View Word List Wednesday, June 23, 2021

FINAL SCORES

3966 roncook
3966 BlackTar
3966 graciecat
3966 lbdawger
3966 broll
3966 rururocks
3966 Jacula
3966 Vicuna
3966 dart001
3966 montreal13
3966 Sandieangel
3966 scribekd
3966 phaeton
3966 isles7
3966 JBV
3966 Norma
3966 SunnFlower
3966 sandy211
3966 vashongin
3966 joansiebone
3966 sammysmom
3966 LuvWordGames
3966 penquis
3966 SuzeeQ24
3966 Chris P
3966 Catie
3966 grannyrose
3966 ItalianGreyhound
3966 kangabrat
3966 CiociaJudy
3966 kim m
3966 Bremen
3966 pat56
3966 cybernan
3966 mymuseisme
3966 hurshy
3966 pabtrek
3966 Kateq
3966 lynxxx
3966 kellyk
3966 Mercy
3966 MelJewell
3966 72 Temple Owl
3966 bpalosky
3966 VolleymomDee
3966 shorty
3966 bookwomen
3966 earth
3966 ursh
3966 anike
3966 suzysuz
3966 saanichcat
3966 reneeo
3966 Grandma Barb
3966 Vioxx
3966 Lizlin
3966 Verve
3966 dromano66
3966 poodletoes
3966 claws
3966 april98
3966 SummerBreeze44
3966 clg47
3966 bala
3966 Jayk
3966 msr
3966 meeker
3966 JudyHall
3966 marigold
3966 Bogwoggle
3966 ivesy3
3966 navcad
3966 pcal2
3966 Gillie
3966 dofith
3966 Kamanjah
3966 wht
3966 Lorrie_in_SA
3966 jessmom
3966 zoozzoom
3966 welki
3966 stu mcc
3966 Michelle
3966 skooj
3966 mrloser
3966 ARB
3966 wildcat17
3966 dizgrannie
3966 Dianne
3966 Soodle
3966 NANCY
3966 Mubner
3966 Aloyisius
3966 Tabbycat2
3966 marksdolly
3966 bojazz
3807 Dorens
3695 lynnet
3684 svingy
3634 BzznBea
3583 Uneaixoise
3524 moolingwa
3187 periwinkle
2985 ladycece920
2963 hokie carla
2953 loredana
2894 DTins
2860 pors
2771 java2
2729 westford
2618 davurs
2586 justafreep
2548 Sev
2457 nrkii
2440 Gitel
2437 angelinaxox
2431 circe
2423 rastapopolous
2422 Ind
2395 juniperberet
2392 ChampFit
2390 Filomena
2370 wordly wise
2370 NonoNanette
2354 10s Gu
2339 catsmm
2330 sprong
2321 georgiaj
2300 Julie
2298 heemshowlive
2278 Justin
2267 Chririg
2257 evvvie
2221 jimmel
2196 wvteach
2168 rakelly
2161 lexophile
2160 joym999
2146 swmbo
2146 waskallia
2125 Jen13
2111 Wendrie
2069 Hillsnow
2067 Shirlockc
2066 athena
2042 bigbirdboss
2027 WoolyChris
2026 eliotl
2022 Plebian
2018 corkee
2007 asterisk
1999 Katy
1997 mattygroves
1978 rbud
1978 Elliot
1967 momof4&pe
1931 dejavu
1885 Babbleybrook
1884 Trifioso
1880 Lindsay
1879 Leaf
1873 Sunrise
1873 auntnope
1873 bethn
1853 Zadit
1839 maccafixx
1833 dan2bit
1832 pilgrim719
1832 godthaab
1831 marilyn992
1828 parisla
1827 Marian Todd
1818 Sugrraleona
1811 mich_pdx
1784 Andee
1779 Retired PJs
1777 jeanne314
1767 hep
1747 cherlyq
1746 Valmar
1738 deanoz
1734 Judi
1725 BerniceQ
1708 Robespierre
1705 dauber
1704 daisy88
1703 The_Mad_Egyptian
1696 mkg
1694 gapeach
1689 JeeWhiz
1689 susanj2
1687 bonkler
1670 Ouwachita
1665 Sam
1656 Nana5
1655 SueMagee
1643 boatierra
1640 kadresa
1634 idicyidikat
1626 Scrabbler
1620 whizette
1605 helenary
1593 lyv4ever
1592 mery9419
1589 mo
1588 eieios
1581 guernseygirl
1575 superflippy
1574 Deisix
1573 Jivingjenny0
1570 CES222
1563 MumTT
1560 MsCorvid
1556 gswope
1541 MLFAN17
1539 JIMMORRIS
1539 Playwoman
1538 SISI
1531 Dragonfruit
1530 Hebe
1530 Dippnall
1529 chj
1529 pamrepton
1521 Motek
1519 adubin77
1514 lshult
1504 uconn
1501 IndiaJan
1498 dcseain
1490 Riverdance
1486 JaxH66
1476 bookworm100
1475 Dinoreid
1464 lalaland
1460 lbuxx
1459 maggiej
1456 mirandapan
1450 irishlady
1445 Biged
1445 JoyOh
1440 skheiny
1435 ann
1431 gemini_J13
1429 Elle n
1419 rosalie4
1417 car.eeyore
1416 dc43
1410 merlypoop
1408 duvaldfm
1405 aWolf
1405 hydra
1404 jaxx7
1399 nellebean
1386 Stitchknit
1381 Roses6
1380 Alycia
1379 avril
1378 TedinDurham
1377 Sam Snead
1366 Keala
1361 cg530
1358 MRSWHISKI2
1356 hmgames
1355 Wahrro
1350 sajarn
1350 rsiegel24
1346 redshoes
1345 aaronsmom
1343 Deeha
1339 ChrissieDee
1330 fratfitz
1325 AnnetteL
1301 gladius
1299 player girl
1299 inkydinks
1299 Pema
1296 GailMkp
1291 Fit2knit
1264 mayneman
1260 rebdickers
1258 Turt
1254 zas
1253 origami
1249 dolche
1246 RoundBarn
1246 calon
1244 tmeses
1243 Fr/cat
1236 poor richard
1234 bheron
1223 Gollux
1219 yubi
1214 scouser
1212 Zombee
1211 bookgrrl
1210 Dog Fan
1210 LAT70
1209 trentsnana
1204 kueenbee
1204 MollyL
1203 anus
1202 ella
1201 Mary
1201 katiemac
1201 sugar
1200 fla
1190 ypsigirl
1187 Geep
1182 beckyj
1176 circqueen
1174 sally
1173 helmet
1167 mtnmam
1163 wordplayer
1156 tiger98
1153 Kaplan the Magne
1152 markbowers7
1150 mehdc
1149 Marmar
1147 yikeym32
1135 machelle
1128 FrenchToast
1118 ginnie
1117 mightyquin
1104 MirandaPanda
1095 selj09
1094 little mim
1094 Notheroldquilter
1094 cavalier25
1092 therealblah
1086 Kitensplay
1083 caps
1077 VAjeweler
1076 MaddyMadd
1072 angrychick
1072 funhs
1070 Buttonman
1066 rolin
1063 BLouie
1059 shoo
1058 Krysten
1056 Oboequilter
1046 nelleon
1029 wjb
1021 fuzzykoala
1018 mael
1011 roundabout
1003 jpc1966
997 puglet
997 emusing
996 tessagram
987 nikofamouser
982 EJT
951 amelu0218
945 ianmac
941 cameron51us
922 msg
920 KenTropic
917 potterylady
903 Shelleyr
903 tinkerbelle
902 zTink
901 oregonmarki
895 KrisE
891 akazev
891 khana
889 magpie7
889 Jeff7
887 brandyjack
882 grannyg
877 Gadget
874 movieman
873 kittychan
872 8201girl
867 Sophie214
843 Frances
837 SoccerMOM
831 Mandy44
826 Petemcbride
826 gingentle
813 Solitare
810 Angela
801 PJDR
797 ZsaZsa
796 JW4975
791 nurse1000
780 Virginia Strout
777 kathy sue
769 scatterbrain
768 piano player
766 SuzeQ
763 sukee
749 Doll414
744 jaydee
743 aslindy
742 Winnah
735 melody17
721 mom23
716 no_zimmer
715 debbinla
712 silversarah
696 donnana
693 nursegladys
679 cookiepelli
670 linnet
664 ara1955
650 iluvtigs
647 diann
639 SeaSpray
627 Rainiqui
620 cody10
616 sallyann
609 mom99
604 smooze
590 doseffing
587 moule
587 jeanniejinx
587 MPittore
585 worzel
583 Annette
577 pbc
574 pen...
566 bepotter
556 lawyer-1
554 eliwes
549 amgreet8
549 kaitjgold3
547 banasha
543 jka
529 Q
525 kiara13
525 mom82637
489 mizzlizz
488 Glens
466 tsatch
466 MomStar
459 mamabook3
451 ajsb
444 rosalind230
439 Lib
436 tceicher
433 flower65
422 GrandmaS
413 leisl
406 Asfaloth
397 Marjetta
395 Sugarblues
391 sami1986
387 Elena laures
379 Strudders
370 ALC
356 harpjane
347 annevans
346 LonnieC
345 nadav
340 Jodeen
325 cdnldy
315 charliesmomuk
314 marie
304 Aaronitor
303 #1
303 Jindigo
287 sarah6girls
283 milly24
278 wesnurse
278 Edmond Dantes
271 Pillsy74
260 tickymong
253 raane
252 tracyo
245 janeybird
244 karenth
239 mumar
232 BlueHen
230 PMS
225 bs18
221 TQ
221 shooshoo
219 African Indian
203 Sundaegrl
198 hyacinthe
198 fit1
192 SandraM
192 TheFiz
184 medusa
183 HockeyNut
153 rowlie45
148 iiosefi
146 Hockeyfan
130 bichon
128 scorpio
119 ChloeKat
112 Lady_Campari
109 stidgmere
107 Olivia R MW
104 slothboy
97 felicitas
95 Christa
73 frogface
65 robwhy
65 crosshair
64 sooooo
63 lazykoala99
57 gardengirl2
40 DLH1955
40 Biltong
40 DeviousTango
27 Pink Socks
16 lizmac

