Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, December 18, 2005

12:00 am

JBsAnno

New puzzle! Maybe I'll finish this one!
First post?

12:01 am

Debs40ish

Morning all :)

12:01 am

kittybat

Good morning (or evening to me)

12:01 am

hurshy

gosh, first time i've been at a switch

12:01 am

GreyWoulf

Morning Debs!
(*hug*)

12:01 am

mamabear

Thanks for all the clues!!! I almost made it! I think I had 7 left

12:02 am

Blaze

good morning let's see what we are in for tonight

12:02 am

GreyWoulf

hursh -- ain't it a trip? ;D

12:02 am

mamabear

first things first.... time to go icon shopping....brb

12:02 am

renfield

what - i missed it -

12:02 am

JBsAnno

Hi, GW, hi, hurshy,
Kinda like going through the Stargate, huh?

12:02 am

LeslieAnn

Roar! i mean, hello

12:02 am

lshult

I am sooo frustrated.
Had 59 to go on last grid, the words (largly because of the great clues) were flowing, but my server got stuffed up and was only able to add 2 words in the last 10 minutes!!!!!

12:02 am

torgone

t4/4!

hurshy - i've gone back to my original icon (didn't want to interrupt the furious clue-giving)

12:02 am

hurshy

looks like a biggie to me

12:02 am

Blaze

what is the icon of the day...?? please

12:03 am

GreyWoulf

LeslieAnn --(*sings*) where do you find lions?

12:03 am

lshult

Deep breath.
Start again.

12:03 am

JBsAnno

Man, what a bummer, Ishult!
Oh well, deep breath, go to your happy place - no, wait - you're already there!

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

only in kenya!

12:03 am

licketySplitAUS

my husband found the first ti4 word LOL!!

12:03 am

hurshy

lions, blaze

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

only in kenya, where you've got lions...

12:04 am

renfield

474 words

12:04 am

torgone

One morning, I shot a lion in my pyjamas . .

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

LA - my daughter absolutely loves Kenya -- though she loves the Badgers invade Kenya flash even more ;)

12:04 am

LeslieAnn

oh shoot, shoulda looked at the stats before i started... eek...

12:04 am

Debs40ish

s/7 32

12:05 am

Debs40ish

s8/45

12:05 am

renfield

what was a lion doing in your pajamas?

12:05 am

JBsAnno

<meek voice> Uh, oh! Did you say (gulp) 474?
YIKES!

12:05 am

LeslieAnn

the badgers invade kenya??? i haven't seen that one!

12:05 am

JBsAnno

LOL renfield!

12:06 am

torgone

That's between me and the lion . .

12:06 am

Blaze

Lions it is...

12:06 am

renfield

ok - duh pick on the blonde....

12:07 am

LeslieAnn

gw i just looked it up that is hilarious!

12:07 am

mamabear

please refresh!!!!

12:07 am

hurshy

gosh mine's being slow

12:08 am

GreyWoulf

mine too, hursh -- always seem to slow down after the flip for some reason

12:08 am

hurshy

ok there is a certain em5 word that should REALLY count

12:09 am

GreyWoulf

LOL, leslie

Mama - you're gorgeous!

12:09 am

mamabear

474??????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????

12:09 am

renfield

that's like a gazillion million right mama??

12:10 am

mamabear

why thank you, GW.... you're looking mighty handsome youself.... manely speaking.

12:10 am

torgone

It's slow because there are an a3load of people furiously entering words . .

12:10 am

mamabear

yeah, renfield.... like a quadzillion million trillion and a half!

12:11 am

mamabear

not me.... haven't decided if i'm gonna yet

12:11 am

torgone

How many in a brazilian??

12:11 am

harpjane

474? Better get started!

12:11 am

GreyWoulf

at least two, tor! :D

12:12 am

mamabear

a brazilian bar? a brazilian house? a brazilian brothel?

12:12 am

licketySplitAUS

and if you count the brazilian wax....

12:13 am

JBsAnno

Oh, yeah, I've got all the time in the...
TIME! OH, NO, <jumping up out of the 'cuzzi, splashing furiously> sorry, folks, gotta go!
<grabs sippy cup for one last toast to all the typing lions!>

12:13 am

renfield

ok - i give up - how many in a brazillion?

12:13 am

JBsAnno

LOL, GW - good one!

12:13 am

mamabear

bye JB!!! now dry yourself off first - you don't want a rash

12:14 am

renfield

bye jb - didn't know a lion could get so wet!!!!

12:14 am

JBsAnno

With all the furr around here, Mama, I'll be dry before I get out of the water!

12:14 am

torgone

It's the punchline of a bad joke.

12:14 am

mab

This is the biggest puzzle I have ever seen. hmmm....

12:15 am

GreyWoulf

So long JB --

(*goes to hug, but JB is moving too quickly, accidentally half pulls towel off JB as she runs into the night , towel flapping in the air8)

12:15 am

torgone

Is this a tuneup for #1000 tomorrow???

12:15 am

licketySplitAUS

I saw a really cute joke today...

12:16 am

GreyWoulf

r8/45

12:17 am

mamabear

well I've entered tor's favorte ti 4/4 - I guess I'm committed.

12:17 am

hurshy

tor - don't even joke about something like that

12:17 am

JBsAnno

Running REALLY fast now!

12:17 am

GreyWoulf

or maybe be committed, mama ;D

12:18 am

cybernan

Good Evening, everybody.

12:18 am

mab

hurshy! SNAP!

12:18 am

GreyWoulf

Welcome to the insane asylum, C-nan!

474 today!

12:18 am

Blaze

Hello cyber nan.... so far so good on this one....

12:18 am

LeslieAnn

make sure you're sitting down before you check the stats, nan

12:19 am

torgone

Almost 10% . . ..

12:19 am

Blaze

I have 91 down so far...

12:20 am

hurshy

175 down, 299 to go

12:20 am

JBsAnno

Is 47 words 10 percent?
<from way off on the side, GW, don't look!>

12:21 am

GreyWoulf

JB - the towel didn't come off, just loose a little, -- you're fine!! (*not looking*)

12:21 am

mab

It will have a deleterious (sp) effect on my ranking if I start this. Do I care or do I not?

12:21 am

GreyWoulf

(*peeking through fingers in JB's direction*)

12:22 am

torgone

Jump in, mab. You can't take your rank to heaven.

12:22 am

JBsAnno

How can you tell if you're NOT looking, GW?
(lol, softly)

12:22 am

mamabear

what's your joke, lickety? Or did you split???? LOL

12:23 am

GreyWoulf

JB - a true gentleman ALWAYS knows ;)

12:24 am

licketySplitAUS

a four year old says to her mum, "I know what santa claus, the easter bunny and the toothfairy are".... NOCTURNAL!

12:25 am

JBsAnno

Ah, yes, GW, there is that!

12:26 am

licketySplitAUS

licket... the home of clean jokes!! mama, I like that one too!! :D

12:26 am

Blaze

lickety that is a good one...

12:27 am

licketySplitAUS

I have such joy with the 6 & 7 year olds telling me jokes all day!

12:27 am

JBsAnno

The sippy cup is drained, the towel is FIRMLY tucked in, and I am away to bed, to dream of finishing this tomorrow!
Good night, now, and this time I mean it - so long 'til tomorrow.

12:28 am

GreyWoulf

Alright, JB -- sleep well

(((*HUG*)))

12:28 am

mamabear

good nite JB!!!!!

12:28 am

starchaser

wow...474?? I've only got 88.....o.O

12:30 am

renfield

ok jb - really off to the den w/ ya

12:30 am

JBsAnno

'Nite, MamaB, ((hug)) 'nite, GW, ((hug))
nite, John Boy, nite, Mary Sue,
nite Jelly Bean...

12:33 am

hurshy

halfway there!

12:33 am

harpjane

Has anyone found the 10 or 11 yet?

12:33 am

torgone

Holy sh4, hurshy! How fast do you type???

12:34 am

starchaser

WTF? How does everyone do it so fast?

12:34 am

Blaze

I have not got past 7 letter words yet...LOL

12:34 am

hurshy

i dunno, how fast do i type? no 10 or 11 for me

12:34 am

GreyWoulf

Took the words right out of my keyboard, tor!

12:34 am

hurshy

i've always been v. good at boggle... (smiles modestly)

12:35 am

GreyWoulf

So have I, hurshy, but boggle usuallly involved pen and paper, not typing :)

12:35 am

torgone

I kill (to death) at boggle. This is a bit tougher for me . .

12:35 am

Blaze

the more you babble the more you know the more you know the more you get.... LOL and lots of luck

12:36 am

EasternBlue

MAMABEAR!!

*Tackles in a big bear hug*

12:36 am

EasternBlue

Hi Everyone!!

12:37 am

hurshy

oh, well, i did take typing in HS. i guess i do around 60 wpm ordinary writing.

12:37 am

torgone

You are truly the King of The Forest, hurshy!

12:38 am

mamabear

(((((((((((((((((((EasternBlue )))))))))))))))))))))))))

12:38 am

GreyWoulf

That explains it, hursh -- i only type around 35 - 40 wpm

12:38 am

mamabear

last time I was tested, ...... 110 wpm with 1 error

12:38 am

GreyWoulf

Hi EB!

This is definitely a 'hot' grid tonight!

12:38 am

LeslieAnn

uh huh, sure, hurshy's TYPING skills explain everything *conceals eye roll* ;)

12:39 am

hurshy

ok but without brandyjack's list i don't know how much farther i can get...

12:39 am

hurshy

wow, go mama!

12:39 am

GreyWoulf

I saw that LA! :D

12:40 am

LeslieAnn

hey, i just hit 100, i've got no room to talk :)

12:40 am

mamabear

if only I could FIND the words as fast as I can type them!

