Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, January 5, 2021

12:01 am

godthaab

gl7

12:14 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:16 am

SuzeeQ24

hi nan

12:18 am

SuzeeQ24

pa7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

harpjane

thanks lickety!

12:21 am

jessmom

pa7 x 2

12:22 am

cybernan

oh my - only have a pa 6 so far -- don't think this grid is going to be kind to me

12:23 am

SuzeeQ24

tricky one for sure

12:26 am

jessmom

fe7

12:33 am

cybernan

ty jess

12:53 am

cybernan

stuck at 71/51 -- may get back to it tomorrow -- still no pa 7's

1:23 am

dizgrannie

cyber...think of pa 's box and change last letter for the 2nd pa 7

3:35 am

JaxH66

Could I have a clue for fe7 please

3:36 am

Biltong

sorry, Jax, don't have it yet

3:45 am

Biltong

fenagle

3:45 am

Biltong

oops, sorry

4:30 am

mattygroves

Great clue ;)

4:50 am

MollyL

Yep, they don't get more specific than that.
: D

5:11 am

mattygroves

Phantom: orange

5:20 am

mattygroves

May I have stats, please, for the O in the first column and the D in the last column?

5:21 am

tceicher

or4

5:21 am

mattygroves

Thanks for the OR4 :)

5:24 am

FrenchToast

do6,24

5:25 am

mattygroves

Thanks French!

5:31 am

MollyL

Lil, I like the picture. It looks very much like "Here's to a better year"

5:51 am

PMS

af

6:12 am

mattygroves

So we're back in lockdown. Ho hum.

6:14 am

Uneaixoise

Jeez, you are.....and for a long time, eh?

6:14 am

MollyL

Sometimes I wonder if this crap will ever end.

6:15 am

JaxH66

I'm not surprised. we should never have had the relaxation over christmas and the SE and London should have been in tier3/4 much sooner than thry were. It allowed the virus to take hold and then spread when the mass exodus out of the capital happened just before they went into tier 4.

6:16 am

JaxH66

Not helped by all those not believing the virus is real or that they don't need to stick to the rules.

6:17 am

JaxH66

Sorry my rant is over. Like so many millions around the world, we're trying our best to stick to the rules and I totally despair when others aren't

6:19 am

Uneaixoise

Same here, jax......and my state is one of the worst :-(

6:20 am

JaxH66

Just hoping the vaccines get rolled out really quickly and it starts to make a difference. Some glimmer of good news yesterday, the rate is falling in the over 80's and they think that's due to the vaccine

7:09 am

mattygroves

Insisting the schools had to stay open was lunacy as well. We had a perfect chance at the last half term to calm things down but noooooo

7:11 am

BzznBea

Matty, what will they do when all the teachers are testing positive?

7:14 am

Deeha

they will make them do online teaching from home like my daughter is doing

7:15 am

mattygroves

They just shut schools from today - on Sunday, Boris told primary school parents to send their kids to school and yesterday he said 'oops - did I say that? I meant to say keep them home.' I paraphrase

7:16 am

BzznBea

This mutant strain is worrisome. It will never end.

7:25 am

mkg

Morning all.

7:25 am

mkg

Raining herer in puerto rico

7:25 am

JBV

new year, new chat, good morning everybody

7:26 am

JBV

haven't stopped in for a while - nice to see you all

7:26 am

mkg

Missing lots of tiles.

7:26 am

mkg

Hi jbv

7:26 am

JBV

hi mkg - raining, but at least you're not freezing - it's 32 degrees here - may I ask where in PR?

7:28 am

mkg

True. Nice temps. I am in carolina.....near san juan.

7:28 am

HarryHood

nothin could be fina!

7:28 am

JBV

lovely - I know the island well -

7:29 am

mkg

My kids live in an area called something verde......near the beach. I think it may be isla verde. Not sure.

7:29 am

mkg

It is a nice area.