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:03 am
SueMagee

Tr7
12:03 am
SueMagee

Ch7
12:03 am
hokie carla

mo7/8
12:03 am
SueMagee

Mian
12:04 am
SueMagee

Moatted
12:04 am
SueMagee

Sorry
12:04 am
Gillie

ca7
12:04 am
Gillie

sc7
12:04 am
jessmom

un8
12:06 am
Gillie

sc7 x 2
12:08 am
jessmom

tr7x2
12:11 am
Gillie

ch7 x 2
12:13 am
Gillie

to7
12:17 am
Gillie

co7
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:23 am
SuzeeQ24

au8
12:23 am
SuzeeQ24

crated
12:23 am
SuzeeQ24

crate
12:26 am
mich_pdx

thank you, Lickety!
12:30 am
saanichcat

ch 8
12:34 am
Gillie

ch7 x 3
12:45 am
grannyrose

woohoo found the sa9 on my lo
12:45 am
grannyrose

woohoo found the sa9 on my lo
12:45 am
grannyrose

*own*
12:46 am
rbud

good job!!
12:46 am
grannyrose

*grin* thanx rosebud
12:47 am
mkg

got the 9 too.
12:47 am
grannyrose

dyna
12:47 am
grannyrose

whew... not a word
12:47 am
grannyrose

well done mkg.
12:53 am
Gillie

ty for the 9 rose
12:54 am
grannyrose

yw gille
12:54 am
grannyrose

i didn't realise it hadn't been called....lol
12:54 am
Gillie

sa8 x 2 as well
12:55 am
ursh

finally found the lone T for nbs nbt :)
12:56 am
grannyrose

i bet you had a nasty spasm when you did ursh...lol
12:57 am
ursh

hahah rose
12:57 am
grannyrose

thanx for the second sa8, Gillie
3:05 am
mattygroves

Morning all. Has anyone got stats for the lone T on the bottom row, second column, please?
3:21 am
SummerBreeze44

te6/24
3:25 am
mattygroves

Thank you - looking!
3:25 am
mattygroves

And found - cheers!
3:25 am
SummerBreeze44

:)
4:42 am
Jivingjenny0

please could you clue the lone t
4:52 am
mattygroves

te + sort of brownish colour + sometimes vowel
5:17 am
MollyL

a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism. Come on, we all know that. Not.
6:16 am
FrenchToast

caca
6:17 am
ItalianGreyhound

Mornin, French - don't forget to plural it
6:17 am
FrenchToast

ah! grazie
6:23 am
FrenchToast

OK well I'm off to work! HAGD!
6:24 am
ItalianGreyhound

Bye
6:35 am
ItalianGreyhound

Raced thru 150 words - Def. slowing now
8:04 am
BzznBea

Slow going this morning.
8:14 am
Shirlockc

noncat = dog!
8:15 am
LuvWordGames

cot ed
8:19 am
LuvWordGames

t oted
8:19 am
LuvWordGames

oops sorry
8:24 am
Shirlockc

catton = cotton like fabric made of cat fur!
8:26 am
LuvWordGames

lol
8:32 am
Scrabbler

Shirlock is creating new words.
8:33 am
MollyL

Catron...an elderly female society feline
8:34 am
MollyL

And yes that is dangerously close to a real grid word, so I am already in the PB
8:40 am
hokie carla

also a fairly common surname from my part of the country
8:42 am
hokie carla

also molly, it occurred to me last night while I was trying to go to sleep that A Whole New World was Aladdin and Jasmine's song, not Ariel's.
8:45 am
hokie carla

phantom extra nachos
8:46 am
BzznBea

change the last vowel in that chip
8:47 am
Scrabbler

Thanks, Bea.
8:48 am
BzznBea

yw
8:48 am
hokie carla

of course, thx
8:53 am
BzznBea

Need to get ready for home health. Back later.
8:53 am
Scrabbler

Bye, Bea.
8:58 am
Uneaixoise

Clue for sa9 please?
8:58 am
zoozzoom

Really wet.
8:58 am
hokie carla

ah, thanks, zooz
8:59 am
Scrabbler

TY, Zoom.
9:00 am
Uneaixoise

Hmmmm
9:01 am
hokie carla

can also be color editing in photos, une
9:05 am
Uneaixoise

Tx
9:06 am
MollyL

That sa8 ends like a place you go out to eat at
9:07 am
Uneaixoise

Got 45, 45, 66
9:08 am
hokie carla

so...y'all are saying there are 2 sa8
9:08 am
Uneaixoise

Yes
9:14 am
Uneaixoise

80 to go :-(
9:15 am
hokie carla

85 here.
9:17 am
mkg

Hi all.
9:19 am
Uneaixoise

Howdy :-)
9:22 am
Scrabbler

Stat for the lone T, please?
9:24 am
hokie carla

te6/24
9:25 am
Scrabbler

I need a clue for that now. Please.
9:26 am
hokie carla

lockjaw
9:26 am
Scrabbler

TY
9:26 am
hokie carla

yw
9:27 am
Scrabbler

rancor
9:27 am
Scrabbler

Not a word.
9:30 am
MLFAN17

hello
9:31 am
hokie carla

well it is a word, just not in this grid
9:31 am
Scrabbler

Hi MLFAN
9:31 am
hokie carla

hello, mlfan
9:31 am
MLFAN17

hi scrab
9:32 am
MLFAN17

hello hokie
9:32 am
MLFAN17

is anyone watching tennis ?
9:32 am
Scrabbler

Not me.
9:34 am
Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done. ENjoy the day.
9:34 am
MLFAN17

bye scrab
9:36 am
MLFAN17

anyone have stats for the single t on the bottom row?
9:36 am
Uneaixoise

te6/24
9:37 am
Uneaixoise

has been clued several times
9:37 am
hokie carla

I am not watching tennis, is it Wimbledon? I'm watching this hilarious show Baskets.
9:37 am
Uneaixoise

wimbledon hasn
9:37 am
Uneaixoise

hasn't started yet
9:37 am
hokie carla

9:26, mlfan
9:37 am
hokie carla

I didn't think it had started
9:38 am
MLFAN17

its been on since abotu 5am US time
9:39 am
MLFAN17

i was watching a match and had to do other things came back they were showing a different match
9:39 am
Uneaixoise

wimbledon starts on the 28th
9:39 am
MLFAN17

ot sure the one i was watching is finished or not
9:39 am
MLFAN17

une yes
9:40 am
MLFAN17

hokie ty just trying to figure out how to spell it from the letters in the grid
9:41 am
MLFAN17

got it
9:41 am
doseffing

... if you're looking for tennis scores google "atp" for en's and "wta" for women's and you'll get the two player's union sites and more scores than you deal with
9:42 am
MLFAN17

ty dose
9:44 am
MLFAN17

Gauff lost
9:49 am
Uneaixoise

Boooo :-(
9:49 am
MLFAN17

agreed
9:49 am
Uneaixoise

Ac7/44 please?
9:49 am
doseffing

... She's only 17 ... no tears for another three years yet
9:50 am
MLFAN17

yeah i know dose just disappointed
9:50 am
Uneaixoise

Ditto
9:51 am
MLFAN17

i dont have it eiher une
9:51 am
MLFAN17

either
9:51 am
doseffing

... sorry ... we've had Geni and Bianca and a couple more who I've forgotten the names of ... know all about the disappointment part
9:52 am
Uneaixoise

Ok thanks
9:52 am
april98

ac7-40 - ac + dracula's title
9:52 am
MLFAN17

une but i am looking
9:52 am
Uneaixoise

Have that one
9:52 am
Uneaixoise

Need the 44
9:53 am
MLFAN17

i dont get the clue for that one
9:53 am
doseffing

... from sesame street ... 1 ... 2 ... 3
9:54 am
Uneaixoise

Love him!!
9:54 am
MLFAN17

oh THAT one ty
10:02 am
MLFAN17

clue for the 9 pls?
10:03 am
Uneaixoise

Soaked
10:05 am
MLFAN17

ty got them
10:06 am
Uneaixoise

Great!
10:49 am
MLFAN17

une did you get a clue for the other word you were looking for ?
10:50 am
MLFAN17

i dont have it yet
10:51 am
MLFAN17

fr 6 clue pls?
10:51 am
cybernan

good morning everyone - back in the land of the sighted again :)
10:52 am
MLFAN17

what does that mean cyber?
10:52 am
JudyHall

clue for FR6 ... noisy disturbance
10:54 am
cybernan

just that, mlf -- the eye patch came off this am and I can see again (with readers)
10:55 am
MLFAN17

ohh thats wonderful cyber
10:56 am
MLFAN17

i googled it and commotion is all i am getting
11:06 am
cybernan

fr 6: begins like oil drilling process that scientists believe is causing sink holes and ends with a workd that means "like" as in a comparison
11:06 am
cybernan

Just saw what I did, lol
11:07 am
MLFAN17

ty got it
11:10 am
Shirlockc

did the ac7.44 get clued? did i miss it?
11:11 am
moolingwa

morning all
11:12 am
hurshy

oh goody, a nice sized grid
11:12 am
moolingwa

yeah, just got here myself
11:13 am
hurshy

the king/butterfly is just so stand-out-ish
11:16 am
hurshy

i guess William will be the mo7, and Harry will be the no7
11:16 am
hurshy

(note, that's a joke, not a real no7)
11:16 am
cybernan

didn't see it, shirl, but just got here, so thanks for the call
11:20 am
MollyL

How are your eyes today Nan?
11:21 am
joym999

The second row of the grid really woke me up.
11:21 am
hurshy

oooh, nice fr6 word today
11:22 am
MollyL

Hurshy is filling in for Aloy today
11:22 am
hurshy

i am?
11:23 am
cybernan

ntpn -- miss daisy
11:23 am
hurshy

Tandy
11:24 am
cybernan

gold star for hurshy
11:24 am
MollyL

Oh good for Nan, she gives prizes
11:29 am
MLFAN17

shirl i dont think so i dont knw what the word is
11:29 am
cybernan

just found the other ac 7 -- what a great word for this game, seeing as how so many are words according to enable
11:29 am
MLFAN17

clue it pls?
11:30 am
cybernan

just did, mlf
11:30 am
MLFAN17

the 7/44 right?
11:30 am
cybernan

yes
11:32 am
cybernan

oh that is the one shirl called I just realized -- I found the 7/40 at that time -- wasn't paying attention to the points
11:32 am
MLFAN17

yes we are looking or the 7/44
11:33 am
cybernan

snafu, awol, sase, rsvp are all ac 7/44s
11:34 am
Shirlockc

thx cyber! i love me a good ac7
11:34 am
MollyL

Me, I could do without their general overuse
11:34 am
Shirlockc

and yes, great word in this grid
11:35 am
mkg

I dont see the second ac word. I have the one that ends in the seseme st. Person but what s the other? Is there a clue?? Why dont i find it?
11:36 am
Shirlockc

that's the one that cyber just clued, the ac7.44
11:37 am
mkg

I dont get it. They are initials. So i am so confused. Ac????
11:38 am
MLFAN17

just found the other ac 7 -- what a great word for this game, seeing as how so many are words according to enable
11:38 am
hurshy

is there an echo in here lol
11:38 am
mkg

Snafu is not initials but i dont know what it is. So very confused.
11:38 am
MLFAN17

