Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 16, 2021

12:09 am

SueMagee

Ir7

12:09 am

CiociaJudy

La7

12:09 am

dizgrannie

im 7

12:17 am

ursh

ca 7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

ursh

2 x ca 7 both plurals

12:19 am

harpjane

thank you lickety

12:19 am

harpjane

found a feling

12:20 am

Rainiqui

se 8, nbt, nbs

12:20 am

harpjane

and simians

12:20 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:21 am

Rainiqui

apes

12:21 am

harpjane

yah, that would be what I found....

12:21 am

Rainiqui

thank you, lol

12:28 am

SuzeeQ24

pi7

2:00 am

ItalianGreyhound

theres actually a CA 7/40 word (?) - now how do I work that into conversation...

2:08 am

SueMagee

Carefully!

2:09 am

ItalianGreyhound

still trying to imagine a scenario

2:11 am

ItalianGreyhound

nothing against felines, btw

3:36 am

crosshair

ca 7/40: "I sat there, buried in papers from the church archives, the ca 7/40's extracted from the writings of the fathers of this church were mind boggling to say the least." :)

5:55 am

player girl

why isn't catscan a word?

5:59 am

MollyL

It is two words and CAT is a made up word for CT computed tomography

6:39 am

Jeanius421

Computerized Axial Tomography

6:41 am

hokie carla

I can't find the Z and no one has asked for the stat. is this a regular word I can't see?

6:41 am

BzznBea

za5.22

6:44 am

hokie carla

I guess I need to wake up more, but thanks.

6:45 am

BzznBea

It's like the African nation with hout the B

6:45 am

hokie carla

swear I tried that, thanks

7:09 am

MollyL

SITT!!

7:11 am

hokie carla

phantom stanza

7:14 am

SamanthaJoy

More phantoms than words in this grid

7:14 am

hokie carla

there are a lot of phantoms

7:17 am

MollyL

Five A's, yee Gods

7:21 am

hokie carla

I have grayed 2/5

7:21 am

hokie carla

which is probably a high % for me and A's

7:22 am

hokie carla

and never mind that they are the smallest two

7:23 am

SamanthaJoy

I've been trying to convince myself for twenty minutes that "admirate" is surely a real word.

7:23 am

BzznBea

There were only a couple I struggled with.

7:23 am

SamanthaJoy

Right? I mean it almost has to be.

7:23 am

hokie carla

i admit I tried to make an AD word

7:23 am

MollyL

No, but you can go half way to the PB for that

7:24 am

hokie carla

now just need 1 A from each of the 3 open tiles

7:25 am

hokie carla

found 1!

7:25 am

dauber

You're one ahead of me!

7:25 am

dauber

Oops...two now!

7:25 am

hokie carla

😁

7:27 am

hokie carla

now just need 1 A from the top row

7:28 am

BzznBea

Its a 5

7:29 am

MollyL

That must be one of the "struggled with" words

7:30 am

BzznBea

Yep

7:30 am

hokie carla

hmm. ok will look

7:32 am

hokie carla

oh, we've had that before. I might've tried that eventually. thanks.

7:33 am

hokie carla

not often I finish the A's first. 33 left. still 3 tiles with 4+ left.

7:34 am

dauber

I still need an A at the top and an A at the bottom!

7:34 am

dauber

Crap...and two in the second row...ughgh.

7:35 am

Scrabbler

133 to go, in all rows.

7:38 am

hokie carla

there's an A5 at the bottom too, kinda like the nail polish remover, dauber

7:38 am

dauber

Got that one.

7:41 am

dauber

Ahh....got the missing A on the bottom.

7:42 am

MollyL

If someone makes a statement about what they need, is that them asking for a clue, or just making a statement?

7:42 am

hokie carla

only one A bigger than a 5 today

7:43 am

MollyL

I always assume that people don't want clues unless they ask for them. Might be an old school throw back to the way things used to be here.

7:43 am

dauber

In my case, I'm just being crabby.

7:43 am

dauber

(Not that I'd ever turn down a clue. :) )

7:43 am

MollyL

You use a lot of Peanuts language.

7:43 am

hokie carla

if I state it, I'm fine with bea guessing what I'm missing and I think she knows that. I might be asking her to guess.

7:45 am

welki

morning, babblers. i've heard that the area cybernan lives in may (or already has been) on evacuation alert due to fire. not sure where in kelowna she lives, but i'm hoping she and her husband are safe

7:45 am

hokie carla

yikes, maybe she will let us know later

7:45 am

dauber

yikes...

7:46 am

hokie carla

hope they are okay

7:46 am

Scrabbler

Welki, I have not seen Nan here in a few days. Oh, no.

