Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, September 28, 2025

12:12 am

Soodle

Re 7/40

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:29 am

sprite

awesome, Lickety, thank you. Morning, babblers

12:29 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:30 am

Rainiqui

Hi Sprite

12:30 am

Rainiqui

fl 7

12:31 am

sprite

hi Rainiqui!

12:33 am

Soodle

Morning ladies. FL 7 x 2

12:34 am

sprite

hiya Soodle

12:47 am

Robespierre

Yeesh! Somehow I have 95 words, but only one 6 and one 7!

12:48 am

sprite

you are one 7 better than me, anyway

12:54 am

grannyrose

just popping in very briefly to say hi and hugs to my babble buddies. still bombed out of my brain. overpowering urge to sleep here. * hugs * sprite.

12:54 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hi sweetie. Sleep well.

12:55 am

grannyrose

bless you darling. hope you have a great day ahead of you. byeee

1:14 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

9:14 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

9:14 am

penquis

hi crossy....

9:14 am

hurshy

morning crossy

9:14 am

crosshair

:)

9:14 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:15 am

hokie carla

pen! crossy! hurshy!

9:15 am

penquis

carla!

9:15 am

hurshy

hail, hail, the gang's all here

9:16 am

hurshy

some of us may be a bit groggy tho (me)

9:16 am

hokie carla

are the top E's both EX?

9:16 am

hurshy

yes

9:17 am

hokie carla

I'm groggy too. woke up at 4:20 and fell back asleep around 7 maybe.

9:18 am

penquis

i didn't get to sleep until after 3....

9:18 am

hokie carla

eek

9:18 am

hurshy

i had a bad night thursday night and i think i'm still catching up

9:18 am

welki

coffee for most, tea for the rest!

9:19 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:19 am

penquis

hi welki....

9:19 am

crosshair

I will take a cuppa, please. :)

9:19 am

welki

we're all tired - a little baileys in the cup shouldn't hurt :)

9:20 am

hokie carla

I poured what was left and it was like shot glass size.

9:20 am

hokie carla

we're doing a couples golf thing this afternoon, so I gotta wake up.

9:21 am

welki

we had our wind down tournament yesterday - was a ton o' fun and the dinner afterwards was pretty tasty

9:21 am

hokie carla

we have that one like end of Oct

9:21 am

crosshair

I have dug out our old perculator for my beloveds morning coffee. It is an all-glass FireKing from 1955. Makes the best coffee!

9:21 am

hokie carla

wow

9:22 am

hurshy

hokie, who is better at golf, you or your husband?

9:22 am

welki

we're played this tournament in the snow - which is why our course's last official day was yesterday

9:23 am

hurshy

snow? wow. do you play with non-white balls if there is snow so that you can see them more easily?

9:24 am

hokie carla

well, in general he's much better. he's been playing since a teen. however, he is a lefty who learned righty because that was the clubs they had at his house. He switched to lefty a couple of years ago. I have only beat him once outright since I started. he usually gives me one shot on each hole.

9:24 am

welki

that's what we've done - bright ones (not that it helps my game any)

9:24 am

hokie carla

I normally play with colored balls and I've discovered orange/yellow/red are tough this time of year with the leaves.

9:25 am

hurshy

neon pink

9:25 am

hokie carla

probably what I'll use today

9:25 am

welki

yep, i played with bright pink and white yesterday

9:25 am

BzznBea

I have more pink in my folage then fall colors.

9:26 am

hokie carla

today's couples theme is dress like a crayon, so same color top and bottom. I'm going to have to go with pink and they don't match great.

9:26 am

hokie carla

bea!

9:28 am

hokie carla

I do have a dress that's a swirly mix of pinks and purples that I could be the crayon you get when you melt them together.

9:28 am

hurshy

wouldn't blue be easier, jeans and a blue top

9:28 am

welki

- you'd have it in the bag if you were able to make yourself a crayon pointed hat

9:30 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! tea brand

9:30 am

crosshair

Dress up the golf club grips to look like crayons in a box.

9:30 am

welki

Lipton!

9:30 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:31 am

welki

that might be the very first time I got one of your NTPNs first!

9:31 am

hurshy

really? well congrats :D

9:32 am

welki

my life is complete :D

9:32 am

crosshair

Yaa for Welki!

9:33 am

hokie carla

supposed to be 82 here so jeans are out

9:33 am

hokie carla

I do have a blue golf skirt and blue top so thought about that

9:34 am

welki

if you have a cricut, maybe you could whip up crayola labels for your shirts

9:35 am

welki

or, you could do like me and just say, 'really? we were supposed to dress up today?"

9:35 am

hurshy

unless they don't let you play if you fail to dress according to the theme

9:37 am

hokie carla

lol, I always dress up for stuff when it's requested/allowed. if you can't play good you should look good.

9:37 am

hokie carla

I have a silhouette. I should have certainly made crayon wrappers.