i had to copy paste it
11:38 am
joym999

Sesame St. person???
11:39 am
hurshy

think of the man on the flying trapeze to start the ac7
11:39 am
mkg

Ac + the dracula person on seseme st.
11:39 am
cybernan

yes - the numbers guy on sesame st. --- or Dracula
11:39 am
cybernan

or the one from MonteCristo
11:40 am
mkg

Got it. Ty
11:40 am
MLFAN17

the word scuba isnt just a word it is a ac for something?
11:40 am
mkg

I knew that y would be handy.
11:40 am
hurshy

yes, it's Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
11:41 am
MLFAN17

lol yes hurshy we know that but the words are an ac for scuba
11:41 am
hurshy

i know
11:42 am
hurshy

you just put a question mark, so i thought you were expressing surprise that it is an ac7
11:42 am
MLFAN17

no helping mkg i hope lol
11:42 am
hurshy

name that proper noun! capital of Venezuela
11:43 am
dcseain

caracas
11:43 am
hurshy

ding ding ding!!!
11:43 am
MLFAN17

hi dc
11:43 am
dcseain

hello :)
11:44 am
dcseain

i've been awake for only about an hour.
11:44 am
MLFAN17

lucky you
11:45 am
MLFAN17

mkg are you still here????
11:48 am
cybernan

ntpn - gambling capital of europe
11:48 am
mattygroves

Monaco
11:48 am
Shirlockc

monte carlo
11:49 am
cybernan

that's not in the grid, shirl
11:49 am
Shirlockc

first part is ...
11:49 am
MollyL

Well, it seems there is some debate about the gambling capital of Europe
11:50 am
cybernan

gold star for matty
11:51 am
cybernan

monte carlo is the name of the casino in monaco
11:51 am
hurshy

i keep wanting things that end with -ct
11:51 am
joym999

monte carlo is the city; monaco is the country.
11:51 am
cybernan

yes - I made contact with that phantom too :)
11:52 am
joym999

and the casino is tiny
11:53 am
joym999

I was there years ago. There was a store next to the casino with children's clothes for rich people. There was a baby-sized mink coat in the window.
11:54 am
cybernan

I don't think MonteCarlo is a city -- it is a district in the principality where the casino and administrative offices are located. The primcipality is, in reality, just a big city
11:55 am
joym999

I looked it up and Nan is right "Monte-Carlo, resort, one of the four quartiers (sections) of Monaco. "
11:57 am
cybernan

We didn't go to the casino, but we did go to the palace
11:57 am
joym999

weird place
11:58 am
Shirlockc

baby mink coat ... poor mink
11:58 am
cybernan

* waved at the casino as we drove by :)
12:02 pm
joym999

Yeh, killing animals for their fur is something that should have gone out of fashion several hundred years ago. We've got lots of other stuff to keep us warm now.
12:02 pm
cybernan

isn't a castle with no trench around it un 8?
12:03 pm
joym999

definitely, nan. I'm having little luck with that UN.
12:04 pm
Shirlockc

uncat = when you disturb your sleeping furbaby
12:05 pm
cybernan

have the un 4 and a un 5, but not finding the last one
12:05 pm
Shirlockc

uncoat = what happened to that poor mink (see joym999's comments 11.53)
12:07 pm
hurshy

name that proper noun! the big baddie of Lord of the Rings
12:07 pm
Shirlockc

saron
12:07 pm
Shirlockc

sauron
12:07 pm
cybernan

carcas isn't in the dictionary ????
12:07 pm
hurshy

ding ding ding!!!
12:08 pm
joym999

carcass, with two S's
12:09 pm
cybernan

oh, right
12:09 pm
joym999

phantom nachos are making me hungry
12:09 pm
hurshy

you can also spell it carcase, as in the Dorothy Sayers mystery "Have His Carcase"
12:10 pm
cybernan

obviously time for me to take a break -- back for the last 97 later
12:10 pm
Shirlockc

v. slow grid for me too, will be back later
12:12 pm
joym999

Why are words that start with vowels so much harder to find?
12:13 pm
worzel

can i have a clue for the bottom 2nd column t pls?
12:13 pm
moolingwa

I expect it's a expectation of our own intellects
12:13 pm
hurshy

te6 something you get a shot to prevent if you step on a rusty nail
12:13 pm
Shirlockc

the lone t is lockjaw-ish
12:13 pm
moolingwa

that is to say, we expect words to start with consonants :)
12:14 pm
worzel

ty monkeyed it from hurshy clue. cheers
12:14 pm
dcseain

A truck struck a pedestrian bridge on DC 295 causing it to collapse.
12:15 pm
hurshy

oh dear that sounds bad
12:16 pm
joym999

yikes. anyone hurt?
12:20 pm
BzznBea

Taking a break from tasks...82 left...
12:21 pm
hurshy

online news reports some people injured, but no deaths, so that's good
12:21 pm
MollyL

Not as bad as it sounds. Luckily no one was killed and injuries are minimal.
12:22 pm
joym999

phew
12:22 pm
MollyL

My news reports say the bridge collapsed, not that it was struck by a truck
12:24 pm
MollyL

Bridges that collapse give me the eebie-geebies
12:24 pm
BzznBea

That's why we need to invest more in our infastructure.
12:25 pm
hurshy

yeah i used to sometimes walk across a pedestrian bridge in san jose and it was so scary. i couldn't convince my brain that the cars hurtling towards me were not going to hit me, they were just going to go under me
12:25 pm
MLFAN17

et6 clue pls?
12:26 pm
BzznBea

et + sometimes vowel + first letters of cash
12:26 pm
MLFAN17

ty
12:27 pm
BzznBea

yw
12:28 pm
MollyL

And hand to God, I wouldn't live in New York City if you paid me. That is too much steel and rebar on a tiny little island. It's all going to cave in one day.
12:28 pm
hokie carla

rehi. lunch break.
12:29 pm
BzznBea

Hello, CArla.
12:31 pm
hokie carla

this grid is not going well. maybe I've taken too many breaks.
12:31 pm
joym999

Manhattan is an island. NYC is not an island.
12:32 pm
joym999

I know that's nitpicky, but I'm from NYC and it drives me crazy when people assume that NYC is only Manhattan. Of course movies and media reinforce that perception constantly, so I guess it's not surprising.
12:33 pm
hokie carla

well the boroughs are a mystery to some of us. is it a city in a city?
12:33 pm
BzznBea

It's not the breaks, Carla. Its the grid
12:33 pm
hokie carla

thanks, bea. good to know it's not just me.
12:36 pm
joym999

each of the boroughs except Staten Island has a larger population than most other U.S. cities. Each has around 2 million. So yeh, Manhattan is really a city within a city.
12:38 pm
mrloser

% boroughs were all separate towns in 17-1800's. Brooklyn and Queens are actually the the western part of Long Island, Manhattan and Staten Island are both islands and the Bronx is the only borough attached to the mainland. I grew up in Brooklyn and we always called manhattan the city.
12:39 pm
joym999

Me too. I grew up in the Bronx and Queens, and when we got on the subway to go to Manhattan we were "going into the city."
12:40 pm
hokie carla

we used to say we were "going to town" when we went to the city next to us (pop.50k)😁
12:41 pm
joym999

Name the Mexican resort city in the grid for 10 points.
12:41 pm
joym999

**plays Jeopardy music**
12:41 pm
hokie carla

cancun
12:42 pm
joym999

10 points for hokie carla!
12:42 pm
mrloser

Back in the 70's, there were signs on the exits from the bridges and/or tunnels into Brooklyn stating that it was the 4th largest city in the U.S. at that time with over 4.4 million people. I believe that has been down graded to approx 3.3 lately. Taxes, rents, housing, travel all are unbelievably expensive so many have left.
12:43 pm
hokie carla

i think it's funny when New Yorkers think all of America should know everything about how NYC works.
12:43 pm
mrloser

caco
12:43 pm
mrloser

courf
12:43 pm
mrloser

oops , sorry
12:44 pm
mrloser

There was a question about Manhattan earlier hokie
12:44 pm
joym999

We just want you to know that Manhattan is only part of NYC, and that most NYC residents do NOT live there. Plus, we want someone to make a movie in Brooklyn or the Bronx or Queens sometimes.
12:45 pm
hokie carla

they made a movie in my neighborhood a few years ago. Paper Towns. still haven't seen it.
12:47 pm
joym999

I'm having a really hard time with the 3rd row C. Everytime I find a word it turns out to belong to the 2nd row C.
12:47 pm
hokie carla

yeah, not going great with either one for me. have 27 in one and 7 in the other. not left, that's how many I've found.
12:48 pm
joym999

26 and 6 for me.
12:49 pm
hokie carla

now have 9 on the lower
12:50 pm
hokie carla

just found a weird one that is c + a dressing
12:50 pm
joym999

salad dressing or bandage dressing or stuffing dressing?
12:51 pm
hokie carla

salad
12:51 pm
hokie carla

also a one-level house or a farm out west with horses and cattle
12:51 pm
joym999

one of my favorite types of dressing!
12:52 pm
hokie carla

I just ate a salad with some.
12:55 pm
MollyL

Oh my God, okay. That part of New York there, built on an island and some other land. I wouldn't live there. No matter what you call it, it is too much steel and girder for that tiny amount of land. Sooner or later, something is going to give.
12:56 pm
hokie carla

I wouldn't live anywhere in NYC, or anywhere in DC area for that matter
12:56 pm
MollyL

New York City. It's the only city with counties, only they call them boroughs.
12:57 pm
joym999

I've lived in both and really enjoyed them, but I like the weather in CA better.
12:57 pm
MollyL

Why not DC?
12:58 pm
hokie carla

just not my style
12:58 pm
hokie carla

which part of CA are you joy? SF? I don't rem.
12:59 pm
joym999

yup I live in SF
12:59 pm
MollyL

I am not a city person but DC bugs me less than most because of the no skyscraper thing
12:59 pm
joym999

I'm a big city kinda person.
12:59 pm
hokie carla

yeah, nice weather. except in July. 😂
1:00 pm
hokie carla

I went to college with a ton of kids from No. VA, and I can't even explain how annoying they were.
1:01 pm
joym999

the weather in DC was the worst thing about living there. The politics you can ignore, but not the weather.
1:02 pm
MollyL

The Commonwealth is a thing of itself.
1:04 pm
hokie carla

they liked to ask where I was from because I didn't have the same accent as them, and when I'd say SWVA, they'd say, but this is SWVA, and then I'd say, well, it's doesn't end here, it goes on like 5 more hours southwest of here. and they were snobby and liked to look down on that end of the state.
1:12 pm
MollyL

I have seen this in action. Northern Virginia people like to act like they are above the Virginian hicks who live south of them.
1:12 pm
Uneaixoise

Clue for tu7 please?
1:13 pm
MollyL

Sounds like a Mexican snack
1:13 pm
MollyL

The kind you get at the Bell place
1:14 pm
MollyL

Well, I make mine because the kind you get at the Bell place are likely to keep you close to the bathroom for the day
1:20 pm
Uneaixoise