7:46 am

hokie carla

I think she was here yesterday

7:46 am

BzznBea

She was here yseterday.

7:47 am

Scrabbler

Good.

7:47 am

BzznBea

Keeping them in my thoughts.

7:48 am

MollyL

So far, only Haz and Moolingwa have their pictures on milk cartons

7:55 am

welki

i just looked on the map and see that west kelowna is across the lake from kelowna, so maybe (other than smoke and ash) nan is safe

7:56 am

Scrabbler

Are any of your nearby fires contained?

7:57 am

welki

kelowna is rated in "extreme fire danger," though

7:58 am

MollyL

Nan seems pretty level-headed. I would imagine she has headed for somewhere safer. Sending good thoughts her way.

7:59 am

welki

with the exception of one out of control fire several hours north of here, the rest (more than a dozen) are being held or are in control

7:59 am

Scrabbler

Thanks.

8:01 am

welki

the smoke is bad, though - i can't imagine how horrible it must be in british columbia. and nan's husband has lung cancer, so i hope they're able to leave the area, if they haven

8:01 am

welki

done so already

8:01 am

Scrabbler

Yes.

8:07 am

hokie carla

ok, I am stuck with 23 left. 6-4-7-5-1. a LOT of big ones left. will take a break. TTFN.

8:11 am

Scrabbler

I am struggling to pass halfway.

8:12 am

Scrabbler

I did it. See you tomorrow.

8:14 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - so far we are fine - thanks for the good thoughts. As of last night we are not under evacuation alert -- will have to check - didn't know any part of Kelowna was under alert but noone has come banging on our door and no emergency warning has come in on or cell phones. We have a lot of smoke and ash blowing in from across the lalke and I did pack up a few things ready to go if needed.

8:15 am

MollyL

Hi Nan, glad you checked in. Hope you remain safe.

8:16 am

BzznBea

Good to hear from you, Nan.

8:16 am

cherlyq

Stay Safe Nan will be thinking about you and praying too

8:18 am

cybernan

as slong as the fires remain to the south and west of us, we will be fine. Depending on how close the fires get to the west shore of the lake we will be ok -- just need to watch for spot fires started by blowing embers. We have 2 miles of water between us and West Kelowna

8:18 am

mael

stay safe, how harrowing :(

8:21 am

mich_pdx

Oh, Nan! How stressful, and on top of your hubby's stuff. I hope the fire stay away. Winds are tricky, and everything is so dry. You both are in my prayers, too!

8:23 am

Soodle

Thank you for checking in Nan. Terrifying times for you. Hopefully all will be well.

8:26 am

cybernan

The smoke isn't as bad now as it was last night, so hopefully things are getting under control. There is a bit of a breeze -- having lived in Southern Alberta, I wouldn't dare call it a wind

8:27 am

welki

glad you're okay, nan

8:28 am

HarryHood

wow Nan that's scary. I hope it stays away from your side of the lake!

8:44 am

hurshy

things are so bad

8:46 am

hurshy

between the fires, floods, haiti earthquake and hurricane coming, afghanistan, yemen, the uighurs... the list goes on

8:48 am

welki

at least no toilet paper shortages

8:49 am

hurshy

ha

8:50 am

welki

it's hard not to get bogged down by all the horrible things happening, and easy to forget all the good

8:51 am

HarryHood

like the wonderful he6/7 I just found. dig it.

8:51 am

hurshy

well that's partly because of knowing how unevenly distributed the good and bad are

8:54 am

HarryHood

good day all. stay safe nan.

8:54 am

MollyL

There are a lot of good things going on in the world. You just don't hear about them because the news always reports the bad things.

8:55 am

welki

*snapping her fingers and singing, 'the most effectual, t.c.!*

8:55 am

mael

it's also because the bad is pretty damn bad, these days

8:55 am

MollyL

And dooming and glooming about the bad things only sends more negative vibes out.

8:55 am

hurshy

there are some "good news" sites out there, i know, i've occasionally seen stories from them

8:58 am

MLFAN17

is the za 5 something e have had before?

9:01 am

welki

i don't recall ever seeing it before, but it's probably been in grids before

9:01 am

MLFAN17

ty welk i have not found it yet

9:02 am

rururocks

i've never seen it before welks

9:02 am

BzznBea

I clued it earlier.

9:03 am

MLFAN17

bzz how was your weather last night?

9:04 am

welki

i qualified it, ru, because the last time i wrote, 'i've never seen it in a grid before," i was told it had been in grids several times previously

9:04 am

MLFAN17

does the nation start with b?

9:04 am

BzznBea

No with a Z

9:04 am

rururocks

really.. i'd think i'd remember it

9:05 am

welki

not this particular word, ru

9:05 am

MLFAN17

i mean, the actual you said it has a b in it?