9:38 am

welki

you're a good sport, carla

9:38 am

hurshy

i think one of my sisters was a crayon once for halloween when we were little

9:40 am

hokie carla

I've def seen it as a costume

9:41 am

hurshy

i just remembered a dream i had last night. it was a nice neutral one, thank goodness. i was in a library reading one of my favorite books, the Nine Tailors, and there was some teen boy there wishing he had something good to read, and i was reading my own copy and so i gestured toward the fiction section and said there was a copy there and he should try this one and he went and got it and i had the feeling he was really going to like it and i felt pleased.

9:43 am

penquis

ah....Dorothy Sayers....Loved her Wimsey books....

9:43 am

hurshy

it takes place on the fe4 so maybe that is what jogged my memory just now since i'm working on F

9:44 am

BzznBea

phantom - faction

9:44 am

BzznBea

and fraction

9:44 am

hurshy

yeah that ending and raptor, captor, have been bugging me

9:44 am

penquis

and caption...

9:45 am

hokie carla

I was just telling mr. homie about my dream. I was at a restaurant with a lady playing a bluegrass song on a guitar and she couldn't remember the words so I started singing it. that song is now stuck in my head.

9:45 am

welki

i'll bite - which song?

9:45 am

penquis

that would be a nightmare for me... ;o)

9:46 am

hurshy

i love bluegrass. it's basically the only thing in the country music realm that i do like.

9:46 am

hokie carla

Blue Moon of Kentucky

9:46 am

welki

ohh, bill monroe!

9:47 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding

9:47 am

welki

hahahaha - now it's in MY head for the day!

9:48 am

hokie carla

I grew up in an old-time bluegrass household. ever since I dropped my sirius/xm I've had it on a bluegrass FM station in my car.

9:49 am

hurshy

phantoms: elan, eclat

9:49 am

welki

i love the 'new' bluegrass talent - aj lee, sierra hull, molly tuttle

9:49 am

hokie carla

huge billy strings fan here

9:49 am

welki

he's amazing

9:50 am

hokie carla

my son & I saw him in Feb in concert. he's turned into a grateful dead/phish act with the fan base. neither of us were expecting that.

9:51 am

welki

*heavy things*

9:51 am

welki

the appeal is understandable - brings folks back to the music basics

9:52 am

hokie carla

not only is he a beyond incredible musician, everyone in his band is great

9:53 am

welki

yep, and he seems to be a genuinely nice guy

9:53 am

hurshy

4th row grey!

9:54 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

9:54 am

hokie carla

I saw his mom just OD'd this summer

9:55 am

welki

i like marcus king, too

9:55 am

welki

ohh, yeah, that was sad

9:56 am

hokie carla

Chris Stapleton is about the only current country I like, and his bluegrass band the Steeldrivers were great too.

9:57 am

welki

i hear you - not crazy about the new country artists, and the ones that use auto-tune make me want to throw something at the radio/television

9:58 am

hurshy

*mental note: do not use auto tune around welki*

9:58 am

welki

yeah, that's a good plan. misophonia to the max.

9:59 am

hurshy

i don't actually play any instruments. just making the mental note in case i ever take it up

9:59 am

welki

(and if you kick my seat on the plane or at the theater, i'm likely to turn around and punch you in the throat. LOL)

9:59 am

hokie carla

I was learning fiddle for a while but gave it to my brother. it's really hard.

10:00 am

welki

i still play guitar/uke every day, even if only for a few minutes

10:00 am

hokie carla

my other brother plays mandolin well but wouldn't even try fiddle (which is literally the same without the bow)

10:01 am

MollyL

The fiddle/violin is a very hard instrument to learn. I was in the rent instruments to school kids business for a while and it's the number one return.

10:01 am

hokie carla

that brother also played the standup bass. my dad played guitar and banjo. my brother I gave the fiddle to has taken up guitar in recent years.

10:02 am

hokie carla

I did get to where I could play a song or two with it but could never do like a jam session or anything.

10:02 am

welki

i have a banjo i have yet to learn to play - maybe soon. i can play basic dulcimer, but very basic

10:02 am

hokie carla

I can only play the flute but that doesn't fit in bluegrass well

10:02 am

welki

one of my girls plays viola - she learned ashokan farewell for me :)

10:03 am

penquis

my two great nephews taught themselves to play guitar in high school and now (in their early 20s) have taken up the banjo....they really like bluegrass....

10:03 am

hurshy

i have an uncle who is a retired music theory prof, and he could play piano, guitar, banjo, trumpet... idk if there were more...

10:03 am

welki

heh - not a huge leap from flute to pennywhistle, maybe you should play celtic music :D

10:04 am

hokie carla

and celtic music isn't a big leap from bluegrass. or it's really the other way around.

10:04 am

penquis

i am a recorder player....alto....have played guitar since i was 8....but now I play recorder duets with a friend on a regular basis....