Hmmmm....
1:24 pm
mael

turritos? tchurros?
1:30 pm
BzznBea

Did you all get that tu?
1:31 pm
Uneaixoise

No
1:31 pm
joym999

I have no idea what the TU is...the clue didn't help me
1:31 pm
Uneaixoise

Me either
1:31 pm
BzznBea

Think about the folded snack with two letters after the t
1:32 pm
BzznBea

Folded Mecixan snack that Americans like to have on Tuesdays.
1:33 pm
MLFAN17

isnt that a 4?
1:34 pm
joym999

the folded Mexican snack is a TA...how does it turn into a TU?
1:34 pm
Uneaixoise

No idea....
1:35 pm
BzznBea

I said add two letters after the T. Younalready have theTU. Add one moare letter before the last three of the snack
1:35 pm
BzznBea

My spelling/typing is horrendous!
1:36 pm
Uneaixoise

Have tu6/24.......
1:37 pm
MLFAN17

that is a 6
1:37 pm
BzznBea

add another vowel at the end of the tu6
1:38 pm
MLFAN17

got it! i think you should have started with that lol
1:38 pm
BzznBea

Sorry, didn't read down the chat far enough to see you were looking for the 7.
1:39 pm
MLFAN17

bzz can you clue the de6?
1:39 pm
Uneaixoise

Got it
1:40 pm
Uneaixoise

55 to go...
1:40 pm
BzznBea

de 6 - take apart. Remove a piece from the whole.
1:40 pm
MLFAN17

ty
1:40 pm
BzznBea

yw
1:47 pm
BzznBea

It is a lovely afternoon on my front porch. Cool, dry and a nice breeze.
1:47 pm
joym999

I have an AU6 and an AU7. Is the AU8 related?
1:47 pm
BzznBea

two au8
1:48 pm
BzznBea

Start with with the car.
1:48 pm
joym999

for both of the AU8s?
1:49 pm
BzznBea

Yes. One is a type of govt, the other is an sense of self
1:50 pm
joym999

ty bzzz
1:50 pm
BzznBea

yw
1:50 pm
moolingwa

tx bea
1:51 pm
BzznBea

I'm so excited. Amazon Prime just delivered my latest memeber of the IP family.
1:53 pm
moolingwa

50 to go
1:55 pm
BzznBea

C's are killing me...
1:58 pm
joym999

Well, the boring workshop I was listening to while I Babble is over, so I'm afraid I have to go do some real work for awhile. Hasta luego.
2:01 pm
hokie carla

did you get the bad word C? first one I saw last night.
2:03 pm
BzznBea

Of course I did.
2:08 pm
moolingwa

hey hoke
2:10 pm
MollyL

No wailing about the c word today. I guess people have given up on that, finally
2:15 pm
hokie carla

moo!!
2:16 pm
hokie carla

found 2 c's!
2:18 pm
BzznBea

Still need three C's
2:20 pm
hokie carla

still need 16 + 9!
2:22 pm
BzznBea

2 + 1
2:22 pm
BzznBea

Is it cool out there, Carla?
2:23 pm
hokie carla

yeah, only 79
2:23 pm
Uneaixoise

Au7/40?
2:24 pm
BzznBea

au 7 - for the last four spell stones wrong...
2:26 pm
hokie carla

weird, thanks
2:27 pm
moolingwa

another term for oxen I believe
2:28 pm
Uneaixoise

Tx Bea!
2:29 pm
Uneaixoise

Never got ac7/44....
2:29 pm
moolingwa

do you need me to "spell it out"?
2:30 pm
moolingwa

you could say you ac7 is MIA
2:30 pm
BzznBea

AC 7 is like LMAO or 1
2:30 pm
BzznBea

Or Carla's favorite game with ru
2:30 pm
hokie carla

ah, ru's nemeses
2:31 pm
hokie carla

can't believe I missed it
2:31 pm
BzznBea

NASA, AARP We can go on...
2:31 pm
moolingwa

depends on your POV bea
2:31 pm
BzznBea

I can't believe you missed it too.
2:33 pm
moolingwa

3-10-11-10-3-1....not ideal
2:33 pm
hokie carla

I told you it wasn't my grid
2:33 pm
moolingwa

oh, who's grid is this one....hursh's?
2:34 pm
BzznBea

27 left...Need to go get some things done...May be back later..
2:34 pm
hokie carla

we're always opposite. bye bea!
2:34 pm
moolingwa

it's a tough grid this one...lot's of long words
2:34 pm
moolingwa

38 left here
2:34 pm
hokie carla

71 here but I'm only half looking
2:34 pm
moolingwa

yeah, I'm not highly motivated to finish this one yet
2:35 pm
Uneaixoise

Ac7.....??....guess I'm just too stoopid to see it :-(
2:35 pm
hokie carla

did you see the clues, une?
2:35 pm
moolingwa

an abbreviation une...to the letter :)
2:35 pm
Uneaixoise

Got it!
2:36 pm
moolingwa

yay!
2:36 pm
moolingwa

2.9 WPT
2:39 pm
hokie carla

3.94
2:45 pm
moolingwa

really having a challenge with that right s
2:45 pm
hokie carla

yeah, I still need 10. is there another S I can't see?
2:47 pm
hokie carla

name that ruler of mordor!
2:47 pm
moolingwa

sauron
2:47 pm
moolingwa

saw it earlier, was going to post it for you :)
2:48 pm
hokie carla

✅✅✅
2:48 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Oh come on- no Monty?
2:49 pm
Kaplan the Magne

noun
2:49 pm
Kaplan the Magne

ouch
2:49 pm
moolingwa

Monty rule Lesdor....not Mordor
2:49 pm
Kaplan the Magne

sorry. those words are there.
2:49 pm
hokie carla

and I already have those!
2:50 pm
moolingwa

me too...so no help for me
2:50 pm
moolingwa

I only have one 4 left tho
2:50 pm
hokie carla

11 here
2:51 pm
moolingwa

1-7-7-10-3-1
2:51 pm
moolingwa

definitely need some more big words
2:51 pm
hokie carla

I keep wanting to make something related to saccharin
2:51 pm
moolingwa

yeah, me too
2:51 pm
hokie carla

found an S!
2:51 pm
moolingwa

saccharon :)
2:52 pm
moolingwa

the boatman on the river styx was as sweet as saccharon
2:52 pm
Uneaixoise

Good one!!
2:52 pm
moolingwa

ah, found the 9
2:53 pm
hokie carla

actually a regular word, though I saw a clue
2:53 pm
moolingwa

yes, and I got 2 8s out it too
2:53 pm
hokie carla

oh, I still need one of those sa8s
2:54 pm
moolingwa

I imagine so :)
2:54 pm
hokie carla

forgot about it, but found it
2:54 pm
moolingwa

yay
2:55 pm
hokie carla

I'm struggling with the upper u, only have un4
2:55 pm
moolingwa

ah, just started looking for words off a tile I had greyed
2:55 pm
hokie carla

LOL, I have been doing that with the D
2:56 pm
moolingwa

I was just looking at the U, have one left there
2:56 pm
moolingwa

and I did that grey looking with the D too...weird
2:56 pm
hokie carla

need one u on the bottom too
2:56 pm
moolingwa

found the last u
2:57 pm
moolingwa

have all the u's
2:57 pm
hokie carla

unbelievable
2:57 pm
hokie carla

I think I saw at the flip there is a un8
2:57 pm
moolingwa

well if you're not flat out like a lizard drinking, and bear with that bottom u, you'll be done before you get pissed off
2:58 pm
moolingwa

there is a u8
2:58 pm
hokie carla

'twas ur5 on the bottom
2:58 pm
moolingwa

nice :)
2:58 pm
hokie carla

now just 3 T's down there to gray the row
2:59 pm
moolingwa

I have one T remaining down there
2:59 pm
hokie carla

but that seems impossible
2:59 pm
moolingwa

I suspect I know two of your missing T's
2:59 pm
moolingwa

they're variants of the same word
2:59 pm
hokie carla

I got tu6/7 from chat earlier
3:00 pm
moolingwa

oh, then it's not them :)
3:00 pm
moolingwa

perhaps the jewish holy book?
3:00 pm
hokie carla

those are from the other T
3:00 pm
moolingwa

oh, there's a 6, that comes up relatively commonly
3:01 pm
hokie carla

are you talking about the 6 that's actually from the single T? 😜
3:01 pm
moolingwa

a 5 that is even more commonly found
3:02 pm
hurshy

ahhhhh
3:02 pm
moolingwa

no, that's a different T hoke
3:02 pm
hokie carla

I have 4 TR and the 2 TU
3:02 pm
moolingwa

I have 5 tr's
3:02 pm
moolingwa

a ta and the two tu's
3:03 pm
moolingwa

actually not sure on the ta
3:03 pm
moolingwa

I have another one, trying to figure out what it is
3:03 pm
moolingwa

oh, a to
3:04 pm
moolingwa

so tox1, trx5 and tux2
3:04 pm
hokie carla

LOL, I thought you were giving the 3rd letter for a second there
3:04 pm
moolingwa

heh
3:04 pm
hokie carla

could've sworn I typed that to already
3:05 pm
moolingwa

yeah, easy to mistype that
3:05 pm
hurshy

how many do you guys have left
3:05 pm
moolingwa

24
3:05 pm
hokie carla

2 now, 1 is a TR and 1 we don't know
3:06 pm
moolingwa

1-6-7-9-1
3:06 pm
hokie carla

oh, do you mean total words or the bottom T?
3:06 pm
hurshy

oh ok cool
3:06 pm
hokie carla

still 66 total
3:06 pm
hurshy

total words
3:06 pm
moolingwa

you even know the length hoke :)
3:06 pm
hurshy

i'm at 34
3:06 pm
hokie carla

I do?
3:06 pm
moolingwa

yes, you do...I told you earlier :)
3:07 pm
hokie carla

guess I forgot
3:07 pm
hurshy

i have a tr6/21 and 7/36 that i think are alt sp of each other that are not normal words but we have the 6 occasionally
3:07 pm
moolingwa

yes, they're a bird hursh
3:07 pm
hokie carla

well, just found out trashcan isn't on enable, even though lots of words like that are
3:07 pm
cybernan

hello again -- still have 94 to go
3:07 pm
hokie carla

hey nan
3:07 pm
hurshy

uh, that's not what the dictionary says, mool
3:07 pm
moolingwa

there's even other spellings which aren't in the board today
3:08 pm
hokie carla

well I guess I'm missing TR6 and 7
3:08 pm
hurshy

the one i'm talking about, the def of the 6 is: a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
3:08 pm
moolingwa