9:05 am

hurshy

yeah just in the middle

9:05 am

MLFAN17

got it ty

9:06 am

Trifioso

hello friends. feeling HIGHLY fancy - babbling from a comfy chair in a nice cafe

9:06 am

hurshy

congrats on being fancy :)

9:07 am

Trifioso

lololol. There will be NO living with me after this

9:08 am

hurshy

that's quite a reaction to a fancy cafe visit!

9:08 am

hurshy

is it in Paris?

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

truf

9:09 am

72 Temple Owl

uh, truf?

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

okay, i just got done with 11 days of working.... sorry, trif

9:11 am

Trifioso

lol, not at all. glamourous hanover mass

9:11 am

hurshy

sounds like you really deserve a rest TO!

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

another musikfest in the history books

9:11 am

Trifioso

I agree with hurshy - you need a rest there, TO!

9:12 am

72 Temple Owl

i only steyd till 1 this AM

9:13 am

hurshy

oh is that all?

9:14 am

Trifioso

I think we need to order you back to bed, maam!

9:14 am

72 Temple Owl

yes we had to take down the stages

9:14 am

72 Temple Owl

and put our sound gear away

9:14 am

Trifioso

oh that is a ton of work!

9:15 am

72 Temple Owl

i only took down chairs at two then disaamebled one, here were 5 of us doing that one. did not stay for the after party though

9:15 am

welki

*cues up the load out*

9:17 am

Trifioso

do you keep all the staging, or does it all go onto festival trucks and on to the next place?

9:18 am

hurshy

do we have the 8? stats?

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

hehehe welk

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

we own the back line and the pipe and drapes. the rest belongs to the sound companies. the structures i think are ours, but they are taken down starting today

9:19 am

cybernan

still looking for that he 6-7 that was called

9:19 am

cybernan

and the za 5

9:20 am

hurshy

it's like a slang term from i think the 20s, he6

9:20 am

Trifioso

wowza TO. That is so much to manage

9:20 am

hurshy

it's a compound word

9:20 am

hurshy

that jazz sax player is really a he* ***! they would say

9:20 am

Trifioso

oh i love that he6! haven't thought of it in years

9:21 am

hurshy

i finally remembered that it counts, after several times seeing it in past grids

9:22 am

72 Temple Owl

i stopped in in my way to take a long hike to decompress, while it's still coolish. later, all

9:22 am

Trifioso

be good to yourself, TO

9:23 am

cybernan

hound the he, ty

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

i was pretty ot of it sat night but 8 hours sleep and it's all good today

9:24 am

72 Temple Owl

see you

9:26 am

hurshy

almost parapet and carapace, but instead all we could make is carapet

9:37 am

hokie carla

rehi - holy humidity, batman

9:40 am

hokie carla

phantom hectare

9:42 am

BzznBea

60% here.

9:42 am

hokie carla

and phantom seance - spooky

9:43 am

hokie carla

76F and 93% humidity. I am drenched.

9:43 am

hokie carla

ooh, bottom row gray!

9:43 am

BzznBea

Is it raining there?

9:44 am

hokie carla

very cloudy, it sprinkled a little right when I got to the garage doors

9:46 am

MollyL

So, I take it YOU are not playing Babble somewhere glamorous.

9:47 am

hokie carla

definitely not. not sure I've ever played anywhere glamorous.

9:48 am

BzznBea

Carla, do you have any house showings yet?

9:49 am

hokie carla

had quite a few on Sat. and one yesterday. under contract now.

9:49 am

BzznBea

Wow! God for you!

9:50 am

BzznBea

Good

9:50 am

hokie carla

closing at end of Sept so we have a bit of time to pack and find somewhere else.

9:51 am

cybernan

wow carla - that didn't take long - congrats

9:51 am

hokie carla

thanks nan and bea

9:52 am

hokie carla

someone tried at 8:02 this morning to schedule a showing for 8:00-8:30am (automated system). um, were they waiting out on the street?

9:53 am

cybernan

just noticed -- we Canadians get the crown today :)

9:53 am

hokie carla

I was like, where is canuck

9:54 am

hokie carla

but O Canada, you are right

9:56 am

MLFAN17

bzz and hokie thunderstorm here last nigh didnt last too long thankfully. Power stayed on

9:56 am

MLFAN17

ah 5 clue pls?

9:57 am

hokie carla

don't look behind and you might get it

9:57 am

BzznBea

<----Time for me to go...

9:57 am

MollyL

Damn, you didn't take long to pack up and go once the last kid went to college.

9:57 am

MLFAN17

duh ty

9:58 am

Uneaixoise

He7/40 please?

