Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, October 14, 2023

12:09 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs ed 7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:22 am

Gillie

This is a mean little grid, I think

12:23 am

dizgrannie

sure is Gillie

12:31 am

Rainiqui

be 7

12:48 am

ursh

quiet in here today

1:05 am

lynxxx

ed7

1:05 am

lynxxx

Sorry - what Rain said

1:38 am

dizgrannie

FWs...ended ip going tom

1:39 am

dizgrannie

oops ended up going to the list, twas getting frustrated

1:52 am

rbud

welp, my internet security and chrome insisted Babble is a bad place, outdated certificate. Even though I've been going here for years with a "not secure" note by the URL. In another browser for now.

2:01 am

Kamanjah

Hi! Hope you had a great Friday the 13th!

2:02 am

rbud

Not too bad! How was yours?

2:03 am

Kamanjah

Not bad. Dog is groomed and looks and smells great! I didn't get all the cleaning I wanted to do done, but that's life.

2:04 am

Kamanjah

This grid is a bit nasty for me.

2:06 am

Aloyisius

me too, Kamanjah

2:08 am

Kamanjah

I have 36 left. Top row and right column gray. Missing one E on the bottom. The B words are hiding from me, lol!

2:09 am

Aloyisius

am not as far as you, still slogging through first pass

2:10 am

Kamanjah

I'm slogging thru first pass too, but I'm getting stuck. I think it will have to wait until morning.

2:11 am

Aloyisius

with coffee !

2:12 am

Kamanjah

Oh, I'm still on night time, no coffee, need to get to bed! I'm on the west coast.

2:13 am

rbud

I think she meant the grid will be better in the AM with coffee... at least that's how I read it.

2:13 am

Aloyisius

ah so.. tuff grid

2:13 am

rbud

unless Aloy is slogging with coffee right now, that is...

2:14 am

Aloyisius

no way!

2:15 am

Aloyisius

only have coffee in the am

2:16 am

Kamanjah

You're right Rose. I quit coffee about 4 years ago and just don't think about it.

2:18 am

Aloyisius

oh my gosh.. why did you quit, Kamanjah?

2:19 am

Kamanjah

Long story - I didn't feel well, so missed a few cups, and then hubby died and I just didn't want it any more.

2:20 am

Aloyisius

oh.. so sorry for your loss!

2:22 am

Kamanjah

Thanks. I'm at the 3-year point right now and still haven't found my way alone. I should be back to living a normal life, but I've really never lived alone and it has been a rough adjustment.

2:24 am

Aloyisius

I'm sure it has been a rough time for you.. I know the pain of loss and find that being with others is a big help.. volunteer work if you can

2:26 am

Kamanjah

nocash should be a real word in these times, lol!

2:39 am

rbud

I hear that! :D

9:00 am

hurshy

morning babblers!

9:01 am

hurshy

not feeling real thrilled with this top C

9:03 am

hurshy

oh, um, apparently i was saying good morning to nobody, didn't notice that chat was over 6 hours old...

9:05 am

rururocks

I'm here .. hi hursh.. still sleepy however

9:05 am

hurshy

how come if you cut off someone's head it's called beheading but although you can also cut off a hand, behand isn't a word

9:15 am

hurshy

this is not the prettiest grid i've ever seen

9:19 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! ancient egyptian god of burial and guide to the underworld, later apparently replaced by Osiris

9:25 am

Shirlockc

anubis

9:26 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:31 am

mkg

Is the be 7 two words?

9:32 am

LuvWordGames

kind of, be + a dimwit

9:33 am

mkg

Ty got it. Never saw that one before

9:35 am

Shirlockc

uncat = totally obvious to cat pawrents

9:36 am

Shirlockc

uncat = totally obvious WORD for cat pawrents

9:48 am

hokie carla

name that motorcycle company

9:48 am

hokie carla

well, it's kinda close to a real word

9:56 am

hokie carla

name that MLM clothing company

9:59 am

hokie carla

well, it's been real, but this grid is horrible.

10:01 am

LeslieAnn

dunno carla, i just got here and destroyed the last column ;)

10:03 am

hokie carla

that's about all I've got going for me

10:03 am

rururocks

I'm really impressed you two..that must have taken a lot of brain power

10:04 am

LeslieAnn

a 4 AND a 5

10:05 am

saanichcat

the motorcycle is Ducati. I used to have one

10:06 am

hokie carla

âœ…âœ…âœ…

10:06 am

MollyL

Saan is a biker chick, who knew?