a couple of different birds in the grid so far
3:08 pm
hurshy

the 7 does not appear in the dictionary
3:08 pm
moolingwa

oh, that's the one I was cluing to hoke
3:08 pm
moolingwa

and forgot the alternate spelling
3:09 pm
cybernan

not seeing any of these t's being mentioned, tr, tu
3:09 pm
hurshy

ok, so not a bird
3:09 pm
hurshy

to6 bird i have tho
3:09 pm
moolingwa

yeah, the bird is a 6/7 combo :)
3:09 pm
cybernan

stats for the 9 please?
3:09 pm
hokie carla

well the def sounds familiar but not helping 👵🏻
3:09 pm
hurshy

and my4/5/6
3:09 pm
moolingwa

oh yeah, three birds
3:09 pm
hurshy

sa9/66
3:09 pm
hokie carla

ah, thanks for the froot loops
3:09 pm
moolingwa

yes, there's another bird hursh, less common off that t
3:10 pm
moolingwa

the bottom right t that is
3:10 pm
cybernan

have an my bird and a to bird - neither can be pl.
3:10 pm
hurshy

the to bird is from the first t... ok so you're saying there is another one from the bottom
3:10 pm
hokie carla

my bird has an alt sp with a pl
3:10 pm
moolingwa

the m can nan...you just need to think more broadly :)
3:10 pm
moolingwa

yes, hursh, there's another t bird
3:10 pm
moolingwa

off the bottom
3:11 pm
hokie carla

*how many people trying to make thunderbird now
3:11 pm
moolingwa

I guess technically the r4 are also birds
3:11 pm
hurshy

well stats for it?
3:11 pm
moolingwa

tu 6/24 and tu 7/40
3:11 pm
moolingwa

though mythical in nature
3:12 pm
moolingwa

almost caracara as well, which is in the falcon family
3:12 pm
cybernan

don't know any birds that begin with tu offhand
3:12 pm
hokie carla

and I thought that was an orange
3:12 pm
moolingwa

yeah, this bird is exotic, so wouldn't expect that many people to know it
3:13 pm
hokie carla

there is a caribbean island or blue mixer? syrup? for mixed drinks that starts with cu that the tu reminds me of
3:13 pm
hokie carla

oh, the island is a word!
3:13 pm
moolingwa

yes, that's a goof clue hoke
3:13 pm
moolingwa

good
3:13 pm
hokie carla

glad I didn't say it
3:13 pm
moolingwa

sorry
3:13 pm
hurshy

ummmm ... cuba?
3:13 pm
hokie carla

LOL
3:14 pm
moolingwa

yes it is. because of the mixer :)
3:14 pm
moolingwa

further south hursh
3:14 pm
hokie carla

Atlanta Brave Andruw Jones is from the island
3:14 pm
moolingwa

sometimes referred to as the ABC islands (being the C)
3:14 pm
hurshy

ok i got the C that is a word and the tu6, now for the tu7
3:15 pm
cybernan

ty for the my 5-6 mool
3:15 pm
hokie carla

add a vowel
3:15 pm
moolingwa

yw nan
3:15 pm
hokie carla

are all the upper u's UN?
3:15 pm
moolingwa

yes
3:16 pm
hokie carla

none of the words I'm trying are working
3:16 pm
hurshy

i have two un4 and a un5 there, missing one too
3:16 pm
hokie carla

but found 2 more c's
3:16 pm
cybernan

no turacao so I'm lost
3:16 pm
moolingwa

perhaps you aren't very dextrous :)
3:17 pm
moolingwa

the last one is lame..if that helps...the 8 is kinda whatever
3:17 pm
hokie carla

well, it just reminds me of that, nan. last 2 vowels are different.
3:17 pm
hurshy

so cut out one of the vowels, nan, for the 6
3:17 pm
hurshy

and then add a different vowel for the 7
3:18 pm
hokie carla

found un8!
3:18 pm
moolingwa

seems appropriate for summer hoke :)
3:18 pm
cybernan

ty carla
3:18 pm
hurshy

i wanted unchart like uncharted territory lol
3:18 pm
moolingwa

I may have tried that, but no one saw anything...so you can't prove it
3:19 pm
hokie carla

I tried unchart at least 4 times since the flip
3:19 pm
moolingwa

keep wanting tachyon too
3:19 pm
cybernan

I didn't want anything to be tilted, but that didn't work either
3:19 pm
hurshy

appropriate for summer is the actual un8?
3:20 pm
hokie carla

I guess literally
3:20 pm
moolingwa

in a lateral sense hursh...unless you live near the poles I guess
3:20 pm
hokie carla

could also be grilled nuggets
3:20 pm
moolingwa

or bare metal :)
3:21 pm
moolingwa

or a fence that needs painting
3:21 pm
moolingwa

or a skinny pig
3:21 pm
hurshy

this is bewildering
3:22 pm
moolingwa

it's a lame word
3:22 pm
hokie carla

60 left still. did we ask hurshy if she likes this grid?
3:22 pm
moolingwa

I painted the house, but left the fence un8
3:22 pm
moolingwa

I didn't...did you?
3:22 pm
hurshy

it's alright - i like that it's not small, at least, lol
3:22 pm
hokie carla

just now
3:22 pm
moolingwa

22 to go
3:23 pm
moolingwa

2.44 WPT
3:23 pm
moolingwa

1-4-6-8-1
3:23 pm
hokie carla

10-19-18-12-1 🤣
3:24 pm
moolingwa

that's a lot of 4s and 5s
3:25 pm
hokie carla

I know, not my day. guess I will work on 4s.
3:27 pm
hurshy

FINALLY figured it out!
3:27 pm
hokie carla

which one?
3:27 pm
hurshy

the un8
3:27 pm
hokie carla

oh yeah
3:27 pm
hokie carla

so it all makes sense now?
3:28 pm
hurshy

sort of
3:28 pm
moolingwa

appropriate for summer :)
3:28 pm
hokie carla

ooh, Germany just tied Hungary and then Hungary just scored again
3:28 pm
hurshy

well that would be the silliest of the possible definitions lol
3:29 pm
moolingwa

and New Zealand one the inaugural Cricket World Test Championships :)
3:29 pm
moolingwa

I'm nothing if I'm not the silliest
3:29 pm
hokie carla

or did they two it?
3:29 pm
hurshy

i like it when european nations get out their need to defeat each other in sports rather than world wars
3:29 pm
moolingwa

oh...well there was only one test ;)
3:30 pm
hurshy

i need a lot of C words
3:31 pm
moolingwa

need 9 more C words...4 from each
3:31 pm
hokie carla

12 + 9 C's left
3:31 pm
moolingwa

oh 8..sheesh
3:31 pm
hurshy

lol
3:31 pm
hurshy

i need 9, 3 and 6
3:32 pm
hokie carla

did I tell you the neighborhood across the street always has kids playing cricket when I walk by?
3:32 pm
hurshy

did you get the ch7 and 8 version of the ca6 and 7?
3:32 pm
moolingwa

no, you hadn't mentioned that
3:32 pm
moolingwa

I played a bit when I lived in Philly, but haven't played since
3:32 pm
moolingwa

yes, I did
3:32 pm
hokie carla

yes, but didn't have the ca7 somehow
3:33 pm
hurshy

one of my recent Cs was the Grand Ca6
3:33 pm
moolingwa

yeah, had that one too
3:34 pm
hokie carla

LOL, I was like, I don't see Cayman (still stuck in the caribbean)
3:34 pm
hokie carla

did not have BTW
3:34 pm
hurshy

do you have one that's like a martial art but with a C instead of a K
3:34 pm
hokie carla

speaking of the caribbean, do you have the shell one
3:34 pm
hurshy

i do
3:35 pm
moolingwa

yes, and it's worth it's weight in gold
3:35 pm
moolingwa

I have and odd c6 off the top...a plural without a singular
3:35 pm
hokie carla

didn't have that or the weight
3:36 pm
hurshy

hmm, don't think i have a pl with no singular
3:36 pm
moolingwa

yeah, it's not really a plural, just you know...
3:37 pm
hurshy

ok i think i got it
3:37 pm
moolingwa

apparently it's a word for marijuana
3:37 pm
hokie carla

hmm
3:37 pm
hokie carla

not really up on those
3:37 pm
moolingwa

there's another c6 that sounds like a dr seuss word...i.e. it rhymes with some others
3:38 pm
moolingwa

that one is off the bottom c
3:38 pm
hurshy

you make it so hard not giving the second letter!
3:38 pm
moolingwa

don't want to give it away :)
3:38 pm
hurshy

yes but we might HAVE it and it's hard to know if we do, trying to check through all of them
3:39 pm
moolingwa

cr6
3:39 pm
moolingwa

but my MO is not to give second letter unless requested :)
3:39 pm
moolingwa

I will interpret your comment as a request for the second letter ;)
3:39 pm
hurshy

thanks :)
3:39 pm
hurshy

i THINK i know which one you mean and have it
3:40 pm
moolingwa

cool
3:40 pm
moolingwa

it's a standalone
3:40 pm
hurshy

mhm
3:40 pm
hurshy

it's the last of the cr words that i have thus far
3:40 pm
moolingwa

yeah, thought you might be thinking the anagram one
3:41 pm
moolingwa

which is also not the last cr word that I have
3:41 pm
hurshy

ok so is that NOT what you meant by the dr seuss word then?
3:41 pm
moolingwa

correct
3:41 pm
moolingwa

the Dr Seuss word comes earlier
3:42 pm
hurshy

sigh
3:42 pm
moolingwa

and the one you thought it was, has at least one more cr after it
3:42 pm
hurshy

well, at least i found another cr word, a pal or buddy
3:42 pm
moolingwa

yep, that was the one after :)
3:43 pm
hurshy

ok so do you mean the one that rhymes with a dude ra5?
3:43 pm
moolingwa

I see the mexican resort is there too
3:43 pm
moolingwa

yes, that one
3:44 pm
hokie carla

oh, germany just tied it up again
3:44 pm
hurshy

mexican resort
3:44 pm
hurshy

hmm
3:44 pm
hurshy

i have mexican house
3:45 pm
hokie carla

mexican resort isn't a word unless there is another
3:45 pm
cybernan

phantom context -- in more ways than one!
3:45 pm
moolingwa

it's a proper noun
3:45 pm
hokie carla

I know, I thought you were saying it was allowed
3:45 pm
hurshy

oh so not one that counts
3:45 pm
hurshy

ok
3:45 pm
moolingwa

right
3:46 pm
moolingwa

catonym - puss, kitty, or other name used to generally describe your feline pet
3:47 pm
moolingwa

at least we can't see cataracts in this grid
3:47 pm
hokie carla

why is oaty never a word or why do I keep trying oaty?
3:48 pm
hurshy

i am getting sleepy
3:48 pm
cybernan

because it should be a word?
3:48 pm
moolingwa

because there is systemic discrimination against cereals that aren't wheat or rice
3:49 pm
hurshy

i was hoping cruton would be a spelling of crouton but nooooo
3:49 pm
hokie carla