12:40 am

renfield

or is that mental eye roll - like mental head slap

12:41 am

GreyWoulf

101 here, LA

12:41 am

starchaser

I'm at 109...still have alot more to go.

12:41 am

torgone

Of course fast typing is not all there is to it. It'sjust really impressive how some can crash these things out in very little time. I'm honestly in awe of the skill and intelligence of some of our stars, like hurshy.!!!!

12:42 am

EasternBlue

*sings*

In the jungle, the mighty jungle...the lion sleeps tonight...

12:42 am

Blaze

149 words here... will be leaving soon i have a big family party to get ready for tomorrow....

12:42 am

EasternBlue

do I start this puzzle??? I have a party & loads of shopping to do tomorrow...(or rather, today...)???

12:42 am

GreyWoulf

That is true too, torgone

(*raise glass in salute to the speed babblers*)

12:44 am

cybernan

163 here -- found myself typing a few twice already -- as if there aren't enough!

12:44 am

hurshy

well, i've slowed way down now. only 10 words since i got halfway.

12:44 am

Blaze

must go good nite....

12:45 am

hurshy

i bet debs is rockin' the puzzle but just isn't saying anything

12:45 am

mamabear

aweemawack....aweemawack...awe emawack..aweemawack

12:45 am

GreyWoulf

double checking using brandyjacks lis t is NOT going to be fun -- that is usually where I get my headache on the big boards :\

12:45 am

hurshy

b9!

12:46 am

GreyWoulf

G'nite Blaze -- have a GREAT day tomorrow!

(*HUG*)

12:46 am

EasternBlue

BINGO!

12:46 am

EasternBlue

night blaze!

12:46 am

mamabear

g'nite Blaze!!!

12:46 am

EasternBlue

thanks for joining in mama!

12:47 am

mamabear

why the BINGO?

12:48 am

LeslieAnn

hurshy called out b9, she had bingo. care to share a clue for that one, hurshy?

12:48 am

EasternBlue

someone said B9...it just seemed to fit!

12:49 am

mamabear

OH>>>>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA .... sorry. I'm very tired....

12:49 am

cybernan

G'night Blaze

12:49 am

hurshy

lol - it's plural of the prev be8, which is a compound word. it's the thing you sleep in plus a picture fr5

12:50 am

mamabear

thanks hurshy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:51 am

torgone

Ripping clue, hurshy!!

12:51 am

lshult

Ty hurshy, that clue gave me 4 quick words.
only 382 more and i'm done!!!!

12:52 am

licketySplitAUS

got my hundreth... out of here... by for now!

12:52 am

GreyWoulf

so long, lickety!

Catch you later!

12:53 am

mamabear

see ya lickety!!!!

12:53 am

hurshy

dang it, i've got two of the three u's and can't figure the other one

12:53 am

EasternBlue

bye lickety!

12:53 am

lshult

Finished the I's.
A small victory, but I think I'll take whatever I can get with this grid!!

12:54 am

harpjane

hurshy--i actually have all 3 u's. Would you like a clue?

12:54 am

licketySplitAUS

Goodluck with this one all! Ciao!!

12:54 am

starchaser

how do you know you are finished with a letter?

12:54 am

hurshy

yeah, i have the bear and the latin plural, what's the other?

12:54 am

lshult

you bet

12:54 am

GreyWoulf

Back in a bit -- time to rub Kirstens back :)

12:54 am

hurshy

starchaser - if you go pro, you get a grid that tells you how many start in each square

12:56 am

hurshy

harp?

12:56 am

harpjane

If you work a crossword with a pen you can't er***. Change the first letter.

12:57 am

hurshy

excellent, thanks! two letters down!

12:57 am

mamabear

bear? what bear?

12:58 am

EasternBlue

Mama - latin for bear...think of the stars...

12:58 am

harpjane

There's a bear in the U's, mama. Think Big Dipper (sort of).

1:00 am

mamabear

isn't the 2 letter list usually in babanon by now?

1:00 am

speedfreak sam

hi everyone!

1:01 am

torgone

You're up early, sam.

1:01 am

LeslieAnn

hello sam, look at all these lions!

1:02 am

mamabear

hey. if the be 8 can be a word... why doesn't carseat work?

1:02 am

hurshy

maybe it's just two words, mama?

1:02 am

harpjane

Must be the furniture nazis, mama!

1:02 am

hurshy

(i tried it too though)

1:03 am

speedfreak sam

torgone-it's only 7am.

1:03 am

mamabear

mornin sam!!!

1:04 am

torgone

Bit early - I try to sleep in till 8 on Sunday. Gigantic grid today, sammy. 474

1:05 am

mab

'Morning Sam!

1:05 am

starchaser

131... I need to hit the hay. I have to be up for work in 5 hours. Night all.

1:05 am

brandyjack

Stats posted at Babblers Anonymous. Good luck.........

1:05 am

speedfreak sam

I know what you mean there's an eleven!
Do you have it???

1:06 am

mamabear

good nite starchaser! sweet dreeemmmmzzzzzzz

1:06 am

cybernan

Calling it a night at 265 -- see you tomorrow. Cheers!

1:06 am

torgone

Not I, Samuelito. Got a 9 from a great clue by hurshy..

1:07 am

speedfreak sam

same heer!

1:07 am

EasternBlue

Hiya Sam!

ROAR!!!

1:08 am

speedfreak sam

sorry... HERE

1:08 am

harpjane

Thank you Brandy Jack. I'm doomed without you!

1:09 am

hurshy

oh, is it up?

1:09 am

Debs40ish

e11/104

1:10 am

mamabear

thanks BrandyJack!!!!! You are awesome!

1:10 am

mab

Yey Debs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:10 am

LeslieAnn

that debs, she's a babble machine

1:10 am

mamabear

g'nite cybernan!!!!! sleep well

1:10 am

speedfreak sam

oh just got to read me mail back in 5 mins!
ROARR!! (*^_^*)

1:11 am

GreyWoulf

Back again --

Thanks Brandyjack!

1:11 am

Debs40ish

en/11 To wrap or wind about with

1:11 am

torgone

Mrwowr >^_^<

1:12 am

hurshy

nice... thanks debs

1:12 am

Debs40ish

e10 is same ..... not plural

1:13 am

lshult

e11?
anyone want to point me in the right direction?

1:14 am

Debs40ish

en/11 and en/10

1:14 am

torgone

Debs - Marry me. No wait. That got me in trouble before . . .Date me . .

1:16 am

torgone

Ishult - The state(s) your shoe *strings* might be in?

1:16 am

speedfreak sam

ok I'm back!

1:17 am

Debs40ish

lol@torgone...

1:17 am

GreyWoulf

Thanks tor -- that got it for me! :)

1:17 am

Debs40ish

But Torg... do long distance romances work?.... Be a bit of a long haul to meet up for dinner!...... lol

1:18 am

mamabear

didn't work for me..... still hunting

1:18 am

LeslieAnn

211... not a bad start. g'night all.

1:19 am

GreyWoulf

See ya, LA -- (*sings*) Only in Kennya!

1:19 am

speedfreak sam

I have to go too.
BYE!

1:20 am

Debs40ish

Cya Leslie & Sam.. take care

1:20 am

GreyWoulf

so long, sam

1:21 am

renfield

later la & sam

1:21 am

EasternBlue

bye Leslie...

Bye Sam!

1:21 am

torgone

Why not? You never know. One really great dinner every couple years . . It's a start . .

1:21 am

Debs40ish

r8/50 r9/66..... friendly athletes

1:22 am

Debs40ish

And they do say absence makes the heart grow fonder! .. Well except in case of ex husband......lol

1:23 am

mamabear

found the en's..... go me!

1:23 am

GreyWoulf

Go MAMA! Go MAMA!

YAY!!

1:23 am

Norad

Hey Mama bear, another clue? still hunting...

1:24 am

torgone

LOL Debs! Absence of ex makes the heart grow . . .

1:24 am

hurshy

friendly athletes... hmm...

1:25 am

mamabear

en + another word for shoe strings (or the frilly stuff on a ladies lingerie) + what sidewalk is made of minus the first 2 letters.

1:25 am

Debs40ish

I have made a vow I will speak to him again one day though only through a medium!

1:25 am

hurshy

AAAAHHHH...

1:26 am

Norad

goodness gracious, got it now...thanks Mama and all

1:26 am

torgone

None of the athletes I ever knew were friendly . ..

1:27 am

chic

got the en 10 & 11 thanx, MamaB et al.

1:29 am

mamabear

found the r8 & r9... maybe I should quit while I am ... no never mind. I'm not ahead....

1:30 am

torgone

Throw us a bone, Mama. Still need help with those . .

1:31 am

GreyWoulf

Pleease!

1:31 am

hurshy

just hit 300!

1:32 am

Debs40ish

Theres an he9/66 as well...... someone whose withdrawn from society

1:33 am

hurshy

darn it, did we have that he the other day, debs?

1:34 am

mamabear

kind of a 2 part word - first part is Eve's mate in the garden... second part is an itty bitty insect

1:34 am

Debs40ish

Cant remember Hursy.. But I don't get to do them all because of work..

1:36 am

mamabear

oops sorry about the word posted

1:36 am

hurshy

no, i think i was thinking of something else debs

1:37 am

harpjane

368 words left to find. And tomorrow I am in the Chrismtas Music Vortex, familiar to musicians. Two rehearsals and one church service. Not as bad as last week.

1:38 am

mamabear

I wish I could hear you play, harpjane!!!! I hope it goes well - I'm sure it will be beautiful!!!! Enjoy!

1:38 am

mamabear

GW?? Torg??? Did you get em?