9:58 am

MLFAN17

bye bzz

9:58 am

hokie carla

I know, we feel a little bad but didn't want to lose this opportunity to sell the house.

9:58 am

MollyL

Jazzy guys Une

9:59 am

hokie carla

I think you mean cool, jazzy guys

9:59 am

MollyL

Your kid will be like poor Ninny Threadgood. He will come home and home will be gone.

10:00 am

cybernan

down to 50 - bbl

10:00 am

hokie carla

Rank Stranger (I will be shocked if anyone else knows that song)

10:01 am

hurshy

unexpected development of new computer - it rings when my phone rings

10:01 am

hurshy

have to figure out how to turn that off

10:02 am

MollyL

What an annoying default setting

10:02 am

hokie carla

yeah, I just let it, but then sometimes it keeps ringing while I'm talking and the other person will say, what is that

10:02 am

hokie carla

not exactly a default, it comes from entering your apple ID for imessage I think.

10:03 am

MollyL

Oh wait, it can't be a default. You would have to have set it up by entering your phone number

10:04 am

MollyL

As for the song, I know Wayfaring Stranger but not that one.

10:05 am

hurshy

i mean i assume i did put in my number when i set up the computer, not knowing it was going to do that

10:05 am

hurshy

but it turned out based on internet guidance that i had to tell my PHONE not to ring other devices, rather than adjusting the computer settings

10:06 am

hokie carla

I wondered again to my home in the mountains. where in youth's early dawn, I was happy and free. (can't rem. the next line)

10:06 am

hurshy

i guess my devices already knew each other were there because they are both using the same Apple ID

10:06 am

hokie carla

aha, makes more sense, hurshy

10:07 am

hurshy

now, could i get the stats for the 8?

10:07 am

hokie carla

I don't have it. did someone say it was an S?

10:07 am

hurshy

(now as in "now that i have that sorted" lol)

10:09 am

hokie carla

4-2-3-3-1

10:09 am

hokie carla

RR CC SS T P MM L C H

10:09 am

MollyL

se8/45

10:09 am

hokie carla

not seraphim

10:10 am

hokie carla

I might be dyslexic

10:12 am

hurshy

maybe something with the 7 prefix

10:12 am

hurshy

yes, that is it!

10:13 am

hurshy

7 opera song

10:14 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clue for that se 8 please?

10:14 am

MollyL

It's clue blurting time

10:14 am

hurshy

well you see i knew she was about to ask lol

10:15 am

hokie carla

thx, hurshy

10:15 am

MollyL

Then you should go ahead and blurt all the long words and any that are hard to see

10:16 am

hurshy

oh are people about to ask for those too?

10:17 am

mkg

Got the se 8. Now need some stats for 7s please. Ty.

10:18 am

hurshy

the ones i have are: ca7x2, he7, im7, la7, pi7

10:19 am

mkg

Ty

10:19 am

mkg

Will look

10:19 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! greek goddess

10:19 am

hokie carla

those are all I have as well

10:20 am

mael

Athena

10:20 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:20 am

mattygroves

The obvious proper noun - that country that quite a few babblers live in

10:21 am

hokie carla

o canada!

10:21 am

hurshy

i had sort of thought that might count in the grid, actually, because maybe like the canada goose, but i guess it stays proper for that purpose

10:22 am

mael

there must be two he7s

10:22 am

mattygroves

Yep, I tried it before mentioning it here

10:22 am

hurshy

oh really? interesting

10:22 am

mael

I have he7/32, I saw a he7/40 clued

10:23 am

hurshy

yes, it's the 7/40 that i have and clued

10:24 am

hurshy

oho i remembered it!

10:24 am

mael

hah, I got it now hurshy!

10:25 am

hurshy

^5

10:25 am

mael

good clue, tricky

10:25 am

hurshy

:)

10:25 am

mattygroves

I think I may be going down the wrong rabbit hole - I am thinking perhaps the he words do NOT begin with bonce (the body part with hair on the top of it)?

10:26 am

mael

yeah, not that matty

10:26 am

hurshy

indeed, neither of them does

10:26 am

mael

it's a pun, really :)

10:26 am

mattygroves

Oooh - found the 7/40 - it's groovy man!

10:26 am

hurshy

the 7/32 couldn't anyway, points wise

10:26 am

mael

the other he7 is a greek word

10:26 am

hokie carla

do not have the he7/32. ok, will look along that line, thx

10:26 am

hurshy

it can only have one 2 point tile, which is the H

10:27 am

hurshy

ergo, no D

10:27 am

hokie carla

got it, thx. not a lot of options with that point total

10:27 am

mael

I'm a classics nerd so I always find the he7/32

10:27 am

hurshy

it's so nice when the point total narrows the options that nicely

10:28 am

hurshy

now that was a sentence for which the hero of northanger abbey would mock me...