I mean, this cereal bar is very oaty
3:49 pm
moolingwa

croton works though...but that's a plant :)
3:50 pm
hokie carla

the part of the earth's crust works cr6
3:50 pm
hokie carla

grayed a tile!
3:51 pm
hurshy

tectonic plate?
3:51 pm
hokie carla

anagram of milk vessel
3:51 pm
hurshy

oh, again, have that one lol
3:51 pm
moolingwa

T++++
M+C++
++ACS
+TOR+
+++++
3:51 pm
moolingwa

she already has that one hoke
3:52 pm
moolingwa

that WAS he last cr :)
3:52 pm
hokie carla

wait, does the letter or the plus mean it's gray? I forgot
3:53 pm
moolingwa

+ is grey
3:53 pm
hokie carla

well, I had to take Winston out and missed a lot of the C talk
3:53 pm
moolingwa

coincidentally
3:53 pm
moolingwa

excuse accepted
3:54 pm
hokie carla

TNU++
M+CHA
Y+ACS
+TORA
+++T+
3:54 pm
periwinkle

hi all help with ch7and ch8 pls or any 8. I have none
3:54 pm
moolingwa

ch7/8 a bunch of monks?
3:54 pm
hurshy

there are two nice au8 with the "self" prefix
3:54 pm
cybernan

just remembered that stupid no 6/18 word
3:55 pm
hurshy

king and pl for mo7 and 8
3:55 pm
cybernan

still need one more n from the top
3:55 pm
hurshy

sa8 and past tense for 9
3:55 pm
hokie carla

sa8 - if you soak something or sa8 - the thing that soaks something
3:55 pm
moolingwa

perhaps how you'd describe hiphop nan?
3:55 pm
hokie carla

I think that's the stupid one she means
3:55 pm
hurshy

i have that one but miss an N too
3:56 pm
hokie carla

I still need 1 too from there
3:56 pm
moolingwa

perhaps the nu5
3:56 pm
periwinkle

ty for mo7/8 and sa8/9
3:56 pm
periwinkle

not getting ch7/8
3:56 pm
moolingwa

and your missing u is probably a 5 hoke
3:56 pm
cybernan

how many points in that nu 5 please?
3:57 pm
moolingwa

16
3:57 pm
cybernan

ty for the sa combo
3:57 pm
hokie carla

thanks
3:57 pm
hurshy

woot thanks
3:57 pm
moolingwa

yw
3:58 pm
cybernan

ty mool
3:58 pm
moolingwa

np
3:58 pm
periwinkle

ty for ch7/8. at first I thought it said bunch of monkeys ")
3:58 pm
periwinkle

:)
3:58 pm
hokie carla

of course my missing H was the thing on your arm, had the other form
3:58 pm
cybernan

52 - tired of struggling -- going to list now
3:58 pm
Kaplan the Magne

eww, what's on my arm?
3:58 pm
moolingwa

hair?
3:58 pm
hokie carla

51 here
3:59 pm
moolingwa

21 here
3:59 pm
hokie carla

hopefully it's a different ha4
3:59 pm
Kaplan the Magne

a tic?
3:59 pm
hurshy

at the END of your arm
3:59 pm
moolingwa

hamper
3:59 pm
moolingwa

assuming you're going to picnic of course
4:00 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Oh, my, I can't believe it has the yiddish word . But not Monty. How unpredictable.
4:00 pm
Kaplan the Magne

at the end of my arm is a scissor
4:00 pm
hurshy

what yiddish word
4:01 pm
hokie carla

how does catony not mean anything
4:01 pm
hurshy

you're edward scissorha4s??
4:01 pm
Kaplan the Magne

For your'e going to have a grandchild, I wish you lot's of ...
4:02 pm
moolingwa

monotony
4:02 pm
Kaplan the Magne

The Yiddish world is what you get from the children unless one is a no-goodnik
4:02 pm
periwinkle

ty hursh for au8 words
4:02 pm
Kaplan the Magne

It's not what you eat with melted cheese
4:02 pm
hurshy

mazel tov is all i can think what you wish someone
4:03 pm
hokie carla

what does it start with? not sure I've heard this yiddish
4:03 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Yiddish word. Na.....
4:03 pm
hurshy

ok must not have that then
4:03 pm
hokie carla

oh. didn't know what that meant
4:03 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Yeah you have. It's a na____ and it's what you hope to get from Der kinder
4:03 pm
hurshy

only have the drug related na words
4:03 pm
moolingwa

I thought they were just feminine mexican foods
4:04 pm
moolingwa

:D
4:04 pm
Kaplan the Magne

You have to go into your throat to say it
4:04 pm
hokie carla

it looks like the chips but different vowel
4:04 pm
hokie carla

pretty sure I never heard that
4:04 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Ha ha1
4:05 pm
moolingwa

still 21 to go
4:05 pm
moolingwa

1-6-5-8-1
4:05 pm
Kaplan the Magne

na, go into your throat, and pluralize. You can say it at a Bris, Bar Mitzvah, or a wedding
4:05 pm
periwinkle

un8 please
4:06 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Did you get it?
4:06 pm
hurshy

yeah i don't think i've heard of that one kap
4:06 pm
hurshy

just finally got it here
4:06 pm
moolingwa

ah, found my last 4
4:06 pm
hurshy

un8 - i will sue the company, because this Klondike bar is just ice cream un8 with a chocolate layer!
4:06 pm
moolingwa

so...20 to go
4:07 pm
hurshy

ooh i'm catching up to you mool, 23 here
4:07 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Usually it would end with an es, but it's Yiddish, so you can spell it any way you want.
4:07 pm
moolingwa

you have low standards for engaging legal action hursh
4:07 pm
periwinkle

un8 hmm
4:07 pm
hurshy

i have never ACTUALLY engaged in any legal action
4:07 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Like you can spell Chanukah anyway you want because it's a transliteration anyway
4:07 pm
hurshy

it's only for the purposes of cluing
4:07 pm
moolingwa

heh
4:07 pm
NANCY

ac 7-5
4:08 pm
NANCY

ac 7-44 please, and thank you
4:08 pm
hurshy

i think i will spell chanukah c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s, does that work?
4:09 pm
moolingwa

an abbreviation nancy....to the letter
4:09 pm
periwinkle

ty for un8 hursh
4:09 pm
Kaplan the Magne

No, within reason.
4:09 pm
hurshy

lol
4:10 pm
hurshy

don't worry, when i make a word deviate from its spelling that much, i pay it extra
4:11 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Why not un ch...the ship set down on the shore of this unch...ed desert isle.
4:11 pm
NANCY

Sorry to say not clicking mool
4:11 pm
hurshy

yeah we all wanted that one
4:11 pm
hurshy

but many un words are like that, unwept but not unweep, because it's not REALLY a past tense, it's acting as an adjective
4:12 pm
moolingwa

guess your word is still MIA then Nancy, perhaps if you shift your POV a little, you might end up with it...at least that's IMO
4:12 pm
hokie carla

LOL
4:12 pm
Kaplan the Magne

With Gilligan, the Kipper too, the Millionaire and his wife. A movie star and the Professor and Mary Ann- here on Gilligan's Isle.
4:12 pm
hurshy

keep on with that and you'll have the CIA, NSA, and FBI on your heels, mool
4:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Skipper, Not Kipper. It is not Yom Kipper.
4:13 pm
hokie carla

I am moving back to sewing with an occasional glance at this grid. I hate to leave it at 51 because that's just odd, but oh well.
4:13 pm
hurshy

not to mention Molly
4:13 pm
moolingwa

I would consider myself a POW if they captured me
4:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne

meanwhile may you have na6 from Der kinder
4:13 pm
hurshy

speaking of numbers, WHEN is amazon going to wise up and have prime day on a day whose number is actually prime??
4:13 pm
moolingwa

can you give me an ETA on them arriving hursh?
4:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I never finish grids.
4:14 pm
moolingwa

I sometimes finish grids...but don't think I'll finish this one
4:14 pm
moolingwa

oh well...there's a third spelling of that bird after all...just off a different tile
4:15 pm
hurshy

oh great, just what i needed
4:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I didn't bother with the short one the other day- too boring and frustrating if I can't find two words. I like grids that never end
4:15 pm
moolingwa

I couldn't wait to tell you hursh :)
4:15 pm
cybernan

the my bird or the to bird?
4:15 pm
moolingwa

but it is worth a 7
4:16 pm
moolingwa

the other bird nan, off the bottom
4:16 pm
moolingwa

though the third spelling comes off the top corner
4:16 pm
hurshy

the bird none of us had ever heard of
4:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne

one ca... but 2 can?
4:16 pm
cybernan

missed that chat i guess
4:16 pm
moolingwa

yeah, think it was just as you were coming in
4:17 pm
moolingwa

differemt bird kaplan
4:17 pm
hurshy

i have the nicest little girlie cat in the whole wide world
4:17 pm
moolingwa

there's at least three birds, and one mythical bird in the grid so far
4:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I only know big birds and little birds. I am not an ornithologist. I wish THAT was a word in a grid
4:18 pm
moolingwa

I'm not an ornithologist, but I do enjoy birding and birds in general
4:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Is it myna bird or is it your-a bird?
4:19 pm
moolingwa

sexologist was in a serpentine grid I played yesterday
4:19 pm
Kaplan the Magne

WHOO
4:19 pm
hurshy

i like magpies, i don't think we have them in the US but i saw them in england and i think they are rather pretty, idk why people don't tend to like them
4:19 pm
moolingwa

there are two species of "magpie" in the US
4:19 pm
moolingwa

though they're not closely related to the European, or Australian magpies
4:20 pm
hurshy

what regions do they inhabit?
4:20 pm
moolingwa

mostly western states
4:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Now, what does one do when one is birding? I know what fishing is. The past tense of the feline activity is in the grid, .
4:20 pm
hurshy

ah
4:21 pm
hurshy

one sits very still with binoculars and/or a camera
4:21 pm
moolingwa

we get black-billed here in Colorado, but the Yellow-billed are only found in the central valley of CA
4:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne

The natural habitat is changing so fast that for the past 3 summers we have been inundated with bunnies, some of whom I have been able to save. I have two cats. There are also coyotes and a bobcat sighting. This is next to BOSTON, in an urban area.
4:22 pm
moolingwa

found another 7...edging closer
4:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne

There are wild turkeys and a few peacocks in Cambridge, MA
4:23 pm
TedinDurham

Rabbits and coyotes along with racoons and foxes are adapting to urban areas quite well
4:23 pm
NANCY

mool, can you give me third letter, still cant find it
4:23 pm
moolingwa

Had a turkey on the neighbor's roof when I lived in CA last
4:23 pm
moolingwa

do you know what IBM, FBI, and USA all have in common Nancy?
4:24 pm
moolingwa

used to get peacocks and white ibises in my yard in Miami
4:24 pm
moolingwa

and a my5 for that matter
4:24 pm
moolingwa

only the Ibises were native though
4:25 pm
Kaplan the Magne

When my cats look at me with that conspiratorial smug Mafia look, I know there's a bunny close by. If I'm lucky I can get it into a towel from the corner and let it hop away. If not,
4:25 pm
NANCY