1:40 am

torgone

Got the ad7, but not the r8 & r9

1:40 am

GreyWoulf

nope

1:40 am

GreyWoulf

ad7 & 8, yes

r8/9 -nope

1:41 am

hurshy

alright, 309 and done with the a's, i guess i'm going to go to bed now. good luck all and see you tomorrow.

1:41 am

renfield

later harp - enjoy your day 8)

1:41 am

harpjane

Some of it's beautiful, some of it's automatic pilot. When you do TONS of music, you figure people will remember more about the good stuff than the mistakes.

1:41 am

GreyWoulf

G'nite Harpjane & hurshy,

Rest well

(*hugs*)

1:41 am

torgone

Good night, hurshy. We praise you and hold you most high..

1:42 am

mamabear

well slap my a@@ and call me Judy... I gave you the wrong clues.... the r8 & r9 - 2 words - first one is ra** - trying to go real fast and finish first - the second part is as in a game of chess - check****

1:42 am

renfield

r 8 - ra** track + soul ****
then plural

1:42 am

renfield

nite hurshy - sleep well 8)

1:42 am

mamabear

good nite harpjane & hurshy!!!!!!! sleep well & dream deep

1:42 am

chic

cr 8/50-ugh letters are going to be swirling in my head all nite instead of sugar plums dancing... nite all...

1:43 am

GreyWoulf

Thank you!

1:43 am

renfield

nite chic -

1:43 am

EasternBlue

bye harp...

bye hurshy

1:44 am

torgone

Thangkx Mama & ren!

1:44 am

GreyWoulf

Bye. chic -- pleasant dreams

(*hug*)

1:44 am

EasternBlue

night chic!

1:45 am

Norad

thanx MAMA "Judy", got them both...
:)

1:45 am

mamabear

you're welcome!
nite chic!
hey EB!!!!! How ya doin?

1:45 am

mamabear

LOL Norad!

1:45 am

EasternBlue

I've found 122 so far...

1:46 am

dalmatian5

My goodness!!!! Has anyone seen a puzzle this big before? I thought 300 was impossible!!!!

1:46 am

mab

night harpjane, eastern, hurshy, chic.

1:50 am

mamabear

I think I better call it a morning..... neck is starting to scream not nice things at me. ..... have fun y'all!!!!! (((((GW)))))) (((((EB))))))) (((((Torg)))))) ((((Debs))))) ((((Norad))))) (((((mab))))))) ((((dalmation))))) (((((renfield)))))) ((((chic))))) (((((anyone I missed!))))))

1:51 am

EasternBlue

night mamabear....

1:51 am

torgone

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((M AMA))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))

1:51 am

GreyWoulf

G'Nite Mama
((((((*BIG HUG*))))))
Sleep Well, Sleep Tight

1:51 am

mab

'night mamabear.

1:52 am

Norad

nite mama...i'm right behind you, but want that he9 before i go!!! ;0

1:53 am

renfield

nite mama (((huggies))))

1:55 am

Debs40ish

Nite Mame (((hugs))).. sweet dreams

1:56 am

Debs40ish

Mama even... sorry....lol x

2:00 am

EasternBlue

150 words down...too many to go tonight...

...in the jungle, the mighty jungle, eb lion sleeps tonight...

G'Night Everyone!!

2:01 am

mab

Sleep well, Eastern.

2:01 am

GreyWoulf

G'Nite EB --a weemowah a weemowah

2:02 am

renfield

nite eb - we sing that song to the mosquitos here -we say - their wings are wet - their wings are wet

2:16 am

micamonkey

morning

2:17 am

GreyWoulf

Falling asleep at the keyboard....zzzz....

Must go to sleep...zzzzz...

past the halfway point -- 230 to go!....zzzz...

(*hugs to all*) ....zzzzz.z.z.z.z.

TTFN...zzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2:18 am

mab

'night GW.

2:18 am

renfield

nite wolfie - sweet dreams -(((huggies)))

2:18 am

renfield

morning mica -

2:20 am

Debs40ish

Nite Woulf... sweet dreams

2:22 am

micamonkey

gosh first day in a long time i decided to hit the babble board again and there more than 400 words

2:31 am

Norad

Off to bed, finally finished the H's, thanx for the help all, 211 words in 2.5 hours...happy word hunting

2:33 am

renfield

nite norad

2:33 am

mab

Well done. Night Norad.

2:46 am

sherb

oh boy, 474 words ... cancel all plans!

another sunny day in London ... morning all :)

2:47 am

renfield

morning sherb - rainy nite in texas

2:50 am

sherb

morning ren ... I see you're wearing my favourite colour today :)

2:52 am

renfield

yes - thought we needed a little color 8)

3:09 am

lshult

Did I miss a clue for the h9?

3:12 am

mab

I believe the H9 is people who prefer solitude to society.

3:16 am

miametro

474 words? holy cow!

3:20 am

miametro

how can tassle not be a real word?

3:23 am

sherb

of course, I had to put that in, just to be sure! I think the Enable dictionary spells it -el

3:23 am

licketySplitAUS

mia, it's a german word...

3:23 am

licketySplitAUS

but you can use latin, french and japanese on this board!!

3:27 am

lshult

Still lost with the h9?

3:30 am

sherb

lshult - your fridge has a he****ic seal around it ... replace the last letters ...

3:30 am

lshult

"only" 299 words to go!!!

3:32 am

miametro

i can't get that 9 either.

3:35 am

lshult

finally got it

3:37 am

miametro

little help?

3:37 am

licketySplitAUS

its a bugger of a word... you could read it as someone who makes a life of being a recluse he****ist

3:38 am

miametro

yeah, but isn't that spelt with an i?

3:40 am

miametro

finally got it. what a horrid word

3:42 am

licketySplitAUS

yes mia, it's a sucky word, originated from sucktown and sucks all around

3:43 am

miametro

i can't believe you can make 43 words from the c.

3:48 am

lshult

only found 19 c's so far

3:48 am

miametro

i've made 105 words. blimey. somehow i don't think i'll be finishing the puzzle today!

3:49 am

licketySplitAUS

ishult, same here!! but just found 4 more in the last minute... what do you have?

3:52 am

licketySplitAUS

mia, I have 222 and am stuck!! Very frustrating!!

3:53 am

sherb

lickety - there's a second letter list at Babblers Anon - link on the right of the screen ...

3:54 am

licketySplitAUS

sherb, thanks

3:55 am

ExWren

Four hundred and ****** seventy four words?????
There just are not enough hours in the day for this one.
But I just had to find the en11 first.

3:55 am

miametro

i always try not to use that until i can't find any more on my own. heh. seems more right that way.

3:59 am

licketySplitAUS

even with the word list hint... can't get any more ca's... grrrrr!

4:00 am

sherb

me too, mia ... and it also depends on the size of the puzzle and how much time I've got ...

4:00 am

miametro

i found the baby cow caught me out.

4:00 am

sherb

lickety - have you tried the babbler's other favourite tool - a2zwordfinder.c om?

4:04 am

licketySplitAUS

sherb... nice one! got all the ca5's in about a minute!!

4:13 am

miametro

does anyone have the 11?

4:17 am

licketySplitAUS

en10 plural

4:27 am

firebird

hi, everbody

4:29 am

Eva

Good mornin everyone. Been too busy to say hello for a while - 220 words and slowing down. Does anyone have the 10?

4:30 am

Eva

sorry - see that it was just posted. Now I have to hunt it down.

4:31 am

Eva

weird. I typed in the en10 before, had the 11, but for some reason the 10 didn't take.

4:48 am

Eva

Was it something I said?

4:51 am

sherb

hi Eva and firebird :)

I was just away getting dressed and now I'm off to get the papers ... back later :)

4:52 am

mad

hi Eva I'm here on and off. I haven't been at it to long.

4:53 am

Eva

Thanks guys.....this is always the quiet time-between zones, except for us early birds (or insomniacs)..

4:55 am

firebird

Hello, Sherb and all

5:00 am

Eva

Finally got the cr7 & 8!!! Nice words. Not esoteric at all.

5:02 am

firebird

what is en and cr pls??? :-)

5:05 am

Eva

the en's : a noun made out of a verb which means to twist together- think of doing up your shoes.

the cr-think urns

5:05 am

firebird

ok,, thanks..

5:06 am

Eva

firebird-let me know if those work for you. I'm going to do my usual feeding of wood stoves and cat and then will return.

5:07 am

firebird

okies will do stroke the cat 4 me :-)

5:24 am

mousakka

Any hints for BE9/96.....Please

5:28 am

lshult

be9= what you sleep on + what you put your photos in

5:29 am

mousakka

thanx

5:35 am

Eva

Back- everything stoked and stroked. Just have to find the remaining 220 (gulp)

6:00 am

Poo's Mom

good morning...

6:01 am

periwinkle

Good Morning, Poo's Mom and everyelse too. Looks like a big one.

6:02 am

Eva

good morning poo's mom. very, very quiet here this morning-everyone still asleep or not coming up for air...going very slowly at 282 words and hoping for some inspiration from others.

6:04 am

Poo's Mom

poo's still snoozing but we'll be off to do the laundry soon

6:08 am

Eva

Down to 189 remaining. If I just pretent that I'm beginning a 189 word puzzle maybe I'll have more luck?

6:09 am

Poo's Mom

that might work eva! LOL

6:26 am

Eva

why isn't snarf a word? Our cat snarfs us with his nose all the time. And we reciprocate.

6:30 am

Babbler

*refresh*

I'm the King of the Foreeeeeeeeeeeeeest! :D

hi all! jaw-dropper of a grid! wow!

6:31 am

Uneaixoise

morning, babbler!

6:32 am

Eva

Good morning Babbler.

6:32 am

Poo's Mom

Hi babs! Love your icon. Must run and beat the crowd to the laundry mat now. i'll be back!