7:30 am

JBV

isla verde - east of san juan near the airport

7:30 am

JBV

must be beautiful

7:30 am

mkg

Very nice. Hot except for dec, jan and maybe some of feb. otherwise very hot.

7:31 am

HarryHood

I don't think I could deal with summers down there

7:31 am

mkg

Still cant see the q. Hmm. I welcome any help.

7:31 am

mkg

Oops just got it. Monkeys work.

7:31 am

JBV

think royalty, misspelled

7:31 am

mkg

Ty

7:31 am

MollyL

I am always amazed to hear that people are traveling during all this COVID crap. I guess some places are less restrictive about travel than others. I would think it hard to be in the close quarters of an airplane tough.

7:34 am

mkg

I travel to see kids only. And thankfully all are in the u.s. i am careful with mask and hand washing.

7:34 am

mkg

And hubby had corona and has antibodies so he is fine.

7:35 am

mkg

And i didnt get it from him....which is miraculous since he insisted he only had a cold so he was sneezing and coughing all over me for the first 4 days.....

7:36 am

HarryHood

that's amazing. you must have some good immune system

7:37 am

JBV

you're very lucky

7:43 am

HarryHood

phew finally found the lone D. nbt!

7:43 am

BzznBea

Yes, that took some work.

7:43 am

MollyL

Okay Harry, we won't call you one then.
: D

7:44 am

HarryHood

that's not the worst I've been called...

7:45 am

HarryHood

this grid is....unpleasant.

7:49 am

HarryHood

50 left. coffee time. bbl

7:55 am

Jeanius421

Have not seen that lone D word since Kim Jong Un used it

7:55 am

BzznBea

It was going okay, until I hit the P...

7:57 am

MollyL

The lone D word was used in the HBO series John Adams. That is what I think of when I see it.

8:19 am

MollyL

Damn, the Scot words stump me every time

8:22 am

BzznBea

I had to go to the list for that pa6.30...ranks right up there with do6.24

8:26 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Alas, the last P. Pa5/12. Any clues?

8:27 am

BzznBea

Ends in a double vowel.

8:27 am

BzznBea

Not a double vowel, but two vowels.

8:27 am

BzznBea

Happy New Year, Judi.

8:28 am

Judi

Thanks. That's fireworks for me. Challenging grid today, but not unpleasant.

8:39 am

MollyL

Out there words in this one. Nan will be wailing.

8:52 am

Freeman

er6/18, please?

8:56 am

Aloyisius

booboos in published work, Freeman

8:56 am

Aloyisius

hi all

8:57 am

Freeman

thanks

8:57 am

Aloyisius

yw .

9:03 am

Freeman

What are the stats for the loan d in column 5, please?

9:04 am

marksdolly

do 6/27

9:04 am

Aloyisius

do6.24 I think

9:04 am

marksdolly

sorry that do 6/27 they used the other d

9:05 am

Freeman

Thanks

9:06 am

Freeman

It's do24 thanks

9:06 am

Aloyisius

glad you found it

9:22 am

Aloyisius

free clue for my last word, pa6.30 = a horse that moves along at an easy pace. Happy Babbling! poof

9:46 am

MollyL

Aloy is the Queen of The Free Clues

9:47 am

rururocks

no.. scrabbler is

9:47 am

MollyL

I'd call it a tie

10:26 am

mattygroves

Is this the full half hour or just the five minute argument ;)

10:32 am

hokie carla

well, howdy folks. stuck at 32 left, 12 of which are 4's.

10:33 am

hokie carla

and did not find Aloy's free clue word

10:36 am

hokie carla

or the lone D

10:38 am

rururocks

that lone D is sort of an old one

10:38 am

LuvWordGames

lone D ends in most of a word for being late

10:38 am

hokie carla

well, it has to use the other D, so I've been trying to monkey around that

10:38 am

MollyL

Carla remember when you got COVID blasted for RV travel? Someone said they were in Puerto Rico today and no one said anything to her.

