Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, April 17, 2021

12:01 am

Rainiqui

mo 7

12:02 am

Rainiqui

st 7

12:02 am

SueMagee

St7

12:02 am

SueMagee

Snap!

12:03 am

cybernan

fo 7

12:08 am

SueMagee

Mo7

12:08 am

Rainiqui

is that mo 7 x2 ?

12:09 am

SueMagee

Sorry, rain - hadn’t spotted your earlier call.

12:09 am

Rainiqui

np Sue

12:12 am

jessmom

We7

12:17 am

SueMagee

We7 x 2

12:17 am

hurshy

no7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

no8

12:19 am

hurshy

that is my last N!!!

12:19 am

justafreep

huzzah! I am useful!

12:19 am

hurshy

well i still have to figure out what it is though lol

12:20 am

justafreep

and me the 7

12:20 am

hurshy

is yours using a prefix? the 7 does not.

12:20 am

justafreep

yes. and ahh.

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:21 am

cybernan

crashing - good night everyone -- no's will keep until tomorrow

12:21 am

hurshy

dang it i thought i had it with nonpr5 interest rates but nooooo

12:22 am

hurshy

aHA i found it!!

12:22 am

justafreep

I had that one first and was positive, too. Like, "yeah. I'll call it! And... no."

12:24 am

justafreep

ah. got it. thanks on the no7

12:25 am

Lizlin

Thanks for both no 7 and 8

12:29 am

justafreep

yw

12:36 am

dizgrannie

FWs

12:38 am

justafreep

congrats

12:39 am

dizgrannie

ty

1:13 am

dcseain

oh, twisty the no7 and no8 thank you

1:30 am

joym999

FW! Woo hoo!

1:37 am

dcseain

congrats, joy!

1:38 am

joym999

thx seain now I can go to sleep

6:19 am

Sugrraleona

cllue the no8?

6:56 am

ItalianGreyhound

Its a compound word with the pr 5/12

7:10 am

Scrabbler

Good morning.

7:11 am

bichon

How's the snow up there?

7:11 am

Scrabbler

Just a dusting yesterday.

7:12 am

bichon

Some parts of CT got snow

7:12 am

Scrabbler

I was the game doc at the high school football game last night with a temperature of 37 and light rain.

7:13 am

bichon

Spring football?

7:14 am

Scrabbler

Because sports were cancelled last fall there is a mini season now for football and volleyball because spring sports begin.

7:15 am

Scrabbler

* before spring sports begin

7:15 am

Scrabbler

Of course the football players are all getting injured and will not be able to play their spring sport.

7:31 am

hokie carla

cake is nonpie. howdy, y'all.

7:34 am

robwhy

No way am I seeing 12 F words

7:35 am

hokie carla

still stumbling through the N's, hadn't noticed an F :D

7:40 am

hokie carla

yeah, could only find 7 F's

7:45 am

72 Temple Owl

morning.

7:45 am

hokie carla

hey TO

7:48 am

Scrabbler

Hi Rob, Carla, and Owl.

7:48 am

hokie carla

hey scrabbs

7:49 am

Scrabbler

I have stalled with 41 left.

7:49 am

hokie carla

I have made it to 25, but it's very slow now

7:54 am

72 Temple Owl

37 and already late for the yard sale up the street\

7:54 am

hokie carla

all the good stuff is already gone ;)

7:55 am

Scrabbler

Hurry, Owl.

7:56 am

hokie carla

well, I looked at the flip chat that hasn't scrolled off and see 3 words I need but can I find them? no, of course not.

7:57 am

72 Temple Owl

considering a group hike later. have not been in a group sin over a year, except for a funeral.

7:57 am

Scrabbler

Not without a non-cryptic clue.

7:57 am

hokie carla

ok, got the 8!

7:57 am

hokie carla

enjoy, TO

7:58 am

72 Temple Owl

later,

7:59 am

periwinkle

I have an no7 but not an no8

7:59 am

periwinkle

hi all

7:59 am

hokie carla

the no7 is what I'm looking for right now. trade clues?