6:33 am

Babbler

Hi Eva, Hi Une.Hi Poo's Mom. : )
Is it me, or is this the biggest grid to date?

6:33 am

speedfreak sam

Hi everyone!

6:33 am

Eva

and unea. I have 175 left to go and can't see anything anymore. Hopefully the two of you will be full of your usual brilliance and clues. The vultures are circling.

6:33 am

Babbler

SAM!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to your day!!! :D

6:34 am

speedfreak sam

thanks babbler!

6:34 am

Babbler

my pleasure! do you recognise my icon?

6:35 am

speedfreak sam

yep *scardey pants*
(*^_^*)

6:36 am

Eva

babbler - can't quite make it out. Is it Bert Lahr from the Wizard of Oz?

6:36 am

Babbler

lol!! yup! :D

"put 'em uuuuuup!"

6:36 am

Uneaixoise

courage!

6:36 am

speedfreak sam

roar.

6:37 am

Babbler

I don't know the actor's name, Eva, but yes, it's the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz

6:40 am

Babbler

I'm very tempted to jump into this grid, even though I promised myself no more big grids! I think this is the biggest I've ever seen!

6:40 am

Babbler

LOL!!! I need c c c c c c c courage!

6:41 am

Eva

Makes me think of an old political joke: (I'm not doing anything useful with my brain, so might as well):

George Bush (senior), Dan Quayle(remember him?) and Bill Clinton land in Oz. Bush says "If I only had a heart". Quayle say "If I only had brain", and Clinton says "I wonder where Dorothy is".

6:41 am

Babbler

lol Eva! Haven't heard that one! : D

6:41 am

speedfreak sam

babbler- who long have you been playing babble

6:41 am

Uneaixoise

i've got that picture, eva--it was terrific!

6:42 am

Babbler

since 7 August, Sam. when did you start?

6:42 am

Uneaixoise

and cheney says, "if i only had a heart"

6:43 am

Eva

Yes, we have many who could speak that line convincingly.

6:43 am

speedfreak sam

around november 2005

6:43 am

Uneaixoise

so true

6:44 am

Babbler

we're both pretty much newbies, compared to some players, Sam. I wonder if there's been a bigger grid?

6:45 am

speedfreak sam

there was one with 418

6:47 am

speedfreak sam

does anyone have the 11???

6:48 am

Eva

sam- if you look back a while there are good clues for the 11. It begins with en10 and then the plural.

6:49 am

speedfreak sam

I cant do any of the others.

6:50 am

Eva

They are nouns, made out of a verb that has to do with tying up your shoes. It means to twist together.

6:51 am

Alien

ok I just started--is there and extra "al" word that is not on the list? Specifically an " al 4/4 "

6:53 am

Eva

alien, I can't use the list for this big a puzzle - destroys my vision and neck, so I'm just free styling here for the moment.Will probably look at the list when (yeah,fat chance) I'm down to under 30. Now I'm still missing 168!

6:57 am

Babbler

Good going, Eva! I know what you mean, that's what's putting me off playing this big a grid - too painful! Was it ok getting to the point you're at now?

6:59 am

speedfreak sam

I can't get the eleven.

7:05 am

Atalante

there was a 500+grid once that I remember!

7:07 am

speedfreak sam

wow! I have to go eat be back in a mo..

7:08 am

Babbler

hi Atalante : ) when was that?

7:09 am

Atalante

way before the newer influxes of people! I can't remember - not long after I started ... which was ages ago

7:12 am

Babbler

I'm scared of this grid. : /
I'll go get the papers and think about it.....
My icon was an apt choice, wasn't it? lol

7:12 am

Atalante

I'm scared of it too. Why I just started, I'll never know!

7:13 am

Babbler

heh heh.... I haven't entered a single word! been listening to music and drinking tea instead.... (avoidance tactics!)

7:14 am

Atalante

I just started with the firm idea in my head that I've no intention of finishing it, just having fun. Easier that way!

7:14 am

EasternBlue

Babbler...you're smart...I 'checked' it out at the 'flip' and then started to enter words after I said I wasn't going to!!

Hello Everyone!

7:15 am

Babbler

EB !!! :D xxx

7:15 am

Uneaixoise

jump in, babbler--you can do it!

7:16 am

Babbler

that's a good way of looking at it, Atalante. I started off like that.... now I seem to be determined to finish. Maybe I need to take a leaf out of your book. : )

7:16 am

Babbler

but Une, I haven't got any c c c c c c c c courage! : /

7:16 am

Atalante

I'm usually determined to finish, but with this one? I know its probably unrealistic ... so I'm giving up the competitiveness for one day!

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

just follow the yellow brick road . . . . follow follow follow follow

7:17 am

EasternBlue

the other day (I think it was a 290)...I thought I had 2 1/2 hours to finish a grid (it was a late night & I wasn't paying attention)...I got 1/2 the grid completed without going crazy!

7:18 am

EasternBlue

Babs - it's there inside you all along!

7:18 am

Babbler

I think that was another one I skipped, EB. I was sorely tempted, but managed to resist... : /

7:19 am

EasternBlue

See...you do have courage!!

7:19 am

Babbler

lol Une! Now I've got that song on my brain..... : )

7:20 am

Babbler

I haven't got the c c c courage to play such a big grid, though, EB.. : /

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

just watch out for flying monkeys!

7:20 am

Atalante

its exactly the same as a "normal" grid! just a bit ... bigger ...

7:21 am

Babbler

lol! we had monkeys as our theme on Friday! gosh, definitely a wizard of oz thing going on right now!

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

i have a friend who, well into adulthood, still had nightmares about those flying monkeys!

7:24 am

Babbler

well, I'm off to get the papers. mayyyyyyybe see you later....... ; )

7:25 am

Atalante

as if you'll be able to resist much longer ...!

7:25 am

EasternBlue

Babs - you can always come back to just 'chat'!!

7:26 am

Babbler

*chortle* I probably will, EB! ...and continue to resist the urge to enter a word for the next 16 hours! lol

7:29 am

EasternBlue

Babs....that would be a record I believe...!!

7:36 am

speedfreak sam

I'm back!

7:37 am

EasternBlue

Hello again Sam!

7:46 am

shorty

hello everyone wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to big for me today

7:47 am

EasternBlue

hi shorty!

7:47 am

speedfreak sam

Hi shorty!

7:49 am

shorty

I think this is the biggest puzzle I'v seen yet

7:50 am

speedfreak sam

Once they had 500+

7:50 am

shorty

oh I may not of been here yet

7:51 am

speedfreak sam

I wasn't either atlante told me.

7:52 am

shorty

well who ever is going to challenge this one you all have a great day I have to go for now bye bye

7:53 am

speedfreak sam

bye shorty

7:53 am

EasternBlue

bye shorty!

7:53 am

shorty

bye s s

7:54 am

shorty

bye e b

8:01 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, monster of a babble, I am stuck on ra8, got the first four letters as in driving a car fast but really stuck ont he last 4 any help with a clue??

8:01 am

EasternBlue

Marc -
this was a clue from last night...

check _ _ _ _

8:03 am

Marc Freeman

Yes and I still can't figure out the last 4 letters

8:05 am

Plebian

Marc
Think of having a pal along on the ride during the ra**

8:05 am

EasternBlue

Marc - you say it in chess....
or what an Aussie might call a friend

8:06 am

melissamay

Marc, the person that you live with in college is your room****.

8:08 am

Marc Freeman

Slap my head I got it.

Anyone have a clue for en10

8:09 am

melissamay

It's the noun form of another word for entwine -- with a similar construction. The earlier clue said think of what you do with your shoes, then plural.

8:10 am

EasternBlue

marc...

en + 'shoe' _ _ _ _ + 'apart'_ _ _ _

the ll is the plural

8:12 am

Marc Freeman

Sorry don't get the shoe

8:13 am

EasternBlue

Marc - you tie them...

8:16 am

Babbler

oooh!! guess what? The Wizard of Oz is on tv today!!! yayyyyyyyyy!! :D (sorry, just had to share....)

8:17 am

melissamay

My fave movie, Babbler...have fun watching it!

8:17 am

EasternBlue

great movie!

8:17 am

Babbler

I love that film so much : )

8:18 am

melissamay

Soo...does anyone have any of the big em words? I don't even see the small ones!

8:18 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks I got the en6 now working on the last two letters, am I in the right direction?

8:18 am

Babbler

EB, I've got a plan..... I'm going to do today's jobs, then an hour on my bike, then I'll play!! Gotta have a go at the monster grid!

8:18 am

EasternBlue

no...

8:19 am

EasternBlue

Babs - resistance is futile!

8:20 am

EasternBlue

but that sounds like a good plan!!

8:20 am

Babbler

do you like my icon? I took a b&w photo and souped it up!

8:21 am

EasternBlue

wow! I thought it was an actual art piece!! verrrry cool!!!!!!!!

8:21 am

Marc Freeman

Eastern was that no for me. If so where am I going wrong.

8:21 am

melissamay

Yes, Marc, the big ens are derived from the en 6/21. Think the m___ (mind) strain of completing this puzzle for the last 4 letters of it.

8:21 am

Babbler

tee hee!! I can't draw like you can, so I have to go down other avenues!

8:22 am

Gwen

melissamay, MA8/50 there was a ma8 at LittleBigHorn to Gen. Custer's men

8:22 am

Eva

Babbler-sort to have dropped out of sight but was soaking in the tub with epson salts. So, no, I can't play for more than aboiiut 15 mninutes without causing pain that doesn't necessarily lift when I stop. But of course I get caught up and go for too long. You'd think I'd know better by the ripe old age of 56, but no.Sounds like you know the story all too well yourself.

8:22 am

EasternBlue

sorry Marc...the no was for the em's

8:23 am

melissamay

Gwen, I was actually looking for the EMs...but that was a nice big MA that I didn't have, so thanks anyway!