10:28 am

hurshy

the A that has TWO A from it, i have one of them which is an4/4. does anyone have the other one?

10:28 am

hurshy

why yes, hurshy, it is simply another an4/4

10:29 am

mael

two an4/4

10:29 am

mael

sometimes asking for the clue is all it takes to find it haha

10:29 am

mattygroves

It's a bit retentive ;:)

10:29 am

hurshy

yes, very odd how that works

10:30 am

hurshy

you ask for the clue and then it just hits you in the face

10:31 am

mael

in that vein, I'm missing 3 7s! maybe they will magically become apparent

10:31 am

hurshy

ditto

10:31 am

hokie carla

still need 2

10:31 am

hokie carla

4-2-3-2

10:31 am

hurshy

which one have you got that we didn't just go over, hokie?

10:32 am

hokie carla

found an unexpected M

10:32 am

hurshy

i'm at 0-3-3-3

10:32 am

hurshy

M7 you mean?

10:32 am

hokie carla

hurshy I was wondering that myself since you listed all the ones I had at 7 left

10:32 am

hokie carla

no, M5 proper noun - have not found any other 7s

10:32 am

hurshy

but you have 8 and we have 7

10:33 am

hurshy

ca2, he2, im, la, pi

10:33 am

hokie carla

cax2, hex2, im, ir, la, pi

10:33 am

hokie carla

ah, thought you had the ir

10:33 am

mael

got it, thanks!

10:34 am

hokie carla

that one took me a while to go in a different direction

10:34 am

hurshy

thanks !

10:34 am

mael

that superlative will be the end of me

10:34 am

hokie carla

but of course

10:34 am

hurshy

that's cause you're the maelest

10:35 am

mael

heh

10:35 am

hokie carla

10 left!

10:36 am

mael

I still can't see the Z, I bet it's obvious and I'm just word blind

10:36 am

cybernan

have the ca 7/32 - stats for the other ca 7 please?

10:36 am

hurshy

za5 = an african country minus a B

10:36 am

mael

same, nan

10:36 am

hurshy

they are both ca7/32

10:36 am

mael

thanks hurshy! not obvious

10:37 am

mael

I always look for the OTHER african country that is also a currency

10:37 am

hurshy

me too

10:38 am

hurshy

but now that i got ir7, i have no vowel words left which defeats my fun of spelling something with my remaining letters

10:38 am

MLFAN17

are either ca7's combo?

10:39 am

hokie carla

they are both plurals, so they have sing. 6's if that's what you're asking

10:39 am

hurshy

no

10:39 am

hurshy

oh sorry yes i was thinking "compound"

10:39 am

hurshy

hokie is right

10:39 am

MLFAN17

yeah i was thinking to words put together

10:40 am

mkg

Gosh i am not getting any of these 7s. Can someone clue me the easiest one to get? Ty

10:40 am

mkg

I also need the Z word please. Ty.

10:40 am

hurshy

pi7 sea robbers

10:40 am

hokie carla

z word was just clued

10:41 am

cybernan

the one I have is a homophone for a martial art

10:41 am

MLFAN17

ty for the p6/7

10:41 am

cybernan

*ca 7 that is

10:42 am

cybernan

lue for the other ca 7 please?

10:42 am

mkg

Super wonderful hurshy. Ty

10:42 am

mkg

Got the six and 7

10:42 am

hokie carla

looks like a religious word, nan

10:42 am

hurshy

the other one sounds like a word for like a saloon/bar, minus an N

10:43 am

mkg

Z word was clued as an african nation and i can only think of zanzabar and there are not two zs in grid. Hmmm

10:43 am

MLFAN17

not getting the ca7 martial art

10:43 am

hokie carla

i just managed to monkey it somehow

10:43 am

hurshy

haha hokie and i went wildly different ways with our clues

10:43 am

hurshy

MLF, normally ka7

10:43 am

MLFAN17

ty hurshy and

10:43 am

MLFAN17

hokie

10:44 am

hurshy

im6/7 are normal words

10:44 am

cybernan

ty carla and hurshy

10:44 am

hurshy

and so are la6/7 if you know things in the medical field

10:44 am

cybernan

so is everyone still missing 3x 7?

10:45 am

MLFAN17

does the religious word start with animal that meows?

10:45 am

hokie carla

took me a while to get yours, hursh. minus an N and diff vowel in last syllable

10:45 am

hurshy

no, we're missing 2 mostly i think

10:45 am

hokie carla

yes, mlfan

10:45 am

MLFAN17

cyber i am missing 7

10:46 am

mkg

I am still not finding the z word. Is it a 7?