8:00 am

hokie carla

no8 - think digital version of newspaper

8:00 am

periwinkle

no7 someone running for office

8:01 am

periwinkle

is the no8 a non word

8:01 am

periwinkle

it is and I found it ty

8:02 am

hokie carla

yes, and the no7 is not? definition seems easy. maybe I will think for a while and it'll come to me.

8:02 am

periwinkle

not it is not

8:02 am

periwinkle

It is a person

8:05 am

Scrabbler

I found no7 but not no8.

8:05 am

hokie carla

still mental blocking on no7

8:06 am

Scrabbler

The one chosen to run for office. Ends in double vowel.

8:06 am

hokie carla

ah, thank you

8:07 am

hokie carla

the no8 is a not - so there's a ***** version of a newspaper or magazine that is delivered to people's houses and a no8 version, like digital, that you can read online.

8:08 am

hokie carla

LOL, thought I was onto something with feminine, but there are no more 8's :D

8:09 am

hokie carla

and just one i there ;)

8:11 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:12 am

hokie carla

darnit, when peri came in I thought I should check for her name but then wrote it off

8:12 am

hokie carla

hey mlfan

8:12 am

MLFAN17

hey hokie

8:12 am

MLFAN17

i just read the clue for no7..i dont understand it?

8:13 am

Scrabbler

no* + pr5/12 (kids learn to pr5 neatly)

8:13 am

hokie carla

the democrats no* a candidate and the republicans no* a candidate, and those are the no7s

8:15 am

hokie carla

I can't figure out where all the p's are hiding

8:15 am

Scrabbler

32 left and I have had enough. Enjoy the day.

8:16 am

hokie carla

well done, scrabbs. have a good one.

8:17 am

MLFAN17

got one no7 no for best picture are..

8:17 am

hokie carla

yes

8:18 am

MLFAN17

got a we 6/7

8:21 am

MLFAN17

4th column e?

8:21 am

hokie carla

em5/12

8:22 am

MLFAN17

duh got it

8:26 am

ItalianGreyhound

except for a couple of words, this grid was easy-peasy

8:27 am

hokie carla

I am down to 7. slow now, but has been relatively easy compared to recent grids.

8:28 am

ItalianGreyhound

the no-8 took some time

8:30 am

hokie carla

oh, just finished the 4's. 2 5's and 4 6's left. this is not good. 6's are my nemeses.

8:31 am

ItalianGreyhound

you'll get em

8:32 am

MLFAN17

not good with 6s either

8:32 am

MLFAN17

i managed to find one no7

8:33 am

hokie carla

well there's just one no7

8:33 am

MLFAN17

thats good:0

9:01 am

hurshy

phantom: pimiento

9:02 am

hurshy

i'm down to two - F6 and T6

9:07 am

hurshy

got the F!

9:07 am

hokie carla

i broke down and went to the list

9:07 am

hokie carla

we've had both those before, hurshy. the F is the first one

9:07 am

hokie carla

oh, I see

9:08 am

hurshy

got the T!

9:08 am

hokie carla

the T is relating to language

9:08 am

hurshy

woot woot

9:08 am

hokie carla

day late and a dollar short again

9:09 am

hurshy

lol

9:09 am

hurshy

did you finish too, with the list?

9:09 am

hokie carla

yes

9:09 am

hurshy

^5

9:12 am

phaeton

hello...clue for the to6/21 pls

9:12 am

LuvWordGames

add "**, myself & I" to the to 4/4

9:13 am

phaeton

ty lub

9:13 am

phaeton

*luv

9:13 am

LuvWordGames

yw phae :-)

9:19 am

phaeton

left column greyed!

9:31 am

phaeton

help with either fo6/30?

9:31 am

hurshy

you find enemies or fo6 worthy of your steel to duel

9:31 am

doseffing

... enemy males

9:31 am

hurshy

and then you fo6 rebellion (this one has the 7 with it)

9:35 am

phaeton

TY!!

9:38 am

mkg

Hi all. Clue for the E fourth column please. Ty

9:39 am

penquis

alt spelling of the Arabian prince....

9:39 am

mkg

Nm just got it. Sorry

9:39 am

mkg

Ty pen.