8:23 am

Babbler

yes, Eva. I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, so I'm in the same boat as you... : / boring, isn't it? : (

8:24 am

Eva

Saw a good T-shirt the other day: "Don't make me send the flying monkeys after you!"

They scared me a lot more than the witches when I was little. I used to close my eyes when they appeared.

8:24 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks I don't get it I typed in that word before and it didn't work.

Have to go now with 333 left. Thanks all and see you later.

8:25 am

Gwen

em7/36 - The white stones are diamonds, the green ones are em7

8:25 am

melissamay

The big be words are fun -- some nice ones in there! I especially like the be 7/78 combo meaning old woman.

8:25 am

EasternBlue

Bye Marc...

8:25 am

Eva

Babbler-well, we're fibro buddies. A pain in the a__ (except that's one of the few places it isn't) isn't it? And I refuse to not enjoy life anyway, so so most of what I want, sometimes on medication if it gets too bad, but still moving. Went to bed feeling fine, thinking of painting the bathroom this morning, and woke at 4 am very much not fine. Oh well, so it goes.

8:26 am

melissamay

Ah Gwen, thank you so much! Appropriate, given the film everyone's talking about.

8:27 am

Babbler

I hear you, Eva! : /
Pleasure to meet a fibro-buddy! You'll have to let me know what the advice is in the states, and I'll share what they say in the UK... babbler_2005@yahoo.co.uk

8:27 am

Gwen

need clue for last as7. I have the back of the boat

8:28 am

melissamay

Sorry, Gwen, I wish I could help but I don't have it either.

8:28 am

Eva

It's a deal Babbler- I have to get off now so my husband can use the phone, but will write later.

8:29 am

EasternBlue

Gwen...I don't have it yet...

8:29 am

Babbler

ok, speak to you later, Eva!
me too - time to crack on with my jobs. ttfn everyone!

8:31 am

EasternBlue

Bye Eva...

Bye Babs...

see you later!

8:38 am

Gwen

Does anyone have the as7/36?

8:41 am

broll

as7/36 - a flower (I think); or think of a non-moving pollinating insect

8:49 am

harpjane

For the record, I have fibromyalgia too.

8:50 am

evanonut

i'm here! don't start this party without me!

8:50 am

harpjane

Anybody have the AD's?

8:51 am

Atalante

that sounds remarkably like a disease ...

8:53 am

evanonut

an acquaintance of mine has fibromyalgia - dang difficult thing to deal with.

8:54 am

Gwen

ad7/36 Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding. inflexible.

8:55 am

Gwen

or..First man + tiny worker picnic pest

8:58 am

harpjane

Got the AD's. I'm up to a whopping 126 words. Off to the Christmas Music Vortex....two rehearsals and a church service....

8:59 am

Gwen

having trouble with the non-moving pollinating insect. can't find pupa. as7/36 is driving me crazy

9:00 am

EasternBlue

Gwen...as 7 is getting to me too...

9:01 am

DarleenMB

holy 4 letter words!!! 474?!!!! Is this the biggest grid we've had? do I dare even START this monster? What's he going to do to us tomorrow? {thud}

9:01 am

Atalante

as7 - another name for the plant _Spirea_

9:02 am

DarleenMB

oh yeah. good morning everyone.

9:02 am

evanonut

* tosses cold water on darleen *

9:03 am

EasternBlue

*waves smelling salts over darleen's nose*

9:03 am

evanonut

there there * pats hand * its not so bad

9:03 am

DarleenMB

thans even ... eb... I think I think oooooh my head

9:04 am

Munner

Good morning everyone. 474 words!!! I usually try to get half of them before I get a break...Have church in 2 hours so that won't happen today.

9:04 am

evanonut

trying to balance this with christmas wrapping today.

9:05 am

Gwen

Thanks Atlante!!! Got it with your clue

9:05 am

DarleenMB

Balance? Evan you must be joking?!

to start or not to start. Oh drat. The clue for spirea got me and I entered the word before I could stop myself. ack.

9:06 am

EasternBlue

and the tangled web of babble engages another!!

9:06 am

evanonut

darleen, i got narcotics...would you like one?

9:07 am

DarleenMB

um, yes, please Evan. Pass 'em over.

9:07 am

evanonut

the thing about these big puzzles is, so long as i don't think about that final number, i feel like i'm doing a really good job.

9:07 am

evanonut

one or two dar dear?

9:08 am

DarleenMB

Well yeah. It's real easy to get a couple hundred words with little effort. Then the real fun begins. {gag}

9:08 am

DarleenMB

Oh evan, one will be plenty. thanks.

9:09 am

evanonut

chucks a good pill at dar

9:09 am

DarleenMB

{gulp} got it evan. thanks again. whew. ok, all if fine. ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmm

9:10 am

evanonut

now get to work!

9:10 am

DarleenMB

yeah only 465 to go. :-P

9:14 am

Eva

I have 310 words. You'd think that would be cause for celebratioin, but nooooooo......

9:15 am

DarleenMB

damn Eva, you been up all night??

9:16 am

DarleenMB

Ooh just saw the tshirt post from earlier. Got a good one ... I was going to conquer the world but got distracted by something sparkly. hee hee. hubby says that's me all right.

9:16 am

smaller

eva-
well I'm impressed with you. I have 37.

good luck to you all today!

9:17 am

evanonut

closing in on the first hundred - wooo woooo

9:17 am

Eva

No, woke up at 4 am and began playing, then breaks for bath,cat, wood, and back again.

9:18 am

DarleenMB

um, you bathed the cat? giggle

9:18 am

evanonut

ooooh - wood, thanks for the reminder eva

9:19 am

Eva

If I had bathed the cat I would now be applying bandages (to myself, not him). He does not suffer such indignities quietly.

9:20 am

DarleenMB

lol, yeah, I know, I know. We had a white cat once who got locked in our dirt floor garage overnight. We HAD to bathe him as the previuos owner had poured motor oil on the dirt to keep the dust down. THAT was fun. not.

9:21 am

evanonut

my cats take it in stride, of course they're odd. they also like the vet.

9:21 am

Eva

Yes,mine can turn into the cat from hell when threatend by water-although he likes to watch it and loves being brushed.

9:22 am

DarleenMB

We had a cat (our all time best, btw) who (being part manx) LOVED the water. He'd climb right into the tub with you.

9:23 am

EasternBlue

does that darn as 7 really exist?? I cannot get it for the life of me!!!

9:23 am

Eva

don't let your present cat hear that. Ours is part Maine Coon, so very doglike, following us from room to room, but everything has to be on his terms - not a lap cat.

9:24 am

DarleenMB

yup, EB, sorry. It was the first word I got (thanks a lot atlante for sucking me into the monster grid)

9:24 am

DarleenMB

Eva, hubby wants a maine coon. We love our kitties. (don't tell the dog)

9:24 am

lianakate

morning all..I nearly fainted when I saw the amount of words in puzzle~~ Whio has the time to find them all...I have found 207 and am..BOGGLED out...yikes.

9:24 am

evanonut

cousin had a main coon - evil viscious creature if ever i saw one

9:25 am

Eva

Eastern Blue - it's hard if you're not a gardener. Try this:

a + part of an s word for motionless + part of a word for a black & yellow honey maker.

9:25 am

DarleenMB

morning liana, try drugs, it'll help, LOL

9:26 am

periwinkle

melissmay, I can't find the be7 meaning old woman, help please

9:27 am

DarleenMB

peri try part of b (something that rings) + slang for woman

9:27 am

Munner

Eva - a honey of a clue. Thanks

9:27 am

Eva

I think like all animals, the meanness has little to do with the breed and more to do with the individual, sometimes trauma. Ours had been abused as a kitten, and it took him a long time to figure out that life could be good and safe. But he is very affectionate now, and mainly refrains from mauling us. Since he's only part Maine Coon (the rest is black & white longhair) he doesn't have the usual mammoth size - 23-25 pounds. Our next cat (but of course Merp is going to live forever!) will be a Maine Coon, if we can find one at the pound.

9:28 am

periwinkle

Darleen, thanks so much, found them both right away with your great clue

9:28 am

Eva

Thanks Darlene & munner!

9:28 am

DarleenMB

y/w eva

9:30 am

EasternBlue

YEAH!!!!! dag-nab as! got it! thank you for the non-gardening clue!!

9:30 am

lianakate

Ha..Darleen. I tried lexipro..and its only making me tired..ha..at least not depressed..LOL.

9:30 am

Eva

great Eastern Blue!

9:31 am

DarleenMB

Ah liana, I'm using the "virtual" kind, hahaha. But I'm ready for a motrin.

9:33 am

lianakate

okay..*sigh*..213 and am calling it quits..maybe back tonight..GOOD LUCK to you die hards~~~ xoxoxox

9:34 am

Munner

bye, lianakate. I'll be leaving soon. Will definitely get back this evening.

9:34 am

EasternBlue

bye liana...

9:34 am

Eva

Have to stop, have to stop, have to stop.....someone please, come and take me away!

9:35 am

DarleenMB

no way eva, if I have to suffer I need company.

9:35 am

EasternBlue

*big hook swipes eva off the stage*

9:36 am

Eva

Thank you Eastern Blue! Bad doggie Darlene!

9:36 am

evanonut

darleen, you are sooooo positive, i can't hardly stand it

9:36 am

evanonut

i'm thinking that if i find five words for every gift i wrap...

9:36 am

DarleenMB

moi? positive?

9:37 am

evanonut

you exude positivity - or is it you positively exude something...* hmmm *

9:39 am

Uneaixoise

"only" 99 to go--woohoo!!

9:39 am

DarleenMB

(looking up from the grid) eh? Somebody talking about me again?