10:46 am

hurshy

no only 5

10:47 am

mael

ohhh, I found another 7

10:47 am

MLFAN17

an african country minus the b

10:47 am

mael

ca7/40

10:47 am

cybernan

cax2, hex2, im, la, pi - missing?

10:48 am

mkg

Is the z a seven? Or 6? Or what? I dont see zaire or zanibar in grid..

10:48 am

mael

there are 3 ca/7

10:48 am

MLFAN17

its a 5 mkg

10:48 am

mael

and I found the last 7 too! la7

10:49 am

mael

I was fiddling around with the milk prefix

10:49 am

mkg

Darn. I am lost. Ok,so i need the z word if possible with another clue please. Ty.

10:49 am

mael

ca7 x3, he7 x2, la7 x2, pi7, im7, ir7

10:49 am

cybernan

is the 3rd ca 7 also a 7/32?

10:50 am

mael

no, it's ca7/40

10:50 am

mael

compound word

10:50 am

mkg

Canada is in grid.

10:50 am

cybernan

ty - found it

10:51 am

cybernan

need the ir and another la now

10:52 am

mael

bye all for now, 28 left but I need to head to lunch

10:52 am

hurshy

thanks mael!

10:53 am

hokie carla

ah, the biscuits. thx, mael

10:53 am

hurshy

ok so there's another la7 then that's my last one

10:54 am

hokie carla

that explains why I can't find my last 7

10:54 am

hokie carla

I mean last L

10:54 am

mkg

Well i still dont have z word

10:54 am

cybernan

starts like latin for milk apparently

10:54 am

hurshy

is it weird that the sound of a rooster crowing is stressing me right now

10:55 am

mkg

Got the Z. Ty cluers

10:55 am

cybernan

does the ir 7 have something to do with being angry?

10:55 am

hokie carla

well, it's a 5, you're probably just going to have to monkey it, mkg or else someone will have to type it in.

10:55 am

hurshy

yes, nan

10:55 am

hokie carla

yes, nan, the most

10:55 am

hurshy

ok got the 7 - not a plural

10:56 am

hokie carla

and dairy related beginning?

10:56 am

hurshy

yeah

10:56 am

cybernan

oh - ty - missed that there were two options for that ending

10:56 am

hurshy

well i guess you knew it was not a plural hokie if it's your last L!

10:56 am

hurshy

i need some other L still

10:56 am

hokie carla

yes.

10:57 am

hokie carla

didn't know you had asked. I had to go out for a minute. too crazy in here.

10:57 am

hokie carla

there's a weird 6 with that beginning

10:57 am

hurshy

i didn't ask

10:57 am

hurshy

ok

10:57 am

hurshy

thanks!

10:57 am

cybernan

just found it hursh - want a clue?

10:58 am

hokie carla

5 left!

10:58 am

hurshy

i got it

10:58 am

hurshy

5 left here also!

10:58 am

hokie carla

2-1-2

10:58 am

hurshy

o-3-2

10:58 am

hokie carla

R C S P C

11:01 am

hokie carla

hard eye roll at my last lower C

11:01 am

hurshy

are there any ph words?

11:02 am

hokie carla

I've tried a lot but haven't found one yet

11:06 am

hokie carla

how I can't monkey a 4 on 4 tiles left is a mystery. I must have reached the point of total blindness.

11:09 am

hurshy

down to PR

11:09 am

hokie carla

still RCSP here - the royal canadian seated police 🤣

11:09 am

hurshy

haha

11:09 am

hokie carla

going to have to list

11:11 am

hokie carla

well, the c is new to me

11:11 am

hokie carla

and no def of course

11:12 am

hokie carla

LOL, the S was the same word but with an S in front

11:12 am

cybernan

33 left here and thinking of listing

11:14 am

hokie carla

well, should have gotten the last 4 but like I said, babble blindness had set in and it was a criss-cross square.

11:14 am

hokie carla

TADA

11:14 am

cybernan

grats carla

11:15 am

hurshy

can you tell me this - are there 2 R6 words, or 3?

11:15 am

hokie carla

was going to guess your missing R was a 6

11:15 am

joym999

Hi all. I'm just starting and my monkeys found the Z word. I've never seen it before.

11:15 am

hokie carla

there are 3

11:15 am

hurshy

ok

11:16 am

hurshy

so R6 and P5

11:16 am

Shirlockc

stats for the z?

11:16 am

hokie carla

good job, joy, that one took me a while to monkey for a 5

11:16 am

joym999

the monkeys get lucky sometimes.