10:39 am

hokie carla

wow

10:39 am

hokie carla

thanks, luv, got it!

10:39 am

MollyL

I don't think that is what that lone D word means

10:40 am

rururocks

more or less senile molly :D

10:40 am

hokie carla

I thought maybe one who dotes, but no

10:41 am

MollyL

Oh it ENDS in most of a word for being late. I read that as the whole word meant being late. My mistake.

10:41 am

hokie carla

ok, just checking the flip. looks like I'm missing fe7, is that an everyday word?

10:41 am

MollyL

Kind of, but I spell it differently

10:42 am

hokie carla

fernage - that forest has a lot of fernage

10:43 am

hokie carla

LOL, just read farther into the chat and found it

10:43 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:44 am

MollyL

Ooo, the best thing about New Year's Day is the leftover black eyed peas and cornbread. My black eyed peas turned out extra good this year.

10:45 am

hokie carla

hey nan

10:47 am

hokie carla

wow, just tried something for my last top row N and it took. such a weird one.

10:50 am

welki

hello, babblers

10:50 am

hokie carla

welki!

10:51 am

MollyL

Wynken and Blynken's brother did that when he was learning to walk

10:51 am

hurshy

fe7 kind of a normal word but molly spells it differently is completely mystifying me

10:51 am

cybernan

found that pa 6/30 thanks to aloy -- still no pa 7's though - any clues there, please?

10:51 am

hokie carla

if you try hard enough maybe you can fi7 it, hurshy

10:51 am

rururocks

one pa 7 is a box

10:52 am

welki

i spell it with an "fi"

10:52 am

hurshy

ah, thanks

10:52 am

hokie carla

also a planet with blue people (pa7)

10:52 am

cybernan

me too, welki -- maybe it is a regional thing

10:53 am

hokie carla

I think everybody spells it that way, nan, which was what molly was saying.

10:53 am

welki

don't think so

10:53 am

rururocks

kind of like poutine Nan? :D

10:53 am

cybernan

didn't know there was a planet with blue people :-)

10:53 am

hokie carla

from the movie Avatar

10:54 am

cybernan

yep -- and hominy grits

10:54 am

hurshy

cnan, she opened a box and all the troubles came into the world - is same as name of planet

10:54 am

MollyL

The definition is to obtain by trickery. I always think of that word meaning to work something into place

10:54 am

hokie carla

but also someone who had a box and everything came out of it when she opened it

10:54 am

cybernan

ok - got that one, ty ru and carla

10:54 am

hokie carla

interesting, molly. I agree with you, that's how I used it in my clue

10:55 am

MollyL

Is it about a box that gets opened? I bet its about a box that gets opened.

10:55 am

hokie carla

whose box?

10:55 am

rururocks

molly you are hilarious

10:55 am

cybernan

the planet

10:55 am

MollyL

Not a squeeze box

10:56 am

cybernan

the planet's box

10:56 am

hokie carla

mama's got one of those

10:56 am

MollyL

She also has a box for her botox and sox

10:56 am

hokie carla

she's playin' all night

10:59 am

moolingwa

hi all

10:59 am

hokie carla

moooooooo

11:00 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, happy new year

11:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, we'll see ;). you too.

11:00 am

moolingwa

got to jump on a call, but wanted to say hi at least :)

11:00 am

hokie carla

stuck at 25 left. at a loss for the 11 4s I'm missing.

11:01 am

hokie carla

hi/bye

11:01 am

moolingwa

90 left...just started

11:01 am

hurshy

monkey time for you hokie

11:02 am

hokie carla

I've already monkeyed every possible 4 from every open tile (guess not but I've tried)

11:02 am

hokie carla

oh, there's an easy one :D

11:03 am

cybernan

name that composer - pomp and circumstance

11:04 am

hokie carla

I played that a million times in high school but don't remember

11:04 am

hokie carla

name that Tim Conway character (my least favorite of his)

11:05 am

cybernan

played it at graduation ceremonies

11:05 am

hokie carla

<-----now has pomp and circumstance stuck in my head.