No what
4:26 pm
cybernan

nancy - snafu and awol are both ac 7's
4:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne

otherwise I know there's been a hit
4:26 pm
moolingwa

they're all spelled with letters
4:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Thank you for that clue
4:26 pm
hurshy

everything is spelled with letters lol
4:27 pm
NANCY

good lord, how i missed that is beyond belief. must be over tired, tyvm all
4:27 pm
moolingwa

well yes, but these ones are specific letters
4:27 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Hurshy you are too much today!
4:27 pm
moolingwa

I guess I should have specifically added specific :)
4:28 pm
hurshy

just stating the obvious lol
4:28 pm
moolingwa

yeah yeah...this board wears....
4:29 pm
hurshy

yeah i'm getting tired of this, i will get the list
4:29 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Everything is spelled with letters, you can spell Chanukah c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s and everything has a Yiddish version are the lessons I take from today.
4:30 pm
moolingwa

I guess we could spell Christmas s-a-t-u-r-n-a-l-i-a...not like it has any real tie to the date it's celebrated
4:31 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Nothing is really anything. By the way, I seem to have misplaced a year and a half of my life- maybe it's in the other room? Near my glasses?
4:31 pm
hurshy

the commercial did famously say that r-o-l-a-i-d-s spells relief
4:31 pm
moolingwa

have you checked the sofa?
4:31 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm sorry I put myself in the PB earlier
4:32 pm
Kaplan the Magne

With one of the birds.
4:32 pm
moolingwa

not sure why everyone has such a fascination with peanut butter ;)
4:32 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I hope I didn't shrink it in the dryer
4:32 pm
hurshy

ok, i will share the bounty from the list - there is a weird au7/40 that looks like pl with no singular
4:32 pm
moolingwa

that's the ox
4:33 pm
moolingwa

also worth checking your pockets in the laundry hamper
4:33 pm
hurshy

kap shrunk an ox in the dryer?
4:33 pm
moolingwa

yes, now he has a pygmy bull
4:33 pm
Kaplan the Magne

You are misgendering me! New word.
4:34 pm
moolingwa

oops, my apologies
4:34 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I got a bunch of words from your au clue
4:34 pm
hurshy

do you prefer "they" pronouns, kap?
4:34 pm
moolingwa

you could say you augmented your list :)
4:34 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm kidding.
4:34 pm
cybernan

through the list and 13 left -- later
4:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I have been told on line that I am obviously a man from a country where women aren't allowed to drive.
4:35 pm
moolingwa

I wouldn't know
4:35 pm
hurshy

well, there are always weird misunderstandings online!
4:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne

wouldn't know what
4:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I know but this is funny. Are women allowed to drive in Flushing, Queens?
4:36 pm
moolingwa

anything, other than you have some affinity to boston
4:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

My mother didn't drive- maybe that's why
4:37 pm
hurshy

ooh are you barbara walters' daughter?
4:37 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I know, I like having an online self
4:37 pm
moolingwa

my mother drives me crazy
4:37 pm
Kaplan the Magne

why Barbara Walters?
4:37 pm
hurshy

she doesn't drive
4:38 pm
hurshy

i think when i learned that she doesn't drive was the first time it ever even occurred to me that there could be people who are educated and have money and everything but who do not drive!
4:38 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Well, there's a new nugget of knowledge.
4:38 pm
moolingwa

When I lived in NYC the first time, I didn't drive :)
4:38 pm
Kaplan the Magne

In New York and Queens in particular there are busses everywhere.
4:39 pm
moolingwa

at least until I decided to leave NYC after three years
4:39 pm
hurshy

i dislike NYC
4:40 pm
moolingwa

I've lived there a couple of times...don't feel I'll live there again, but had some fun times there
4:40 pm
Kaplan the Magne

We just went "down the corner" and there was the green bus or the orange bus, straight into Main St Flushing which is now New China (great food) and then into the #7 train and there you were- the World's Fair
4:40 pm
Kaplan the Magne

My daughter lives in Brooklyn right where my mother lived in the 1940s
4:41 pm
hurshy

that's continuity for you
4:41 pm
moolingwa

had friends in Brooklyn, but lived in the city both times
4:41 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Well, it wasn't Chinatown during the Worlds Fair, but it just shows how places have new character, always changing.
4:42 pm
moolingwa

yeah, I lived in Harlem second time around
4:42 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I am not a male, was born in Brooklyn, have a common Hebrew name that you would hear a lot in Brooklyn, and I learned to drive in Boston at age 30.
4:42 pm
hurshy

personally, i refuse to go to Harlem in ermine & pearls
4:42 pm
Kaplan the Magne

And I'm going to be a grandmother. But am I really old enough?
4:43 pm
Kaplan the Magne

don't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
4:43 pm
hurshy

i'm at that awkward age where i'm biologically old enough to be a grandmother but young enough to still potentially get pregnant
4:43 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Hurry hurry take the A Train- the quickest way to get to Harlem
4:44 pm
moolingwa

I don't think I'll ever be a grandmother
4:44 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I have lived out of NY for decades but you can take the girl out of Queens- but you can't take the Queens out of the girl
4:44 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Moo, you could try
4:45 pm
moolingwa

yes, if I was so inclined...and with help from my daughter of course...but she's a ways off from that
4:45 pm
Kaplan the Magne

And not the part of Queens that the trumps came from- only the parts they developed--and redlined.
4:46 pm
moolingwa

ah yes...the gold
4:46 pm
moolingwa

nothing like 80s chic
4:46 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I have to leave in a few minutes- I have a Zoom group to run
4:47 pm
Kaplan the Magne

It wasn't me that worked in a bridal shop in Flushing Queens when her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes
4:47 pm
hurshy

ok geesh you can swap the last two vowels on the cu7 for another cu7
4:47 pm
Kaplan the Magne

what was she to do, where was she to go
4:48 pm
moolingwa

oh, well whaddya know
4:48 pm
moolingwa

tx hursh
4:48 pm
Kaplan the Magne

She was out on her fanny
4:48 pm
ChampFit

TY!
4:49 pm
Kaplan the Magne

cur
4:50 pm
Kaplan the Magne

bye grid
4:51 pm
moolingwa

think I'm gonna call it too...17 left, not worth the effort at this point
4:51 pm
moolingwa

gl hursh...and anyone else lurking
4:51 pm
hurshy

yeah just 10 more, getting through it with list
4:52 pm
ChampFit

Thx. I won't finish. Too annoyed and too far away to bother. Will pick for a while tho...
4:56 pm
72 Temple Owl

yes champ. this is a long grid
4:57 pm
72 Temple Owl

unto
5:02 pm
ChampFit

I have 71 left and it might as well be a million. Feeling STUPID.
5:02 pm
hurshy

us a child is born
5:02 pm
hurshy

how did you know i was in the mood for the Messiah, TO? ;)
5:02 pm
hurshy

don't feel stupid, there are a lot of weird ones
5:03 pm
hurshy

more with a double-c than i would have expected
5:05 pm
ChampFit

The mess of a-c-s letters all in a jumble are making me nuts.
5:05 pm
MollyL

Unless you are the creators of the requirements for Mensa (the people who play at the flip) this game makes everyone feel stupid.
5:06 pm
ChampFit

Sometimes it's your day, and sometimes it's not! I'll live. *sniff*
5:06 pm
hurshy

i discovered something during my long-term subbing job
5:07 pm
hurshy

there are kids who simply do not care if they fail, and apparently their parents don't care either, in some cases
5:07 pm
ChampFit

TRUE.
5:08 pm
ChampFit

spent the afternoon with my 14 year old nephew. He has regret that he didn't choose to try to take algebra in 8th grade. He's going into 9th and feels "behind". My brother and sis-in-law apparently just let him choose with no advice or direction. And now a 14 year old has REGRET. Insanity!
5:09 pm
hurshy

tell him it's ok, these things are no biggie
5:09 pm
ChampFit

You don't have to be a helicopter parent to pay attention and guide your kid.
5:10 pm
ChampFit

I did Hurshy, but it annoys me that it's bugging him so much. Tried to 'splain it to him.
5:10 pm
hurshy

i once tutored an 18 year old who had already gone through drug addiction (to some serious stuff) and rehab, so he had some major regrets...
5:12 pm
hurshy

he now sincerely wanted to learn math but he'd killed off a lot of brain cells
5:13 pm
ChampFit

I totally get that. I had a friend in school who used to turn down hard drugs (LSD) to preserve his brain cells. It was his way of joking to get out of it, but there's truth in it.
5:13 pm
hurshy

when i used to see kids smoking cigarettes, i'd be like, "if you want to kill yourself, at least choose a quicker, less painful method"
5:14 pm
hurshy

i mean when i was their fellow student
5:14 pm
ChampFit

GAHHHHH!!! I just listed the home of a smoker. Yellow blinds, overwhelming smell...I asked her to quit smoking in the house, but she just couldn't.
5:14 pm
hurshy

yucky
5:15 pm
ChampFit

Believe it or not, only 2 or 3 people mentioned it in the feedback. I was a bit put out. How can I counsel someone if they don't realize it's an issue? She's nose-blind to it.
5:16 pm
hurshy

i would definitely not buy a house that smelled like that
5:16 pm
Shirlockc

in this market? i'm sure it'll still sell
5:16 pm
hurshy

i cannot think of a pangram for today's spelling bee
5:16 pm
ChampFit

33 showings and 4 offers in 48 hours. To be fair, some of them offered before they saw it.
5:17 pm
ChampFit

I made them see it in person, and 2 pulled out.
5:18 pm
Shirlockc

i would sell if i had some other place to go, my current mortgage is < rent in my hood. I wouldn't be able to afford to live here if i didn't buy 10 years ago
5:18 pm
hurshy

i tried "orthopathy" but apparently that's not a word, hmph
5:18 pm
ChampFit

That's the case with so many people. You're going to spend more on the new home
5:19 pm
72 Temple Owl

i am looking at new construction. at least i will know the price, no bidding wars.
5:19 pm
ChampFit

True. They aren't dealing at all now, and there are construction delays, but you get what you want.
5:20 pm
72 Temple Owl

new 55+ community. more than a bit chary of association fees though
5:21 pm
ChampFit

Well yes. But I have a friend living in one and she loves it! Everyone is retired or close to it, more free time, and always doing things.
5:21 pm
72 Temple Owl

the old folks part is only part of the new community
5:22 pm
72 Temple Owl

this is difficult without e
5:28 pm
ChampFit

The 4th column C is kicking my ass!
5:29 pm
72 Temple Owl

well, it's a true puzzle, largely devoid of plurals and no past tenses or geunds.
5:29 pm
72 Temple Owl

i jjust am sick of disappearing words.
5:31 pm
72 Temple Owl

pardon me while i turn off the evening news. i can't stand it.
7:00 pm
LuvWordGames

cont e
7:08 pm
NANCY

would appreciate a clue for sc 5 14 please
7:10 pm
penquis

it uses a two point vowel....
7:10 pm
MollyL

I still don't get how unemployment is at record highs and people can still afford new homes.
7:10 pm
NANCY