9:40 am

Munner

Now I'm really getting it--just finished all the word for two letters :) Guess which 2 letters, heehee?

9:40 am

evanonut

nope

9:41 am

DarleenMB

hm. Why do I feel like a zebra with a lion lurking in the bush? (nervously looking over shoulder)

9:42 am

evanonut

for darleen

* BOO! *

9:42 am

marigold

peri - I found the ice shoes you wanted

9:43 am

DarleenMB

(JUMPS OUT OF SKIN!!)

Don't DO that! hahahaha

9:43 am

evanonut

he he he !

9:43 am

periwinkle

marigold, thanks, I will play a little longer. Would today be good to pick them up.

9:44 am

marigold

yes i will be going out in an hour

9:45 am

periwinkle

marigold, call me when you get back then, okay?

9:48 am

cybernan

Good morning everyone -- don't know if it's been mentioned before, but I think there is an am 4/5 missing from brandyjack's list.

9:49 am

Munner

Whew! (taking a deep breath), made it halfway to 238 words. Now a sprint to bathe, get dressed, eat a bite, and leave for church in less than an hour. Good luck everyone.

9:49 am

firebird

good morning cybernan from the UK.

9:50 am

EasternBlue

mornin' c-nan...

9:50 am

firebird

how do we know how many poss words there r in the puzzle??

9:51 am

cybernan

scratch that last message -- figured it out, nothing is missing from the list.

9:52 am

Nicola1106

How do we view the list of word length n scores?

9:52 am

cybernan

good morning firebird
good morning eastern

474 words

9:52 am

EasternBlue

firebird - when you are pro - you have a stats panel...
also under Babblers Anon (link on the right) - under General - Stats...the 2nd letter list is posted...
or ask a pro -
there's 474!!

9:53 am

firebird

ok eastern,,, thanks :-)

9:54 am

cybernan

Nicola -- look under Friends of Babble -- click on Bab. anon - click on general - stats - you will find a 2 letter word list posted by Brandyjack.

9:56 am

Nicola1106

YAY thankyou!

9:57 am

Blaze

good morning to all.....

9:58 am

firebird

mornig blaze

9:59 am

speedfreak sam

Howdy partners!

10:00 am

Blaze

Fire bird are you new to babble ??

10:02 am

firebird

yes blaze,, i am :-)

10:02 am

Blaze

good luck.... just remember the more you do the more easier it gets.... where are you in the world.?

10:03 am

periwinkle

Welcome, firebird, but beware this game is very Addicting!

10:03 am

DarleenMB

oh great, peri... NOW you tell me!

10:03 am

EasternBlue

Dar - LOL!!
welcome firebird...

10:04 am

Blaze

now that is just another la 6/21 addictive ROFLOL....at 8:03 am....

10:05 am

marigold

peri I am leaving now will not be out long

10:06 am

periwinkle

Up to 238, time for another break ttfn

10:06 am

DarleenMB

see ya peri...

10:07 am

DarleenMB

oh joy, I've passed 100!

10:08 am

EasternBlue

bye peri...bye mari...

10:09 am

firebird

Sorry delay,, Blaze i am in the uk so new puzzle stars with me at 06:00 local each dat and thanks 4 the best wishes :-)

10:10 am

Blaze

firebird.... there are lots from the uk that play babbble. you will see people from all over the world on here.... depending on the time of the day ....or nite...

10:10 am

smaller

oh darleen - thanks for your icon!

10:11 am

firebird

ok ,, yes this is such good fun...

10:11 am

DarleenMB

smaller .. I can't seem to change it. sigh. Isn't Jake just the hottest?

10:11 am

DarleenMB

oh wait. I meant "cutest" ... unhuh. That's it "cutest."

10:12 am

smaller

oh yes, darleen.
downright adorable!

10:13 am

rosalind230

Hi all sure is a huge puzzle today

10:13 am

DarleenMB

it must be the santa hat, right?

10:13 am

DarleenMB

hi rosalind. Yeah 474. eep.

10:14 am

smaller

ok. sure.
just so cute, just makes you want to pinch those cheeks.
even tho you can't see them.
hahahahaha

10:15 am

DarleenMB

smaller! You dickens you!!!

10:15 am

DarleenMB

And I don't think they're pinchable. Probably too tight. meowr.

10:15 am

smaller

what?
ok speaking of huge. gotta get back to the puzzle. so easy to get sucked in by you impressionable chatters

10:16 am

DarleenMB

smaller ... you know ... too tight. Buns of steel and all that.

10:16 am

smaller

impressionable not right word.
i think that makes me sound bad

10:17 am

DarleenMB

naw. makes US sound bad, lol

10:17 am

DarleenMB

oh no wait. You were right. gah. must take break now

10:17 am

smaller

oh believe me.
i've got quite the visual of what you're talking about.
oh wait I mean, no. i have no idea what you're talking about. tell me more : )

10:18 am

DarleenMB

Oh I don't think I need to spell anything out for you smaller. Looks like you've got a good (ahem) handle on things as it is.

10:18 am

Blaze

Hey.... I am in the grid to day.... yeah me.

10:18 am

DarleenMB

ah, so you are! thanks :-)

10:19 am

smaller

yay you!!

Hey Speedfreak Sam, HAPPY LION DAY!!!

10:20 am

speedfreak sam

Thanks smaller!

10:20 am

firebird

Just seen your stat Blaze,, WD :-)

10:21 am

smaller

oh dear.
I didn't mean visual like seeing. think mental picture.
no handle available, but needed hahahahahaha

10:22 am

smaller

yw Sam!
Just so you know. I spent AN HOUR finding the right lion. AN HOUR. That's a lot of babble words not looked up JUST FOR YOU!!!! : )

10:23 am

speedfreak sam

awww you did that for me..
It took me 2 hours to get a lion
It wouldn't upload!

10:24 am

Blaze

Well I have a big family party to get ready for.... so will be off now... probably won't be back until the change.. 191 words complete....

10:25 am

firebird

ok Blaze enjoy the party,, see u laters.....

10:26 am

EasternBlue

bye Blaze

10:26 am

speedfreak sam

Bye blaze!
I have to go too I have sucked the grid dry and have found a whoping 114 words not bad for a nine year old (*^_^*)

10:26 am

smaller

bye blaze!

yep sam, just for you! AND i normally don't babble on Sundays. oh yeah it's a SAM LION DAY!!!! Anything for my favorite youngest babbler!

10:27 am

EasternBlue

way to go Sam!!

10:28 am

speedfreak sam

thanks guys I'm off my eyes are officially boggled.
(>_^)

10:29 am

EasternBlue

Sam...

ROAR!! Have a good evening!!

10:30 am

smaller

Sam,

ROAR ROAR ROAR too!

10:31 am

smaller

ok now will you people just stop being enteraining, I have work to do.

10:32 am

smaller

oops

t's are so important to meanin

10:32 am

smaller

oops
so are g's
ok yep i have to go

10:33 am

EasternBlue

bye smaller...

10:37 am

speedfreak

week before Xmas, not done shopping ,decorating, wrapping, cooking and I start a 400 word puzzle!!!!

10:42 am

EasternBlue

speed...welcome to the madness!

10:46 am

EasternBlue

well kids...gotta go for now!

Have fun!!

10:46 am

hurshy

alrighty, i'm back, awake, and ready to find my last 165.

10:46 am

hurshy

oh, auntie, you're going?

10:47 am

speedfreak

Bye EB Have a great day!!

10:47 am

firebird

bye eastern

10:49 am

Alien

any clues for "an 6/21" ???

10:51 am

hurshy

an 6/21 - like the en6 that is the basis for the really long en's except for the first letter

11:02 am

Jera

474??? Shoot me now...

11:03 am

hurshy

*paintball sploshes on jera*

11:04 am

Jera

*falls to the ground covered in purple goo*

11:04 am

hurshy

*hurshy holds out hand to help jera up*

11:05 am

Jera

*accepts hand... jumps up and brushes self off*

Greetings, all!

(wonders when's the last time anybody swept up around here)

11:06 am

hurshy

alright, jera, you feel better now? start finding those words!!! :)

11:07 am

Jera

What?? I was doing such a good job of stalling...

11:07 am

hurshy

no time for stalling today...

11:08 am

Jera

*decides to sweep up chatroom to keep stalling from finding words*

11:08 am

Babbler

Jera, I've stalled all day! Still not entered a word yet..... don't have any c c c c c courage... : )

11:09 am

GreyWoulf

Don't worry Jera -- the 1st 200 go real quick!!
;D

11:09 am

hurshy

i can give you some babbler!

11:09 am

GreyWoulf

Hi all, doing some surfing and had to check in:)

11:10 am

Babbler

you seen the Wizard, then, hurshy? he's on in 45 mins here.... (tv) : )

11:10 am

hurshy

i think he was on last night here

11:10 am

Jera

*hums cheerfully... still sweeping*

11:11 am

Babbler

*Babs gets the duster*

11:11 am

ZA

whats up with all the lions today

11:12 am

Babbler

it's lion day, for speedfreak sam. : )

11:12 am

hurshy

ZA- that's the theme

11:12 am

Jera

I have fond memories of my Sprite being in the Wizard of Oz... she was in the chorus, so to speak... lotsa bit parts... she was a munchkin, a flying monkey, a ghost (not a jitterbug) & and an Ozian... good times...

11:12 am

hurshy

guys, just start with the da's, they aren't so bad.

11:13 am

Babbler

the a's and the r's look hideous..... : /

11:14 am

hurshy

this should have been "little engine that could" day

11:15 am

Babbler

no, I think the Cowardly Lion just about covers it! lol !

11:15 am

GreyWoulf

Babbler -- I request that Monday, the 26th, be badger day for my daughter :)

11:16 am

Babbler

hi GW! soz, but mtnjock already nabbed tomorrow for pics. Could do Tuesday?