11:06 am

cybernan

thought Hurshy might know that one

11:06 am

hurshy

sorries

11:06 am

hokie carla

I'm sure it'll look familiar when revealed

11:06 am

hurshy

y'all said there's another pa7?

11:06 am

cybernan

anyway, it was Elgar

11:06 am

hokie carla

name that telecommunications company!

11:06 am

hurshy

elgar, wow, never knew that

11:06 am

hurshy

and have no idea who Tim Conway is

11:07 am

hokie carla

yes, hursh, different ending letter

11:07 am

hurshy

ah, ok thanks

11:08 am

hokie carla

I literally just said FFS out loud. I feel like Harry when we said we hadn't seen woody allen movies.

11:08 am

cybernan

eldon?

11:08 am

hokie carla

do you have an idea who Carol Burnett is?

11:08 am

hurshy

yes i know who carol burnett is

11:09 am

cybernan

so what was the Tim Conway character?

11:09 am

hokie carla

Dorf

11:10 am

hokie carla

Tim Conway was one of Carol Burnett's main players

11:10 am

hurshy

ah. see i know who carol burnett is but haven't actually seen much of her show

11:10 am

hokie carla

I implore you to search on youtube for tim conway elephant story.

11:11 am

hurshy

not having the E by the T is giving me a lot of phantoms

11:11 am

hokie carla

phantom nightmares yes

11:14 am

moolingwa

back for another 15 minutes

11:16 am

hokie carla

guess who's back. back again...

11:16 am

hokie carla

too busy here watching the elephant story

11:19 am

hokie carla

here, hurshy, try to follow the story between all the audience laughter. https://tinyurl.com/k47t8vt

11:19 am

cybernan

missing one l and yes, I have the 6/24

11:19 am

MollyL

How does one grow up in this country and not know The Carol Burnett Show?

11:21 am

hokie carla

she has said before her parents didn't let her watch TV

11:21 am

hokie carla

I, OTOH, was a latchkey kid and watched a LOT of TV

11:22 am

hokie carla

I am missing 2 L's, nan. looks like one is the 6/24. :D

11:22 am

MollyL

You haven't lived until you have seen Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins

11:23 am

cybernan

that one is a musical direction

11:23 am

aslindy

hello all

11:23 am

hokie carla

missus a-wiggins

11:23 am

cybernan

le 6/24

11:24 am

hokie carla

another great one is when he was a dentist trying to fix Harvey Korman's tooth

11:24 am

MollyL

And there is a lot of TV that I have not watched (The Sopranos) but I know of it and who starred in it.

11:24 am

hokie carla

thanks, nan, found it a while back.

11:24 am

MollyL

The best part of The Carol Burnett show was when Korman and Conway lost it and couldn't stop laughing

11:25 am

hokie carla

their main goal was to make each other break. my brothers and I always lost it when they lost. that was the best part.

11:25 am

MollyL

fragel...when you have put so much gel on your hair that it will break off if someone touches it

11:26 am

cybernan

one of the best things about the show was seeing how much fun the cast was having with it

11:26 am

moolingwa

fernage - a landscaping term used to describe filler in your garden design

11:27 am

cybernan

faddle -- fiddle

11:27 am

cybernan

s partner

11:27 am

MollyL

Carla did fernage earlier

11:28 am

moolingwa

oh

11:28 am

moolingwa

didn't read the chat :)

11:30 am

hokie carla

it's an obvious word to everyone but enablers

11:31 am

hokie carla

did you pass me yet, moo?

11:33 am

hokie carla

20 left - still 8 4s

11:33 am

cybernan

33 left here -- off to get something to eat

11:34 am

hokie carla

did you find your missing L, nan?