TY PEN GOT IT
7:10 pm
penquis

yw....
7:12 pm
BzznBea

Same reason unemployment is at an all time high, Molly.
7:17 pm
NANCY

SIGH, still 18 left but must go see my TB lightning hopefully win and get the t
7:17 pm
NANCY

to the final round.
7:17 pm
NANCY

be back at intermission
7:19 pm
Lizlin

Good morning. Clue for ro 6/24 pls
7:20 pm
penquis

it has the sometimes vowel in the middle...
7:20 pm
BzznBea

That's the pesky one sounds like the teary veg but iwth the sometimes vowel.
7:20 pm
Lizlin

Thanks - both clues helped
7:22 pm
BzznBea

Clue for ca7.40, please.
7:23 pm
Lizlin

ca 7/40 - begins with a vehicle, ends with a bug
7:23 pm
MollyL

Yeah Bea, I guess the wealthy rule the world.
7:25 pm
dan2bit

as Karl Marx predicted/observed
7:26 pm
Lizlin

Fireworks - have a good day / evening everyone and thanks for the clues.
7:27 pm
penquis

congrats...
7:27 pm
BzznBea

Not sure that is the case this time, Molly. Interest rates are very low. People have banked and saved their incentive money. I think it is the middle class taking advantage of this. IMO
7:27 pm
MollyL

Middle class people lose jobs and then lose their homes and the wealthy buy them up cheap. Sad.
7:29 pm
MollyL

Bea, people who have no jobs are not banking and saving their incentive money.
7:30 pm
BzznBea

No, but those who do have jobs are and have been. Those who do not have jobs are using unemployment and govt incentives including the madnate that you can not be evicted,if you do not pay yourrent.
7:33 pm
BzznBea

A lot of the people who own those rental homes are middle class people. Theya re looking at losing those properties because they can not pay the mortgage on them.
7:33 pm
cybernan

au 7/40 please?
7:34 pm
penquis

don't have it...
7:35 pm
BzznBea

au + a stone misspelled.
7:35 pm
BzznBea

or stones
7:35 pm
penquis

ty, bea....
7:35 pm
cybernan

ty bea
7:37 pm
cybernan

ca 7/40 please?
7:37 pm
BzznBea

Molly, I understand where you are coming from as we are of the same thinking. Bu in this case, I do not think it is all the wealthy.
7:38 pm
penquis

someone clued it as starts with vehicle and ends with a bug....
7:38 pm
periwinkle

first cr6 please
7:39 pm
penquis

don't have it...
7:39 pm
BzznBea

Peri, C + a type of salad dressing. =)
7:39 pm
cybernan

ty pen -- looking for a bug
7:39 pm
MollyL

It's okay Bea. People who have money and live in an elevated financial state don't usually understand this perspective.
7:39 pm
cybernan

got it - ty pen
7:39 pm
penquis

yw...
7:39 pm
penquis

ty, bea....
7:42 pm
periwinkle

don't get your clue Bea
7:42 pm
periwinkle

I may not finish this grid it is a tough one
7:42 pm
periwinkle

how are you doing nan?
7:44 pm
MollyL

Peri...c + vegetables with ______ dressing
7:45 pm
MollyL

Or the Ponderosa was a _____ on Bonanza
7:45 pm
periwinkle

ah that clue did it ty Molly and Bea
8:04 pm
cybernan

back again - 8 more and totally stumped
8:05 pm
penquis

i still have 70 left.... :o( was too busy to play earlier...
8:07 pm
cybernan

listed a lot earlier than usual, pen
8:12 pm
cybernan

ro 6/24 following sinbad's bird please?
8:12 pm
penquis

rhymes with the veggie that makes you cry...
8:15 pm
cybernan

ty pen - don't think I've seen that one before
8:15 pm
penquis

me either....at least not that spelling...
8:17 pm
MollyL

I was thinking of the Grand big dip in Arizona
8:18 pm
cybernan

sa 7/36 please?
8:18 pm
NANCY

anyone have the to 7-36 the last one?
8:18 pm
penquis

don't have it.....many S words missing here....
8:18 pm
cybernan

and an overload of new words in this one
8:19 pm
lynxxx

sa7.36 ends in Ms Blanchett
8:21 pm
cybernan

ty lynxxx
8:22 pm
penquis

ty, lyn...
8:22 pm
lynxxx

last to7.36 trip & start of nut from an oak tree
8:22 pm
lynxxx

to7.36 is virtually the same as that sa7.36
8:23 pm
NANCY

got it ty
8:23 pm
lynxxx

the first to7.36 for that clue
8:23 pm
penquis

ty, lyn...
8:23 pm
lynxxx

too many confusing words!
8:24 pm
penquis

amen!
8:24 pm
cybernan

sh 6/30 please?
8:24 pm
lynxxx

sh6.30 beer and lemonade I think
8:25 pm
Uneaixoise

Sh + man's first name
8:27 pm
lynxxx

or s & h5.18
8:30 pm
Uneaixoise

Yes!!
8:32 pm
cybernan

ty lynxxx -- thought that was beer & ginge ale, but seeing as I'm not a beer drinker, that is probably wrong
8:33 pm
lynxxx

I think it was beer and any other 'soft' drink - I remember my Mums friends drinking it in the 50s. Ugh!
8:33 pm
cybernan

*!*~*!* can stick around a clue for a while if any clues are wanted
8:33 pm
lynxxx

congrats!
8:34 pm
cybernan

*and clue
8:35 pm
Uneaixoise

Ca7/32?
8:35 pm
penquis

last au 8?
8:36 pm
cybernan

total self control, pen
8:37 pm
penquis

ty....should have seen that one...
8:39 pm
penquis

are the three last SA words related?
8:39 pm
cybernan

yes
8:39 pm
lynxxx

yes
8:39 pm
cybernan

first of the three ends with a picnic pest
8:40 pm
penquis

ty...
8:43 pm
penquis

is it an ordinary word?
8:44 pm
lynxxx

it is but probably not used much - they all mean thoroughly wet
8:45 pm
penquis

hmmm....don't think i know it....
8:46 pm
lynxxx

maybe get the other then the insect end will make sense
8:46 pm
penquis

ok........
8:47 pm
lynxxx

think of the planet with rings but drop last letter
8:48 pm
penquis

ty....found them all...
8:52 pm
penquis

tu 6/24?
8:53 pm
Uneaixoise

Ca7/32?
8:53 pm
penquis

i have a pl....
8:58 pm
penquis

mo 8?
9:00 pm
lynxxx

mo8.50 like the au8.50
9:01 pm
Uneaixoise

Tu6. Tu + most of ra5/12
9:01 pm
penquis

ty....
9:02 pm
lynxxx

tu6.24 tu & cons & the start of tghe oak tree nut - add another vwl for the 7
9:02 pm
Uneaixoise

Ca7/32?
9:02 pm
penquis

ty, lyn and une....
9:02 pm
lynxxx

the singers in a synagogue
9:03 pm
penquis

it's a pl....
9:03 pm
Uneaixoise

Good grief.....thanks
9:04 pm
penquis

ca 6/27? the first one?
9:05 pm
lynxxx

tin & half of the Moulin Rouge dance
9:07 pm
penquis

hmmm....
9:07 pm
Uneaixoise

Four 7's to go..... whew
9:07 pm
penquis

found it...ty....
9:07 pm
lynxxx

oh totally wrong clue!!!!!
9:07 pm
lynxxx

sorry
9:08 pm
penquis

i think it was the right clue....
9:09 pm
lynxxx

this grid is obviously making my head spin
9:10 pm
Uneaixoise

Ra7/36?
9:10 pm
penquis

mine, too....i am down to five words....
9:10 pm
penquis

sa 7/32?
9:11 pm
lynxxx

ra7.36 ends in yours and mine
9:12 pm
lynxxx

sa & the *** sat ** the mat
9:12 pm
Uneaixoise

Bag + vowel + 2000 lbs
9:13 pm
penquis

ty....TITT.....
9:13 pm
Uneaixoise

Tx lynxxx
9:13 pm
lynxxx

TITT? congrats?
9:14 pm
penquis

thought i tried that....
9:14 pm
penquis

i still have four left...
9:16 pm
penquis

ac 7/44?
9:17 pm
hokie carla

LOL, pen. I'll let you know ASAP
9:19 pm
Gillie

Actually, I guess TITT is an example of an ac7/44
9:20 pm
penquis

yes!....ty, Gillie...
9:22 pm
Gillie

Seems like carla was hinting, but she was a bit too subtle
9:22 pm
penquis

only two T words left....
9:23 pm
penquis

yes, i am too tired to catch the subtle clues... ;o)
9:24 pm
hokie carla

sorry
9:24 pm
hokie carla

sorry
9:24 pm
penquis

no problem....
9:24 pm
Trifioso

hello friends
9:24 pm
penquis

i am missing the first TO word and the last TU word....
9:24 pm
penquis

hi Trif....
9:25 pm
hokie carla

there is a tu7 that is one extra vowel from the tu6
9:25 pm
lynxxx

TO - look at your sa7.36
9:25 pm
Trifioso

hello pen
9:25 pm
lynxxx

hi Trif
9:25 pm
penquis

ty, lyn...
9:25 pm
Trifioso

hi lynxxx
9:26 pm
penquis

found it....i am done....
9:27 pm
Trifioso

huzzah for pen!
9:27 pm
lynxxx

congrats!!!
9:27 pm
penquis

tyvm.....tough grid...
9:28 pm
Trifioso

is the lone t in the bottom row fishy?
9:28 pm
penquis

heading to bed....thank you all for the clues!
9:29 pm
lynxxx

lone T -
9:29 pm
penquis

Trif....it is te 6...wouldn't say it's a fish....
9:29 pm
Trifioso

ty, will look. it is a word normal people know?
9:29 pm
penquis

goodnight all....
9:30 pm
penquis

most people here know it....you get a shot to prevent it....
9:30 pm
Trifioso

found it
9:30 pm
Trifioso

thank you
9:31 pm
Trifioso

trashcan isn't all one word....huh.
9:31 pm
lynxxx

most is
9:31 pm
marksdolly

however there is a 6 letter word within that word
9:31 pm
Trifioso

yes, had that
9:32 pm
Trifioso

so strange, english
9:32 pm
marksdolly

:)
9:32 pm
marksdolly

no wonders they say it's such a hard language to learn
9:34 pm
Trifioso

i had the SWEETEST little lady from Brazil in my class this past year. Just adorable! She would ask the cutest stuff - "miss, can you say me....what it is...bitch is same as beach?"
9:34 pm
marksdolly

lol
9:40 pm
Trifioso

heading down to Maine for a weekend away - can't WAIT