11:16 am

speedfreak

'cmon Babbler and Jera just enter 1 little word to get started.....

11:16 am

ZA

badger day? is that as creative as the lion day?

11:16 am

Jera

*starts polishing windows, humming happily*

11:16 am

Babbler

ooooh! you mean Boxing Day, GW!! of course!

11:16 am

hurshy

babs - he said the 26th, that's not tomorrow it's next mon

11:16 am

GreyWoulf

Babbler - I said NEXT Monday, bab -- the day after Xmas

11:17 am

Babbler

i think I need to ask the Wizard for a brain as well..... :/

11:17 am

GreyWoulf

LOL, :)

11:17 am

hurshy

can you guys live with yourselves if a 9 year old boy can try this puzzle and you can't?

11:17 am

Jera

What kind of photos tomorrow? Like family? Or like us?

11:17 am

speedfreak

Jera: There is some reallly fun words here...just try it

11:17 am

Babbler

quite happily, hurshy. I'm not proud! (unlike normal lions!)

11:18 am

Babbler

dunno, Jera. I was going to post a pic I'd taken (if I can find one that's ok)

11:18 am

hurshy

lol

11:19 am

Jera

I could scan my driver's license photo... oh wait, halloween's over...

11:20 am

evanonut

back to type in some more words...ho hum.

11:20 am

Babbler

GW, I just put badgers in my handbag. : )

11:21 am

Jera

*slowly and fearfully types in a word...*

be6/30... how appropriate is that??

11:21 am

hurshy

done through the d's!

11:22 am

Babbler

dunno, Jera... can't see it... :/

*picks up duster again*

11:22 am

GreyWoulf

ZA -- the idea behind the icon theme days is just to have fun seeing what kind of diverse imagery we can come up with -- participation is voluntary

My 2yo daughter LOVES the Badger, Badger, Badger flash and always asks to see it when I log on, thus the theme is born ;)

11:23 am

GreyWoulf

Thanks, Bab!

(*hug*)

11:23 am

hurshy

go jera, go jera!

11:23 am

Babbler

my pleasure, GW! anything for a little'un : )

11:25 am

speedfreak

ok Babbler your turn...enter a word....'cmon you know you want to....

11:25 am

Babbler

*looks at the clock*

well, would you credit it? it's time to make dinner! lol!

11:25 am

hurshy

ooh, hey, babbler, one of them is relevant to us. the city we went to...

11:25 am

Uneaixoise

jera, when my daughter was very small we took her to a local production of the Wizard of Oz--we knew the cast and they kindly seated us on the aisle which doubled as the yellow brick road . . . BUT when Dorothy et al. exited thru the curtain at the end of the scene where they head for Oz, Jennifer leapt up and followed them off stage!! :-)

11:25 am

GreyWoulf

Said little 'un is in my lap making me draw a farm, of all things, and giggling maniacally while I do so :D

11:26 am

firebird

aaww :-)))

11:26 am

Babbler

awww, cute, GW!

hurshy - yes, I know, I saw it.... !

11:26 am

ZA

GreyWoulf-I'm sorry I didn't mean to insult your idea, I just could'nt imagine that many creative badger characters

11:27 am

Babbler

stick around ZA! you'll see we're a creative lot! :)

well, time to make dinner..... ttfn! : )

11:28 am

Jera

I would do the Hogwarts' Hufflepuff badger...

11:28 am

Jera

Why is tassle not a word??

11:28 am

GreyWoulf

ZA - no insult -- I misunderstood your question as applying to the whole theme concept

But Google Image search can sometimes amaze you with how many pics that relate to a particular topic are out there ;D

11:28 am

Babbler

is there a badger in Wind In The Willows?

11:29 am

hurshy

tassel

11:29 am

Jera

LOL, Unea!! Ran off to Oz, eh?

11:29 am

GreyWoulf

Also, ZA -- we have a bunch of aspiring artists in this bunch -- you never know what they will come up with next!

11:30 am

Babbler

do you like my icon? I got a b&w pic and jazzed it up!

11:30 am

Uneaixoise

yep, to her it was the most natural thing in in the world!

11:31 am

GreyWoulf

I believe there is, if I remember correctly, Bab

11:31 am

ZA

I need to become a member so I can join in on the fun,
I can be creative and be badger from winne the pooh;)

11:31 am

Jera

In North carolina, there's a Wizard of Oz theme park... we saw the show & I ran up on stage to pet the Cowardly Lion... I was cute & brave 30 years ago...

11:32 am

Babbler

yayyyyyy ZA!! do it! do it! do it!

11:32 am

hurshy

it's lovely babs

11:32 am

Uneaixoise

oh, i would have too!! LOL!

11:33 am

Babbler

thanks hurshy!

28 mins to Wizard of Oz.... gotta put the dinner on....
bye for now! : )

11:33 am

Jera

Is that the way it's spelled, hurshey? I think my spelling ability has gone downhill fast since I started playing Babble...

11:34 am

Uneaixoise

oh it was on here earlier--had to sit down and watch awhile even tho I've got it on tape in b&w and color!

11:34 am

hurshy

lol jera

11:35 am

Jera

Is Wizard of Oz coming on TV in England or something??

11:36 am

ZA

my 41/460 is enough for now I have to go get ready for the work week

11:36 am

GreyWoulf

Jera - from listening to you, I would have to say that you are still cute & brave :D

11:36 am

Jera

Great start ZA... better than me...

11:37 am

GreyWoulf

and yes, The wizard is airing over in England in a few minutes

11:37 am

ZA

thanks jera, keep at it, bye now

11:38 am

GreyWoulf

Jera -- when are you taking your train journey?

11:39 am

Jera

Awww, GW, ya flirt!

Thursday night... the tickets arrived yesterday!

11:39 am

Jera

Now I just have to not lose them, LOL

11:39 am

Uneaixoise

em7/36--how appropriate re our Wizard discussion!

11:40 am

Jera

One of my favorite rocks, Unea!

11:41 am

speedfreak sam

thanks uneaixoise!

11:43 am

Uneaixoise

my pleasure!

11:43 am

Jera

Now I just need to find someone to pick us up from the station at 8 am...

11:43 am

hurshy

under 100 left and done through the i's! see guys, you too can do this grid!!

11:46 am

GreyWoulf

Jera -- /no one from the family is willing to help you out?

11:46 am

speedfreak sam

unea is a m6/21 at babble
along with millions of others
including me of course (*^_^*)

11:47 am

Uneaixoise

dunno about that but i'm certainly addicted!

11:48 am

speedfreak sam

when did you start unea???
And what are you on the who's hot list???

11:48 am

Jera

I've e-mailed on person but no reply yet... I'm sure someone will, just haven't made actaul confirmed plans yet...

11:50 am

Uneaixoise

not sure when i started . . . sometime this fall . . .

11:51 am

speedfreak sam

same here.

11:51 am

firebird

up to the grand total of 48 now :-)

11:52 am

Dachef

afternoon peeps!

The first 200 fell like ninepins - was starting to feel quite chuffed. That was an hour ago. Sob. What the hell was I thinking when I started this?

11:53 am

speedfreak sam

what do you have 48 words to go or 48 words you've done?

11:53 am

Uneaixoise

hey, dachef!

11:54 am

firebird

48 i done :-)

11:54 am

speedfreak

Hey Dachef: I made it to 203 and now stopped, think I will get some housework done tackle the rest later...

11:55 am

Dachef

how about this idea for a new red box:

"oops! You've already tried that and it STILL isn't a word!"

11:55 am

Jera

LOL, Dachef... I'd have that one all the time...

11:56 am

GreyWoulf

I think that comes up if you try the same word over 50 times, Dachef :D

11:56 am

trishtrash

LOL Dachef.... or 'Well... Finally!'

11:56 am

Jera

I was thinking, it's a good thing I don't go to church...

11:57 am

Jera

I just love that word, "chuffed" I"m learning a whole new language from my brit friends here...

11:58 am

hurshy

housework? sam? what housework do you have to do?

11:58 am

Dachef

Im sure the red box said "are you serious?" to me once.

11:59 am

hurshy

oh, no, i see, i got confused between speedfreak and speedfreak sam

11:59 am

speedfreak

hurshy: we are not usually on together, but I see there is another speedfreak, no relation ....sam is a 9 yr. old boy...I am an adult women (blah)

12:00 pm

Jera

I only do housework around the chatroom... IRL it gives me hives...

12:00 pm

evanonut

too many speed freaks

12:01 pm

speedfreak

Will our families understand if we are not prepared for Xmas due to Babble???

12:02 pm

hurshy

hey, i wrapped my presents yesterday when the puzzle wasn't so long :)

12:02 pm

firebird

i expect so speed freak

12:02 pm

GreyWoulf

too bad we can't click on the tiles to make words, it would make holding the baby while playing so much easier ;)

12:02 pm

evanonut

surely they'll understand...maybe

12:03 pm

evanonut

grey, have a talk with dr g ;D

12:03 pm

Jera

Ooh, good idea, GW!

12:03 pm

Dachef

GW - let the baby type for you. With the way these words are today the baby'll probably boost your score.

12:05 pm

GreyWoulf

I'll ask him about it right now

12:07 pm

Uneaixoise

like at www.eastoftheweb.com

12:10 pm

hurshy

ooh ooh! past 400!

12:11 pm

GreyWoulf

message sent :)

probably it's a progamming concern...

12:14 pm

cybernan

How's everyone doing? -- just spent the last 2 hours reconciling my word list with Brandyjack's list. Whew!

12:15 pm

firebird

BBL all..

12:15 pm

cybernan

I'm impressed Hurshy -- you were either up very late or very early?