9:40 am

phaeton

FW

9:40 am

mkg

I dont get the fo words clued below. Hmmmm

9:40 am

penquis

i am done...

9:40 am

dan2bit

fo + not physic(al) but...

9:40 am

dan2bit

woo hoo pen. morning all!

9:41 am

penquis

fo 6....enemy + males...

9:41 am

mkg

Ty got it! Super clue

9:41 am

penquis

ty, dan...

9:41 am

mkg

Got the 6 and 7i. Ty

9:51 am

dan2bit

what's my missing J? I have 2 with double vowel

9:52 am

doseffing

... in spanish ... chilef

9:52 am

doseffing

that's chief

9:52 am

dan2bit

aha ty dos

9:53 am

MLFAN17

ty for the fo6

9:57 am

MLFAN17

ty for the to 6/21

10:00 am

MLFAN17

pts 666

10:03 am

dan2bit

when I have dessert again don't I repie?

10:04 am

MLFAN17

not anymore

10:06 am

rururocks

is that a slice of pie humor dan?

10:07 am

dan2bit

pecan be

10:07 am

rururocks

We can count on you for crusty humor

10:07 am

dan2bit

doughn't I know it

10:09 am

rururocks

there's going to be a lot of turnover of jokes I see

10:09 am

dan2bit

we're crumbling already

10:10 am

rururocks

I'm trying to come up with a tart response to that

10:10 am

dan2bit

I'm sure you'll cobble one together

10:13 am

rururocks

I'm still trying to filo you out on puns

10:18 am

dan2bit

sorry, flandering a bit

10:18 am

rururocks

moonpie isn't a word

10:19 am

hokie carla

I almost said that earlier when I said cake is nonpie, but then I forgot

10:24 am

Uneaixoise

Second we7/44 please?

10:25 am

Uneaixoise

In Nashville Moonpie IS a word! LOLOLOL

10:27 am

rururocks

just found that we7

10:28 am

rururocks

still need it?

10:28 am

Uneaixoise

Yes please

10:29 am

rururocks

the most wen

10:29 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!

10:53 am

MLFAN17

ty for the other we7

10:54 am

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers

10:59 am

MLFAN17

in6?

10:59 am

MLFAN17

clue pls?

11:03 am

dan2bit

in6 is a superlative compound word

11:03 am

MLFAN17

nvm got it

11:08 am

MLFAN17

i put the same word in 3 times and it finally took

11:09 am

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

11:10 am

MLFAN17

congrats une

11:36 am

bichon

no 5/12, second one, pls

11:49 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

11:50 am

Mary

second no5/12 same as the other one but ends with 2 vowels

11:52 am

bichon

ty Mary

11:57 am

cybernan

anyone have another clue for that j that is a spanish chief? Don't know spanish.

11:58 am

bichon

sound like chief

11:58 am

Cosmo Kramer

je4/12 - easy to find with the points

11:58 am

MollyL

Did a Google search, spanish chief j...came right up

11:58 am

cybernan

ty bichon

12:01 pm

bichon

glad to help nan

12:09 pm

cybernan

could I have the stats for the 8 please -- is it a 7-8 combo?

12:17 pm

bonkler

it's an no8/45 but i don't have it

12:23 pm

cybernan

going to have to list for last 16

12:23 pm

cybernan

first fe 6/30 please?

12:24 pm

Shirlockc

pl of the fe5 before

12:24 pm

Shirlockc

ooops, wrong fe

12:24 pm

Shirlockc

there is no fe6/30

12:25 pm

cybernan

my mistake shirl -- not fe 6, but first fo 6 please?

12:25 pm

Shirlockc

fo6= enemy + male

12:25 pm

bonkler

fo 6/30 enemy + adult males

12:26 pm

Shirlockc

no8 anyone? my last word

12:26 pm

cybernan

ty bonkler

12:27 pm

bonkler

still hunting for the 8

12:28 pm

cybernan

me too - and the 7

12:29 pm

Shirlockc

no 7 is the person you choose

12:30 pm

cybernan

ty shirl

12:30 pm

bonkler

thanks shirl!

12:31 pm

Shirlockc

can help with clues EXCEPT for the no8

12:35 pm

cybernan

we 7 please?

