:26 am

Shephard

could someone please give me a clue for the ae9

10:27 am

hokie carla

oh, didn't know it existed, thanks

10:27 am

ChampFit

I have one near me, and it's an ice rink.

10:27 am

bookgrrl

ae9 is like an airfield

10:27 am

hurshy

is the corner E hard? is it epi- something?

10:27 am

hokie carla

yes and yes

10:28 am

hokie carla

but we've had it before

10:28 am

hurshy

well not epinaoi

10:28 am

MollyL

I didn't remember it but Ms. Photo Memory probably will

10:28 am

hurshy

not epiderm although that is a phantom

10:28 am

ChampFit

ep 6/24

10:29 am

hokie carla

she should because once I saw it I remembered it and she's way better at that

10:29 am

hurshy

i'm sure i'll remember it WHEN i see it

10:29 am

hokie carla

finally got the 9, thx

10:29 am

hurshy

but meanwhile

10:29 am

MollyL

If you want to blow your mind, look up the definition for that ep6

10:29 am

hurshy

phew, got it at last

10:30 am

hokie carla

was just going to but had looked up the d5 I found earlier and was just reading that. a golf term I've never heard so has to be scottish.

10:30 am

hurshy

well i figure it was something chem related like poly-(same ending)

10:31 am

MollyL

...is a specific type of stereoisomer that differs from another molecule in the configuration of only one chiral center, meaning the arrangement of atoms around that single carbon is inverted. For example, D-glucose and D-galactose are epimers, differing only at the C-4 position. Epimers are a subtype of diastereomers, which are stereoisomers that are not mirror images

10:31 am

hokie carla

I will have to ask my chem eng son if he knows the ep6

10:32 am

MollyL

Oh sorry, forgot to get rid of the word in the bulk of the definition

10:32 am

hokie carla

don't worry, no one is reading that whole thing

10:32 am

MollyL

It really does mess with your head if you do

10:32 am

hurshy

i'm not doing all that well with the other Es either. got 3/6 from the left

10:32 am

hokie carla

I scanned it twice and it still took a 3rd time for me to see the word in there

10:33 am

hokie carla

yeah, this is a tough grid, hurshy. struggling here to get half on each. currently stuck on 4th row R.

10:33 am

hokie carla

okay, my son said he has heard of ep6. see? regular word. :D

10:33 am

MollyL

It is too many complete words for a society that communicates in "u r def adorbs yo" kind of words

10:33 am

ChampFit

;)

10:34 am

hurshy

lots of phantoms tho

10:34 am

hokie carla

yep

10:35 am

hokie carla

well, going to have to move on from that R with just 3 found

10:36 am

hurshy

ooh i found an an7

10:36 am

hokie carla

is it like a phone type?

10:36 am

ChampFit

There are 2 hursh

10:36 am

hurshy

i found the other one first hokie

10:37 am

hokie carla

oh, I just have the one

10:37 am

hurshy

thanks champ

10:38 am

hokie carla

well phantom anemia

10:38 am

ChampFit

phantom: remedied

10:38 am

hokie carla

and anemone

10:38 am

hurshy

only one letter is diff between the two an7, hokie

10:43 am

hokie carla

phantom bromine

10:44 am

hokie carla

oh, but duh

10:44 am

ChampFit

Ha!

10:45 am

hurshy

should i be seeing the right E? and/or the Y?

10:45 am

hokie carla

right e - alt sp of big bird

10:45 am

ChampFit

the right one is em4. the y is ye6

10:45 am

hurshy

oh i did find the Y!

10:45 am

hokie carla

y, yes you should

10:45 am

hurshy

ty for the E

10:47 am

hokie carla

still need a lower R for HOET but 57 left after first pass. 18-18-15-6. a lot of 4s I could finfd.

10:47 am

hokie carla

find even

10:48 am

hurshy

ok i have 2 ri4 and 2 ro4 from there

10:48 am

hurshy

ro6 too

10:48 am

hokie carla

I have ri5

10:49 am

hokie carla

2 ri4

10:49 am

ChampFit

FW. Last word was re7. We may have had it before, but I don't know it.

10:49 am

hokie carla

well done, champ

10:49 am

hurshy

well that only leaves one more, champ what's our other lower R?

10:49 am

hokie carla

found the ro4. helps to look another way.