10:04 am

welki

well there you go - off to the pennywhistle store!

10:07 am

hokie carla

I do still have my recorder from elem. school (back then we got real ones, not the cheap ones like my kids got) that I can play too. I assume that's a soprano? have never played it with anyone else but can pick out tunes by ear. haha.

10:08 am

hurshy

i enjoyed recorder so then later i got a tenor recorder to try. but when i try to play it my cat Opie glares at me. so i haven't really been playing it.

10:09 am

hokie carla

lol

10:09 am

hokie carla

oh, today is winston's birthday

10:09 am

hurshy

happy birthday winston!

10:09 am

penquis

yes, soprano is learned in elementary school....i prefer the alto....nicer sound, I think....

10:10 am

penquis

the tenor has a very nice sound....

10:10 am

penquis

same fingering as the soprano...

10:11 am

hurshy

but it can be hard to reach all the holes because it's larger

10:11 am

penquis

yes...some are built in a more ergonomic way....but my fingers would be too small...

10:12 am

penquis

i also play the sopranino...it's smaller than a soprano....

10:12 am

penquis

the fingering is the same as alto...

10:12 am

hurshy

i'm not petite by any means but it's' hard for even me

10:12 am

hokie carla

I guess I should add I can also play the piccolo too. :D

10:13 am

sajarn

phantom: treacle

10:14 am

penquis

nice, carla....in my recorder group (now defunct) we had a few clarinet players who had learned to play the recorder...

10:14 am

MollyL

I bet that was a party hard group : D

10:14 am

hokie carla

I could actually pick out a tune on clarinet too

10:15 am

penquis

the group lasted 17 years....covid killed it....

10:16 am

hokie carla

darn

10:16 am

penquis

having been playing with one member regularly for almost a year....having fun with duets...

10:21 am

penquis

well i am stalled at 20...taking a break....bye all...

10:25 am

BzznBea

foud some grass

10:25 am

BzznBea

found

10:31 am

rururocks

you old pothead bea!!!

10:32 am

BzznBea

Yep.

10:36 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:49 am

rururocks

hi nan

11:14 am

cybernan

stuck at 30

11:15 am

cybernan

and missing 6 x5 still

11:20 am

cybernan

oh - found the bet

11:30 am

MollyL

That is a horse racing bet for anyone wondering

11:42 am

jbp

thank you for the horse racing bet!

11:42 am

jbp

anys

11:42 am

jbp

oops

11:44 am

jbp

would anyone be able to clue me the rightmost A>

11:48 am

MollyL

Not anear

11:48 am

jbp

tyvm Molly --it's always those little obvious ones that get me!

11:49 am

dcseain

phantom raclette

11:49 am

jbp

and antker

11:49 am

jbp

antler

11:50 am

jbp

may I ask for one more clue... the middle boitom o

11:50 am

jbp

nm, found it

11:50 am

jbp

it's like margarine, sort of

11:51 am

jbp

ok, I'm off to scrounge lunch. Have a splendid day, all!

1:18 pm

bookgrrl

My phantoms today: plinth and treacle.

1:59 pm

rururocks

there's no h in the grid

2:00 pm

rururocks

treacle is ok

2:43 pm

MollyL

Yeah, I don't get how a word can be a phantom when one of it's letters isn't in the grid

3:31 pm

crosshair

Lately I have been having issues reading quite a few of my books. Most of the softcovers in my bookcase were bought in the 70's and 80's, and it seems like the publishers of that time were in love with six-point typeface. To that end, I have slowly been hunting for, and downloading Epub versions of each book for my E-book reader. I recently discovered "oceanofpdf.com" where both E-pub and PDF versions of many older books can be found. I highly recommend the site.

3:56 pm

crosshair

My beloved keeps saying we should get rid of them all as they take up so much space, and that most books we read these days are in digital format anyways, but I cannot let them go. I currently have every single book that I have ever bought or have been given since 1975--the first ones I bought with my own money are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Golden Apples of the Sun, and Carrie. They are old friends and I cannot part with them. If my son wants to toss them once I am gone, so be it, but for now I am the librarian. Touch them and you get your hand slapped. :)

5:52 pm

mery9419

tool

5:52 pm

mery9419

toon

5:59 pm

eliotl

oracle

6:00 pm

eliotl

oops!

9:25 pm

mkg

my husband and i gave overf 2000 books to a library. the man emptied out his entire mini van and we filled it with books. and we still have too many! i would love to get rid of half of what is left. If you have a friends of the library near you, it is a used book store and the money goes to pay overhead and then to the public libraries here.

12:00 am

rebelsass

oooohhhhhh!!!!!! mkg!!! I wish you lived closer to me!!! We'd take them off of your hands here in a heartbeat!

12:00 am

rebelsass

oooohhhhhh!!!!!! mkg!!! I wish you lived closer to me!!! We'd take them off of your hands here in a heartbeat!

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