10:07 am

saanichcat

I grew out of it Molly, ended up with a vespa! (couldn't afford a car at that age)

10:07 am

hokie carla

I just need 1 E to gray the bottom row. that is slightly more impressive, ruru.

10:09 am

saanichcat

do you have the 6/24?

10:09 am

hurshy

phantom: audacity

10:11 am

hokie carla

no, will look, thx. looks like I only have 1 6 overall.

10:11 am

hurshy

oh i have the Es but need a Y to grey the bottom row

10:11 am

hurshy

oh duh, plural.

10:12 am

hokie carla

the y's are a set. look up.

10:12 am

hokie carla

what is the 2nd letter of that E6?

10:12 am

hurshy

n

10:12 am

saanichcat

Off to watch the partial eclipse, maybe the clouds will part.

10:13 am

hurshy

that could be a song: "Maybe the Clouds Will Part"

10:13 am

saanichcat

en plus money. Bye until tomorrow!

10:13 am

hokie carla

super cloudy here. I have no idea what time it is or was supposed to be.

10:13 am

LeslieAnn

thanks saan!

10:13 am

LeslieAnn

maybe the clouds will part (vespa version)

10:14 am

hurshy

i still need one more top C for HOET

10:14 am

saanichcat

here it peaks at 9:20. Yw Leslie!

10:19 am

hurshy

phantom: debut

10:20 am

hurshy

so, um, nobody else has more than one top C either?

10:21 am

LeslieAnn

1/3

10:21 am

rururocks

i have them

10:21 am

hurshy

helps please ruru? :D only have a ce4

10:21 am

hokie carla

I am very smug about not having more than one

10:22 am

hurshy

you are?

10:22 am

hurshy

why would you be smug about that

10:22 am

rururocks

beginning of not floor + most of large stringed instrument

10:22 am

LeslieAnn

she's doing a whole bit about how much she hates this grid

10:23 am

rururocks

hokie likes to be smug about everything these days :D

10:23 am

hurshy

thank you ruru!!!

10:23 am

hurshy

you know you've been babbling too long when the stringed instrument you try first is "sitar"

10:23 am

hokie carla

because ruru was smug about having them all and he knows itðŸ˜œðŸ¤£

10:24 am

ch1212

LOLOL hurshy - me too!

10:24 am

hurshy

:O

10:25 am

hokie carla

what's the stat?

10:26 am

hokie carla

nm, I don't need you all :P

10:27 am

hurshy

although i guess a sitar isn't "large"

10:27 am

hurshy

well now that i have the Cs i just need one more i for top row grey

10:27 am

hokie carla

phantom isatin

10:28 am

cybernan

good orning eveyone :)

10:28 am

hurshy

A CAKE PAN SHAPE! i found a cake pan shape!!!

10:28 am

LeslieAnn

hey nan

10:29 am

hurshy

(not an i word though)

10:29 am

hokie carla

hey nan

10:30 am

hokie carla

okay, finally found the eclipse time for here. maybe the clouds will part but I doubt it. I should find my eclipse glasses though.

10:31 am

hurshy

phantom: deceit

10:31 am

hokie carla

just your eyes deceiving you

10:32 am

hokie carla

anyone have the second i?

10:32 am

hurshy

the eyes may deceive, but the sniffs will never lie

10:32 am

hurshy

(that's a saying of my Rilla)

10:32 am

hokie carla

and I wasn't expecting the cake pan to be not a proper noun

10:32 am

LeslieAnn

you have a gorilla?

10:33 am

hurshy

no

10:33 am

hurshy

<--- her name is Rilla

10:33 am

LeslieAnn

lol

10:33 am

hokie carla

that's her cat in the pic that she thinks is not a cat but an angel straight from heaven

10:33 am

hurshy

she is an angel who happens to look like a cat

10:33 am

hurshy

she is never naughty! what other explanation can there be??

10:33 am

hokie carla

phantom anecdote

10:33 am

LeslieAnn

sneaky

10:35 am

ch1212

did I miss the clue for the second i?

10:35 am

hurshy

no, we're all still just hoping for someone to give one

10:35 am

ch1212

lol!

10:38 am

hurshy

15 left, no more than 2 from any given tile

10:38 am

hurshy

2-6-7

10:39 am

hurshy

guess i might as well list

10:39 am

LeslieAnn

ok give us the i when you get there ;)

10:39 am

hurshy

ok

10:40 am

ch1212

got it! Trying to figure out how to clue it. it's an i4/6. Sounds kind of like the 4 letter start to a book's number on the back...