11:34 am

MollyL

Tanape...a small brown finger food

11:35 am

hokie carla

notage - memos you take

11:36 am

bichon

er 6/21, pls

11:36 am

hokie carla

I gotta run and er6, BBL

11:37 am

hokie carla

*an, not and

11:37 am

bichon

ty carla

11:37 am

hokie carla

np

11:43 am

Biltong

May I have a clue for the lone D in the last column, please?

11:45 am

hokie carla

kinda like the now offensive R word

11:46 am

Biltong

ty, hokie :-)

11:47 am

hokie carla

np

11:51 am

penquis

hello all....

11:51 am

penquis

can i get stats for the lone D?

11:52 am

hokie carla

do6/24

11:52 am

penquis

ty...

11:52 am

hokie carla

howdy pen!

11:52 am

penquis

got it...

11:53 am

MollyL

♪♫High on a hill was a lonely do6/24...laydee ohdel laydee ohdel lay hee hee ♫♪

11:53 am

penquis

hi carla....

11:55 am

hokie carla

hmm..I don't think that's right Molly

11:55 am

hokie carla

now that has replaced pomp & circumstance in my head

11:57 am

hokie carla

found another 4 finally. 6 left now, 18 total. 6 5's and 6 6's also.

11:57 am

MollyL

Sure it is. Old forgetful guys get lonely and like goats too.

11:59 am

MollyL

My nephew and his wife have 8 acres and have been raising goats for years. i got her a t-shirt for Christmas that says Fairy Goatmother. : D

11:59 am

penquis

Cool!...

12:11 pm

bichon

pa 6/30, pls

12:12 pm

penquis

good question....i will look....

12:12 pm

penquis

hah...found the pa 7...

12:14 pm

penquis

and a 5...

12:14 pm

cybernan

there are 2 pa 7's pen

12:15 pm

cybernan

pa 6/30 ends with a horse

12:15 pm

penquis

ty...

12:15 pm

penquis

odd word....

12:16 pm

cybernan

yes - there are a few :D

12:17 pm

penquis

got that other pa 7...

12:22 pm

bichon

ends with a horse?

12:22 pm

penquis

often used to refer to an old run down horse...

12:22 pm

cybernan

well if not a horse a complaining wife

12:23 pm

penquis

or husband... ;o)

12:24 pm

cybernan

oh really -- and here I thought all husbands were perfect :D

12:28 pm

bichon

ty pen, weird one

12:29 pm

penquis

very...

12:31 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* any clues wanted before I leave?

12:32 pm

penquis

congrats....too early for me, thanks...

12:32 pm

cybernan

ok -- off to play with my new toy

12:32 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone

12:37 pm

penquis

taking a break....bbl to finish....

1:22 pm

hokie carla

well I'm not seeing anything new. going to have to utilize the list.

1:53 pm

moolingwa

back for some of these 26

1:56 pm

MollyL

There are some weird ass words in this grid. Min would have a hard time writing a story of clues that made any sense.

1:58 pm

hokie carla

I went to the list at 17, looked up a couple. still have 2 I can't find.

2:02 pm

hokie carla

ok, finally finished. did not enjoy the end.

2:32 pm

moolingwa

15 to go here

2:48 pm

mkg

I have no 7s. Clues and stats very welcome. Ty.

3:05 pm

jbp

howdy all.

3:05 pm

jbp

I would love a clue for the far right D

3:06 pm

jbp

nm, got it from Molly's lovely clue below!

3:07 pm

mkg

Hi jbp. Do 6: DO +someone with low IQ used to be called re****ed.

3:07 pm

jbp

my phantom is petard

3:07 pm

jbp

got it, thanks, mkg!

3:08 pm

jbp

stats for top row T, or a clue for it?

3:10 pm

mkg

I am also missing that T word. Sorry

3:10 pm

mkg

Probably tr word

3:10 pm

jbp

'that's ok, I don't have any 7s either, or I would clue

3:11 pm

jbp

other phantoms include orange and orate. Perhaps by typing them here I will stop seeing them in the gri8d

3:18 pm

mkg

Tr 4 is top T word.