11:16 am

hokie carla

hurshy, it is an alt sp for a 5

11:16 am

joym999

they wrote Hamlet last night while I was sleeping.

11:16 am

hokie carla

za5/22, shirl

11:16 am

hurshy

lol

11:17 am

hokie carla

hurshy, none of the p5s are weird. check your pl first

11:18 am

hurshy

ok i don't have a pi5, only 4 6 and 7

11:18 am

hokie carla

I wonder if people in jail ever get southern pies

11:18 am

hokie carla

and can they take communion?

11:19 am

hurshy

oh wait you meant PLURAL, i misread your l as an i

11:19 am

hurshy

ok yes i had omitted a plural

11:20 am

hokie carla

oh sorry, I didn't know why you were telling me your pi's

11:20 am

hurshy

no prob

11:20 am

hokie carla

need to figure out lunch here

11:21 am

hurshy

now back to that R6

11:21 am

hurshy

that is an alt sp for a 5

11:21 am

hurshy

is the 5 here, or not here?

11:21 am

hokie carla

here

11:21 am

hokie carla

and it reminds me of a TMNT

11:22 am

hokie carla

who are named after renaissance painters

11:22 am

hurshy

well i have the 5 and 6 that reminds me of that, yeah

11:22 am

hurshy

and then i'm trying other ways to spell the 5

11:22 am

hurshy

aha, got it at last

11:22 am

hokie carla

well done

11:22 am

hurshy

well at least that wasn't fishy :)

11:23 am

hurshy

now to spelling bee, where the best pangram i can think of so far is hogpile, which isn't a word

11:24 am

hokie carla

well now that's all I can see

11:25 am

hurshy

or, conversely, pighole

11:25 am

hurshy

with an n that would work, pigeonhole

11:33 am

hurshy

HA i got it

11:34 am

hurshy

it is ironic

11:34 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone :)

11:38 am

hurshy

you too nan!

11:42 am

Uneaixoise

Congrats Nan!

12:07 pm

joym999

the dog wants a headpat but it's not in the grid

12:10 pm

MollyL

Oh well, the dog is SOL

3:22 pm

mkg

I am back to try to get nbt…..any clues for the bottom corner A? Ty

3:23 pm

ChampFit

ah5/14

3:23 pm

mkg

Nm found it. Ty anyway

3:40 pm

swmbo

pi

4:43 pm

periwinkle

not playing to day or next few days having problems with laptop

5:09 pm

FrenchToast

phantom canasta

5:21 pm

MollyL

Thanks for letting us know Peri. Hopefully people will not start freaking out about your whereabouts.

5:34 pm

ItalianGreyhound

The CA 7/40 is so egyptian

5:36 pm

bichon

ma 5/12, first one, pls

5:36 pm

ItalianGreyhound

and I am a HE 6/27 - snap snap

5:37 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Ave ----- ?

5:38 pm

ItalianGreyhound

thats for Bichon

5:38 pm

bichon

ty IG

5:39 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Yw

5:47 pm

harpjane

hello

5:47 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Harp

5:47 pm

harpjane

stats for the corner A please?

5:48 pm

ItalianGreyhound

I think its 5/14

5:49 pm

ItalianGreyhound

AH

5:49 pm

Jeanius421

not behind but ah+++

5:50 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Harp just wanted stats

5:50 pm

harpjane

that was it ty

5:50 pm

harpjane

I'll take clues too

5:50 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Ok, Im easy

6:15 pm

FrenchToast

LOL i walked just at the right moment!!

6:17 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yes, Maam!

6:17 pm

FrenchToast

iggy!

6:17 pm

FrenchToast

iggy over easy

6:18 pm

ItalianGreyhound

sunny side up

6:19 pm

FrenchToast

i'm scrambled

6:19 pm

ItalianGreyhound

this is a Feline grid

6:19 pm

FrenchToast

i noticed!

6:21 pm

ItalianGreyhound

ive got foxes, turtles and hawks. looking to me (and ducks) for sustenance

6:21 pm

FrenchToast

oh we have 3 turtles now but our deer have moved on :(

6:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Deer are mobile - ive got 20 (?) turtles looking for leftovers

6:24 pm

FrenchToast

are turtles herbivore?

6:24 pm

ItalianGreyhound

they eat everything

6:25 pm

ItalianGreyhound

from fruit to dead fish to lunch meat

6:26 pm

FrenchToast

you should try a taste test to see if they'd eat Twinkies, Spam, peanut butter, Twizzlers

6:27 pm

FrenchToast

the 4 basic food groups

6:28 pm

ItalianGreyhound

gotta be something I can drop 20 feet down, so not sure about peanut butter

6:28 pm

FrenchToast

well it could be Nabs

6:33 pm

ItalianGreyhound

nabs?