12:35 pm

cybernan

* last one

12:35 pm

bonkler

we 7/44 more like a hot dog

12:35 pm

Shirlockc

the last we7 rhymes with the first

12:36 pm

cybernan

have that one, ty bonkler

12:36 pm

bonkler

double consonant

12:36 pm

Shirlockc

2nd we7 use the double consonant

12:36 pm

cybernan

ty shirl

12:37 pm

cybernan

ok, back to the no 8

12:37 pm

Gadget

can't get either we7:(

12:38 pm

Shirlockc

1st we7 = tiny, rhymes with the hot dog

12:39 pm

bonkler

aha! no8 not on paper

12:39 pm

cybernan

first we 7 is more little

12:40 pm

Gadget

Got it!

12:40 pm

cybernan

ty bonkler - I swear I tried that!

12:40 pm

Shirlockc

thx for the no8

12:41 pm

cybernan

^5 shirl and bonkler

12:41 pm

cybernan

on my way -- slow start due to the royal funeral. Hagd everyone

12:42 pm

bonkler

cheers nan

1:24 pm

rbud

yay, done! laters, all.

1:48 pm

Sophie214

3rd day here.....have 43 words left.....I really don't even understand your clues to each other :(

1:55 pm

mymuseisme

Hello Sophie. Welcome to the chog. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

1:56 pm

mymuseisme

which clue are you trying to decipher?

1:56 pm

medusa

anyone found the 8 letter word yet?

1:56 pm

medusa

anyone found the 8 letter word yet?

1:56 pm

mymuseisme

Hi babblers.

1:57 pm

medusa

can i have a clue on the 8 letter word?

1:58 pm

mymuseisme

I'm trying to figure out bonkler's clue

1:59 pm

Bethjt

The 8 letter word is no 8 45. No + consonant & pr5

2:01 pm

mymuseisme

aha! thanks Beth :)

2:01 pm

Bethjt

YW

2:38 pm

LuvWordGames

My last word is an M7, can I please have a clue?

2:41 pm

amelu0218

The only one I have is... someone more love struck?

2:41 pm

LuvWordGames

Yep, that's it! Thanks!

2:42 pm

amelu0218

yvw!

2:42 pm

LuvWordGames

Any clues needed?

2:43 pm

amelu0218

Not for me, I just am popping in and out to get a word or two at a time, lol. 28 to go, woohoo.

2:44 pm

Sophie214

The 8 letter word is no 8 45. No + consonant & pr5

2:45 pm

Sophie214

the below is a clue I cut and pasted.....have no idea how to interpet

2:45 pm

amelu0218

yes, not inked.

2:45 pm

Sophie214

interpret

2:47 pm

amelu0218

or electronic file left in cyberspace?

2:49 pm

LuvWordGames

No 8 ends in most of what you put an ink cartridge in.

3:34 pm

MollyL

Good clue, amelu

5:06 pm

Goat

clue for the last we 4/8? I can't even monkey it, my last 4 letter word left

5:08 pm

amelu0218

You prolly thought you already entered "left"...

5:10 pm

MollyL

Prolly?

5:11 pm

amelu0218

yeah, prolly is now a word, just because it's not in Enable does not disqualify it, lol.

5:12 pm

Goat

thanks

5:12 pm

amelu0218

def: more than likely, lol.

5:12 pm

MollyL

Is it supposed to mean probably?

5:12 pm

amelu0218

yvw

5:14 pm

amelu0218

of course!

5:16 pm

Goat

oh, no, i got that one already. it's another we 4/8. Hm.

5:16 pm

amelu0218

When we entered the world of texting/(damn you) auto-correct, I stopped caring about correct grammar (when not pertaining to work).

5:17 pm

Goat

oh, got it! all 4 letter words done

5:17 pm

MollyL

Sorry, I don't get these made up words that have evolved on internet-speak. I like to converse in real words. Call me attached to grammar and such.

5:18 pm

amelu0218

Ok, a small dam in a river or stream?

5:19 pm

MollyL

And sadly, there are far too many people who use these odd, made up words in the workplace. You should see the resumes I have reviewed.