3:19 pm

jbp

thanks for helping my monkeys, mkg

3:19 pm

jbp

still seeking 7s

3:20 pm

mkg

Me too. Cant find any

3:21 pm

jbp

i'm taking a break and maybe my brain will be fresher after a stroll with the dawg.

3:25 pm

mkg

Got gl 7: a person who gl***’s. Biblical: after harvest people who were needy would go to fields and “*****” them for left overs.

3:41 pm

moolingwa

I have two other 7s if you need clues

4:00 pm

bichon

pa 7/36, pls

4:01 pm

moolingwa

almost the same as the other pa 7/36 :)

4:01 pm

bichon

which I don'y have

4:02 pm

zoozzoom

Open Pa 7 box.

4:02 pm

bichon

ty zooz

4:06 pm

grannyrose

g'day and cooee y'all. Happy New Year to you.

4:07 pm

zoozzoom

And to you too, Rose! 🎉✨🥂

4:09 pm

moolingwa

happy new year rose

4:10 pm

zoozzoom

Okay that is me finished. Time for bed. Toodle pips everyone!

4:10 pm

grannyrose

praying this will be a better year for our planet.

4:10 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams zooz

4:17 pm

ChampFit

I always thought that fe7 was actually an fi7. Hmph!

4:19 pm

ChampFit

bbl for last 9

4:25 pm

bichon

ra 6/24, pls

4:28 pm

moolingwa

kind of sounds like what you might do to mix eggs

4:33 pm

bichon

sorry, mool, don't understand

4:35 pm

grannyrose

ra6. ra + double consonant + one of the french words for 'the'

4:42 pm

bichon

tyvm rose

4:44 pm

grannyrose

yw bichon

4:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, rose

5:00 pm

MollyL

Sounds more like what you would do with oars in a row boat

5:06 pm

grannyrose

hey TO. inmplant starting to work. finally. i don't feel like i'm wading through mud when i walk now. so all is going according to plan.

5:06 pm

grannyrose

how are you, TO?

7:02 pm

ara1955

Hi all! Question..I have a kindle fire my girls gave me so I could play again.( did'nt

7:02 pm

ara1955

H

7:02 pm

ara1955

Hi everyone.

7:03 pm

penquis

hi ara...

7:05 pm

ara1955

Still learning as you can tell! I cannot seem to be able to transfer the word list to Licketys like when I had a computer. Does anyone know if it just does not work with this Kindle fire?

7:09 pm

penquis

I have no idea....can you cut and paste at all with a Kindle Fire?

7:10 pm

ara1955

I have not had a reason to. I only use it for z few things.

7:10 pm

penquis

well you can google "can i cut and paste using a Kindle Fire"...

7:11 pm

ara1955

Ahhh..good idea. Thanks.

7:16 pm

ara1955

I do believe I did it!! Yea!

7:16 pm

penquis

cool!

7:19 pm

ara1955

Well I pasted the words but hit the wrong instruction, I guess, cause it did not take😐

7:21 pm

ara1955

Finally!!!

7:21 pm

penquis

give it another go...

7:21 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:29 pm

penquis

gotta go....bye, ara....good luck....

7:51 pm

MollyL

I would never be able to play this game on tiny screens like Kindle or cell phones.

8:25 pm

m9f9l

Hello all! 122...means it's either easy or horrible, right?

8:29 pm

HarryHood

done!

8:29 pm

HarryHood

I didn't enjoy this grid so much - but I was off my game today. you might like it.

8:31 pm

HarryHood

good night!

9:04 pm

m9f9l

30 left. ugh.

9:04 pm

m9f9l

gael

9:04 pm

m9f9l

oops. At least it's not a word :)

9:31 pm

Uneaixoise

M9f9l.....what a precious threesome in your pic!!

9:32 pm

m9f9l

Thanks Une.. I need to update because number 4 came in June!!

9:35 pm

m9f9l

I must say, your fro is pretty amazing!

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