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

those packs of orange crackers with peanut butter filling

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

made by Nabisco, so they are nicknamed Nabs

6:34 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Looking....

6:35 pm

FrenchToast

where are you looking

6:36 pm

ItalianGreyhound

out there

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

did you throw something out there

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

can' t wait to see a pic of turtles eating Twizzlers

6:44 pm

FrenchToast

yay i finished the Cs

6:45 pm

ItalianGreyhound

good job!

6:46 pm

FrenchToast

on to the Hs

6:57 pm

FrenchToast

i keepnodding off

6:57 pm

FrenchToast

dam im tired

7:37 pm

mab

he 6 and 7. how cute is that. and old, terribly old.

7:54 pm

Uneaixoise

First ca7/32 please?

7:56 pm

Uneaixoise

Nm!!

7:56 pm

Uneaixoise

7 to go.....

8:03 pm

Uneaixoise

Sa6/21 please?

8:10 pm

Uneaixoise

I'm babble blind!

8:10 pm

WoolyChris

plural of an inner holy place. ends in a vowel

8:12 pm

WoolyChris

etha

8:13 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!!

8:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

8:13 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

8:14 pm

Uneaixoise

4 to go....

8:14 pm

Minveryork

Go Uneaixosie go!

8:14 pm

Minveryork

S's Suppressed! 8 left

8:24 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

8:25 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Uneaixoise on your fireworks! Way to go!

8:37 pm

Minveryork

I's Impaled! 3 left

8:37 pm

Minveryork

I's Imported! 3 left

8:40 pm

Minveryork

L's Lampooned! 2 left

8:41 pm

Minveryork

P's Popped! 1 left

10:05 pm

Minveryork

I am finished! I have fireworks! he 7/32 was my last one.

10:05 pm

grannyrose

WTG MINVERYORK !!

10:06 pm

grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me. just popped by to catch your FW...loll

10:06 pm

mab

oh my goodness! that's the very one i'm looking for -- can you clue it for me min? my last too. congrats.

10:07 pm

grannyrose

min gone. will i do?

10:07 pm

Minveryork

Thanks grannyrose!I thought it was just me, myself and I here in the chog. I am glad I have a witness for my FW's!

10:08 pm

mab

hello rose, so nice to see you!

10:08 pm

grannyrose

he7. he + jeweled hair piece with first two vowels switched

10:08 pm

hurshy

it's that greek prostitute one

10:08 pm

Minveryork

The he 7/32 word sort of rhymes with singer Peter Ce****

10:09 pm

grannyrose

and there she is.....our very own minver. hello honey. and lovely to see you too mab

10:09 pm

mab

ohhhhh. thank you so very much.

10:09 pm

hurshy

a selection of very different clues :D

10:09 pm

mab

a wealth of clues

10:09 pm

mab

a flock of clues

10:10 pm

grannyrose

a plethora even... loll

10:10 pm

mab

so lucky!

10:10 pm

mab

thanks lovely people

10:10 pm

hurshy

it's like "pick a card, any card"

10:11 pm

grannyrose

and my lunch is coming. meat pie with cheese melted on the inside, beer-battered potato wedges with sour cream.

10:12 pm

grannyrose

and they're all MINE !!

10:12 pm

mab

enjoy. such a fancy lunch! thank you again.

10:13 pm

mab

how be you ms. hurshy?

10:15 pm

mab

my last word seemed impossible. thought i'd tried all combinations. and i did, just not the right one.

10:15 pm

hurshy

oh... kind of not great, but, trying to keep muddling through

10:15 pm

mab

oh no.

10:17 pm

mab

i'm a bit muddling-ish too.

10:18 pm

hurshy

*hugs*

10:18 pm

mab

to you too

10:21 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations mab on your fireworks display!Way to go

10:21 pm

mab

thank you min, same to you, and thanks for excellent clue.

10:22 pm

Minveryork

I need to get up early in the morning so I am off. I leave you with a story of clues in my profile if needed.G'night!

10:23 pm

mab

now that i look at it it does look familiar. so funny, that. I think 180 words must be my limit. not a single word more.

10:23 pm

mab

good night min!

10:27 pm

mab

staring at grid looking for words that are not there. must return to endless study of french. hopeless but better maybe than my other obsession - reading news.

10:28 pm

mab

should set news time limit. never will, but should.

10:32 pm

mab

will attempt prying myself out the door to jeter the rubbish and recycling. my life...

11:58 pm

zTink

Minveryork, I just read your story. How clever and kind of you. I have been a Babble Member for many years.I stopped for several years. I don't often finish many puzzles but I enjoy the challenge. I was able to add 6 more words tonight. Thanks so much!

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