10:50 am

ChampFit

And that's exactly what happened with the 7! Several 4's from that bottom R

10:51 am

hokie carla

we have ri4,5,4, ro 4, 4, 6

10:51 am

hokie carla

forgot to announce HOET!

10:51 am

ChampFit

Woohoo!

10:52 am

ChampFit

There are several words that go up and left, starting with ro4 that's got 3 vowels.

10:53 am

hokie carla

well had tr6/7 but hadn't seen gr5/7. geez.

10:53 am

ChampFit

Take the G off...

10:53 am

hokie carla

yeah, we have those

10:54 am

ChampFit

okey dokey...heading out. Good luck!

10:54 am

hokie carla

thanks, have a good one!

10:54 am

hurshy

well i guess the re7 is not remedia

10:57 am

hokie carla

found another E finally

10:58 am

mkg

i need 4 more words. darn. not seeing them.

10:59 am

mkg

got them. whew. heading out. good luck all

10:59 am

hokie carla

bye mkg, have a good one

10:59 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! 90210 twin sister

11:00 am

hokie carla

brenda

11:00 am

hokie carla

RIP

11:00 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:00 am

hurshy

the saddest thing was she signed divorce papers like the day she died, or the day before

11:03 am

hokie carla

NTPN - former dallas cowboys QB

11:04 am

hurshy

i hope you don't mean tr4 aikman cause that one counts

11:04 am

hokie carla

no

11:04 am

hokie carla

but that is one of my missing 4s. haha

11:04 am

hokie carla

T gray!

11:05 am

hokie carla

now just need 1P and 1E for 2nd col

11:05 am

hurshy

:D

11:05 am

hurshy

oh i have the Ps but i need an O

11:05 am

hurshy

pe4, 3 pi4

11:06 am

hurshy

oh silly me missed an easy O

11:07 am

hurshy

i'm no help on E, still need 3

11:08 am

hokie carla

oh dear, missed the ocean one

11:09 am

hokie carla

or beach one I should say

11:09 am

hurshy

which ocean one

11:09 am

hurshy

ah

11:09 am

hokie carla

you prob need em6/7/7

11:09 am

hurshy

why yes, i'd say i do

11:09 am

hokie carla

I also have em5 and ei4

11:10 am

hurshy

i have ei4, 5, and em5

11:10 am

hurshy

ty!!!!

11:10 am

hokie carla

oh, missed the 5

11:10 am

hokie carla

what eliza doolittle might need preparation h for

11:11 am

hurshy

i got them already

11:11 am

hokie carla

7-13-9-5

11:11 am

hurshy

didn't you see the extra exclamation points

11:11 am

hurshy

6-7-5-2

11:11 am

hokie carla

yes, but I was reworking molly's clue and had to type it in for others

11:11 am

hurshy

ah ok

11:12 am

hokie carla

phantom disrobe

11:12 am

hurshy

yeah that was one of mine too

11:13 am

hokie carla

also phantom order

11:13 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Lizzie ____ took an ax...

11:13 am

hokie carla

borden

11:14 am

hokie carla

but did she

11:14 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:15 am

hurshy

90%

11:15 am

hokie carla

not me, just typing the same stuff over and over now. think I will do some lunch stuff. TTFN

1:50 pm

welki

just checkin' in to tell hokie that there's a new item at costco - brazil bites waffles! they're cheesy breads (also gluten free) are really tasty, so the waffles are worth a shot!

1:50 pm

welki

their cheesy breads - good grief, welki

3:05 pm

hokie carla

will have to look. I have tried several of the brazil bites and they're not my favorite, but the waffles sound good.

3:30 pm

MollyL

Sad about Robert Redford. I have always enjoyed his movies.

3:39 pm

BzznBea

You can still enjoy his movies.

3:48 pm

MollyL

Yes I know, I was just paying a small tribute.

3:49 pm

BzznBea

Yes, I know.

4:08 pm

godthaab

Name that proper noun: planet in the asteroid belt

7:27 pm

periwinkle

help with lone E in 4th column pls. hi all

8:29 pm

hokie carla

alt sp of a big bird, peri

11:30 pm

rururocks

Echiken

11:30 pm

rururocks

Damn it

11:53 pm

MetFan

Hey Ruru

11:54 pm

MetFan

Long time no talk

11:57 pm

MetFan

OK, later

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