5:20 pm

amelu0218

Yeah, I used to be but I was ticking people off for correcting them for not using proper grammar and getting bitched at so I said screw it.

5:20 pm

MollyL

The fact that those words have become commonly used makes some people think they are appropriate.

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

They would argue that language is ever-changing. I gave up with impact as a verb. Then I realized that contact was not originally a verb either.

5:21 pm

amelu0218

Anything work related, proper English/grammar.

5:21 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There are two ethics, one being call people what they want to be called, and the other is no way will I call an individual person "they."

5:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Then I remember how my mother felt about "Ms."

5:23 pm

amelu0218

Oh, they're appropriate however non-existent.

5:24 pm

amelu0218

I'm glad I chose to not follow in my mother's footsteps and go into teaching.

5:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what do you teach? My mother was a teacher.

5:25 pm

amelu0218

My grandson will jack my phone and send texts to mutual friends that have absolutely zero punctuation. I'm astounded he hasn't failed English classes, yet. (He's a HS Freshman)

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If my mother were to return from the universe, she would probably prefer to go back to oblivion. The horrors of the world, and the basics of pronouns.

5:30 pm

amelu0218

No, I refused. My mom was K-12, mostly 2nd, then 3rd and finishing out with 6th. She shanghaied me into checking/grading her students homework when I was about seven... Uh, no. Not my gig... but I remember when I was around four years old, "new" people would pat me on the head and ask "Are you going to be a teacher like your mother?" *rolls eyes* Uh, no.

5:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My mother was early childhood too.

5:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh I misread you- I didn't see the NOT follow in mother's footsteps.

5:34 pm

amelu0218

My mom retired about 18 years before she passed, so at least she had that time... but back in the day the trend was to pass kids who were "only going to drive a pulp wood truck for the rest of their lives like the rest of the family, just get them along far enough to let them be old enough to quit school without truancy because that's what's coming." I was aghast initially but once I mulled that over, she was right. She would have been taking away from the other students had she focused on one child.

5:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what era, and where?

5:36 pm

amelu0218

One child who had parents that already had expectations for below family commentary.

5:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

again, what era and what location?

5:41 pm

amelu0218

She started teaching when I was three (welcome to pre-school Amy) in MI, we moved to S MS (where she was born) when I was 15/Freshman. So I'd have to say around 1982ish before administration wanted to start cookie cutting teachers. And I have to add that she got the defeatist attitude from the other teachers around her. Our school was a 1st-12th consolidated (one campus). My class had 80 graduates and was the last to walk the football field for graduation. (Yes, we didn't even have kindergarten back then)

5:44 pm

amelu0218

She actually was a student teacher in one of my brother's middle school classes when pregnant with me, lol.

5:44 pm

amelu0218

In MI.

6:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ok, my mom got her Masters in Education in the 40s, taught till she had my brother and me in the 50s, went back to teaching (second highest score in New York licensing exam) in the late 60s, got cancer, taught through the 70s, and through her final illness in the 80s when she was 60. New York City public school system, very diverse before it was in style. A dedicated teacher. Short life.

6:34 pm

amelu0218

Ah, but she left a prolific legacy! (As did mine, she chose to retire the year before my son went into 6th grade so she wouldn't have him as a student, lol.) She passed at 80 from complications of dementia... She got her degree in the late 60s, student teaching ''64/'65 ish, me three in pre-school, so '68 when she started her own classrooms... Guess she retired around '93/'94.

9:24 pm

mixi6

I have an M. Ed. The only course I ever dropped was student teaching.

9:29 pm

Sophie214

I'm a retired 3rd grade teacher. Subbed after that for 9 years, but not during covid. Don't think I want to start back again. I enjoyed it. But I enjoyed visiting grands much more!

9:31 pm

mixi6

retired computer programmer. retirement goal to become computer illiterate.

9:50 pm

mixi6

fw. night all.

10:03 pm

amelu0218

Totally wish to be be able to retire logistician of 33 years. Best wishes to all eligible!

10:06 pm

amelu0218

amen mixi! Associates in programming in '87 (to beccome employed) so you know how much I hate menu driven programs now, lol.

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