10:41 am

hurshy

ty ch1212!

10:42 am

ch1212

Wow. Both enable dictionary and even google just bring up various organizations for that 'word'.

10:43 am

cybernan

ty ch12

10:43 am

hurshy

maybe it's something from arabic or whatever?

10:44 am

ch1212

Oh, I found it... apparently it's an old Russian log hut. Because, you know ... we all know what that is! lololol

10:48 am

ch1212

Need to stop for awhile.. limited use of hands this week. Fell off the front porch (cement) on Sunday. Bad sprains in both ankles, bruises and scrapes on both sides of my body and of course my hands. Slowly getting better. I'm finally upright again. Small victories.

10:48 am

hurshy

done but man that was one of the less fun grids we've had for sure

10:48 am

rururocks

bummer CH.. get better

10:48 am

LeslieAnn

that's a bummer, feel better ch!

10:49 am

ch1212

thank you. bbl

10:59 am

cybernan

anyone have both a's from the left? just have an 4

11:01 am

LeslieAnn

it's an au6 but i haven't found it yet

11:02 am

cybernan

points, please, Leslie?

11:02 am

LeslieAnn

30

11:05 am

MollyL

It has not good in the middle

11:06 am

LeslieAnn

huh. thanks molly

11:06 am

cybernan

ty molly

11:18 am

hokie carla

how do certain grids have so many weird words

11:19 am

cybernan

this one does -- have gone to list now and finding quite a few

11:19 am

LeslieAnn

i blame the "u" and the "b" in the middle

11:20 am

hokie carla

I could only find 2 A's on the right

11:20 am

LeslieAnn

there are two ab6/33,apparently

11:21 am

hokie carla

just found the teenage (or in my case entire life) problem

11:21 am

hokie carla

duh, found one of the ab6, thanks

11:21 am

hokie carla

and the other

11:21 am

hokie carla

they match the e5s

11:22 am

LeslieAnn

bless you

11:22 am

hokie carla

and there's that weird ad5 we get occasionally

11:26 am

cybernan

last word was ta 6/30 -- didn't realise that the misspelled ta 4 could be pt. (not that I think it can be!)

11:27 am

hokie carla

now wondering what the misspelled ta4 is

11:27 am

cybernan

off to wordle - have a 3 streak going that I hope I can keep up.

11:27 am

hokie carla

nice, took me 4 today

11:27 am

cybernan

the only way I've ever seen it spelled that way is on a bottle of perfume

11:28 am

hokie carla

oh, thanks

11:30 am

hokie carla

hmm, was sure cateye was going to be a word

11:48 am

hokie carla

well, decided to list for my last 19. prob 90% were words I should have seen.

12:19 pm

MollyL

hois

12:43 pm

BzznBea

amazing how much better i can see with both contacts.

1:33 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with lone O please

1:33 pm

periwinkle

I never found the be7

1:33 pm

MollyL

A Quaker cereal word

1:34 pm

MollyL

The o

1:34 pm

periwinkle

ok looking

1:35 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly

1:35 pm

MollyL

be7 be

1:35 pm

MollyL

be + a kind of cap dullards wear

1:36 pm

periwinkle

ty new word for me

2:21 pm

rururocks

bemaga

2:21 pm

rururocks

damn it

2:27 pm

salmocreston1

Canâ€™t seem to get the lone o. Why wonâ€™t it accept oaty

2:27 pm

nrkii

it

2:27 pm

nrkii

it's an oa5/10 you're looking for

2:29 pm

salmocreston1

I am just not seeing it

2:30 pm

nrkii

ends with a number

2:31 pm

nrkii

6 to go here

0-2-4

B S H CC T

2:31 pm

salmocreston1

Got it. Thanks.

3:28 pm

periwinkle

de5/14 please

3:31 pm

MollyL

Ends in frozen water

3:32 pm

periwinkle

ah ty Molly

3:32 pm

periwinkle

4 6 letter words left

3:44 pm

Smdnjv

phantom audacity

3:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, last column done woot!

3:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

4:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, BBL

5:00 pm

NANCY

clue for the ed 7 please

5:01 pm

Gillie

teach

5:02 pm

NANCY

OH my lord, just found it and I am a former teacher

5:02 pm

Gillie

It's a twisty one!

10:48 pm

rbud

all done - loads of silly previously unheard-of (to me, at least) words, glad to put this one in the rear-view mirror. ;p

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