12:16 pm

GreyWoulf

I don't have that option, c-nan -- my printer is down so I am stuck with on screen reconciliation -- much slower, but it works :)

I only have 222 to go, though

12:17 pm

hurshy

well, cyber, i spent 2.75 hours working on it when it first appeared (up very late!), getting 309 words. i have now been at it for almost 2 hours since getting up, and have 64 left to find.

12:18 pm

cybernan

I thought you meant you had over 400 -- I have 203 to go.

Do you have a clue for the ad's?

12:19 pm

hurshy

ad7 - very insistent

12:19 pm

cybernan

Ooh, GW -- don't think I could survive without my printer!

12:19 pm

hurshy

i do have over 400 - are you mixing up me and GW?

12:20 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Hurshy -- just couldn't see it!

12:21 pm

GreyWoulf

the big issue is taht something in my core operating system prog has flipped a bad bit or something -- my neighbor says I need to reinstall, but I do not have the ability to do it on my own so I have to wait for him to be available

12:21 pm

cybernan

I keep wondering, though, how is it that an adjective can be pluralized? -------- french, yes, but English?

12:22 pm

hurshy

cyber- i think it has another meaning too, as a noun

12:23 pm

cybernan

GW - check to see if you have to reinstall, or reformat the hard drive -- if it is the latter, you'll need to get busy burning all your important files on a cd.

12:25 pm

Jera

200 to go... gotta take a warm-up break & watch 1900 house... later all!

12:25 pm

GreyWoulf

I know c-nan -- I 've been putting that off though I should do it anyway :)

At least, the majority of my stuff is on a data drive so that my C: drive doesn't have too much on it that can can fragged

12:27 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, i loved 1900 House!

12:31 pm

lottijw

Hi Guys ((GW))

Well I haven`t entered a single word today.....and now I`m back from Christmas shopping, looking at this grid I`m not likely to bother!!!!

12:31 pm

hurshy

hey lotti. :) nice to see you.

12:32 pm

GreyWoulf

((*lotti*))

Awww, C'mon lotti! all the cool kids are doing it! ;D

12:32 pm

Dachef

I used to print off the word list and reconcile, but one day my printer had a strop and I discovered a new way of doing it - I copied the wordlist into notepad, and simply transfered my list onto it. Its much easier cos you can have the notepad window open alongside the babble window and oimmediately see where your gaps are!!

I would not go back to paper now!

12:32 pm

lottijw

Have you got far with it Hurshy?? :)

12:32 pm

Dachef

Hi Lotti! Chicken!

12:33 pm

hurshy

yeah, dachef, i do that do, only in Word. and i set it up in columns so i can see more of the list at once.

12:33 pm

hurshy

yes, lotti, only 51 left to find. but *shudder*, i've just hit the re's

12:33 pm

GreyWoulf

Dachef -- what I typically do is have multiple active windows open -- this way I can get a real time update vs teh 2nd letter list

Not being able to print out means I can bring the grid to work with me though -- (glad I am off today as a result :D )

12:34 pm

lottijw

Oh yeah Dachef....thats me today, very, very yellow!!! Nah i`m not gonna start!! I only came for a Tor hug anyway :) !!!!

12:34 pm

LeslieAnn

hello again folks... heard of any crazy people who've finished yet?

12:34 pm

Dachef

lotti - we salute you! Your resolve is admirable!

12:35 pm

GreyWoulf

not yet LA -- but hurshy is THIS (||) close!

12:35 pm

hurshy

i'm sure some people went straight through and finished right after it came out

12:36 pm

lottijw

*takes a bow* Thanks darlin....the temptation is killing me though!!! lol

12:36 pm

hurshy

i bet debs 40ish finished

12:36 pm

GreyWoulf

lotti - I haven't seen tor but

((((((****HUG****)))))) from me

I hope that helps a little

12:37 pm

baggo

hello all... sorry to lurk, but with this big of one,i had to hide the log....i finally tamed the beast...

12:37 pm

periwinkle

struggling with the A's. need help with am7/32x2, am7/36 and am8/45.

12:37 pm

baggo

((((lotti))))

12:38 pm

lottijw

Awww thanks GW..(((((hugs)))) back :o)

((((Baggo))))

12:38 pm

Dachef

baggo - you done? OMG!

<drops to knees and starts to worship>

12:38 pm

baggo

am 7/32 am 5/12 + the suffix to say one who is one

12:38 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats baggo

12:39 pm

lottijw

Wow Baggo!!! We salute you......I always said you`re the best ;o) !!!!!!

12:39 pm

baggo

peri for the am 7/8 think of the term that old people get or aids patients get that starts with a de (when they can't remember and go with the am)

12:40 pm

GreyWoulf

Great job, baggo!!

12:40 pm

baggo

ty, the problem was that i started it before i looked at how many words there were...then i had to finish

12:40 pm

baggo

thanks gw..

how ya been dachef...how's mom????

12:41 pm

GreyWoulf

LOL, baggo

12:41 pm

periwinkle

baggo, thanks so much found them

12:42 pm

baggo

anytime peri...

12:42 pm

hurshy

done with the r's!

12:43 pm

baggo

i ended up copying and pasting my list when i was down to the last 100 and then compared it with bj's list, it really helped to see them on paper...

12:43 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Hello all

12:43 pm

Dachef

Im cool baggo - been working away from home, and have to carry on working away from home for a while! Thats why it was nice to have a day off today and log on to find a monster - something to really get my teeth into.
Now Im just about ready to kill.
Mums fine, as far as I know!

12:43 pm

baggo

wtg hurshy...those were about as nasty as the m's

12:44 pm

ToeSockMonkey

WOW! 474 today? Eak :(

12:45 pm

baggo

that's nice dachef, i've been busy with my new job and there isn't much sittin time in the er to work on the puzzle, so i really was glad to have an ugly one today...

hiya toes

12:46 pm

baggo

jump in toes the waters getting hot...lol

12:46 pm

Dachef

TSM - yup its a biggie No! Dont start! no!

Too late! No sleep for you!

12:47 pm

baggo

i'll be popping in and out, i'm gonna go play websudoku...another little internet game problem i have

12:47 pm

ToeSockMonkey

dachef - I know! :( I already got sucked into it. I started

((Baggo))

12:49 pm

baggo

(((toes)))) you got snow hun??? its really pretty here

12:50 pm

Atalante

99 words to go!!!

12:50 pm

baggo

go atlante go atlante go!!!!!!!!!

12:50 pm

LeslieAnn

woo hoo way to break into the double digits atalante

12:52 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Baggo - Yes! We have about a foot on the ground right now and it's bitter cold out. How are you?

12:52 pm

hurshy

20 to go...

12:52 pm

Dachef

atalnate - this is the home straight - deep breaths, deep breaths. You need some water?

12:52 pm

ToeSockMonkey

I have 38 words already ROFL

12:53 pm

hurshy

19, just t's!

12:53 pm

lottijw

Well i`m full of admiration for you all!!! I must go do dinner....... if you see Tor please give him this ((((((XXxxXXxxXX)))))

(((Ba ggo)))
(((GW)))
See you all later xx

12:54 pm

baggo

you can do it hurshy...just keep typin just keep typin just keep tyin go....****thinks t's to help hurshy***

fine toes...just busy with the new job and loving it..

12:54 pm

GreyWoulf

((**lotti**))

Enjoy your meal!
:)

12:55 pm

baggo

bye lotti...i'll pass it on if i see him

12:58 pm

ToeSockMonkey

bye lotti

12:59 pm

hurshy

5...

1:00 pm

hurshy

3... and a big thank you to hercule poirot...

1:00 pm

LeslieAnn

go hurshy!

1:00 pm

Dachef

1:00 pm

hurshy

2...

1:01 pm

ToeSockMonkey

any clues on the 10 and 11 words? please :)

1:01 pm

hurshy

1...

1:01 pm

hurshy

BLAST OFF!!!!

1:02 pm

DarleenMB

Way to go hurshy!!!!

1:02 pm

LeslieAnn

tsm, en + what you have on tennis shoes (singular) + would you like a dinner ****? change the second letter to another vowel

1:02 pm

hurshy

toesock - start with la4 shoela**
add prefix for en6
add 4 letter suffix (state of being en6) for the 10, pl for 11

1:02 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay!! for hurshy!!!!!

1:03 pm

hurshy

thank you darleen!!!

1:03 pm

Dachef

congrats Hurshy! That is amazing! Im just over the 300 mark and sweating profusely! Well done!

1:03 pm

hurshy

thank you GW!!!

1:03 pm

hurshy

thank you dachef!!!

1:03 pm

hurshy

let's see, that took just over 5 hours...

1:03 pm

GreyWoulf

I'm struggling to get past 266 :(

1:04 pm

DarleenMB

whoo hoo thanks for the hints, just got the 10 and 11!!!

1:04 pm

periwinkle

GW I am right behind you with 260

1:05 pm

Atalante

Go Hurshy!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully I won't be *too* many hours more!!!

1:05 pm

periwinkle

Congrats to you Hurshy !!!!!!!

1:05 pm

hurshy

keep going, guys! this one feels VERY satisfying to finish

1:06 pm

hurshy

thanks peri, atalante. atalante, how many left now?

1:09 pm

GreyWoulf

the a's are driving me nuts --- darn this an4/4 retentive nature of mine!

still need the am7/36, 1st as5/6 pair, and the as7

1:09 pm

Atalante

still 99 LOL - I had to go and get dinner shoved into the oven! Back on the case now :)

1:09 pm

periwinkle

Can't find either i word, are they obvious ones?

1:11 pm

hurshy

yes peri, you don't want clues for that

1:11 pm

hurshy

am 7/36 - think of a food your baby eats, change the ppl to an m and remove the u

1:12 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Thank you so much Leslie!

1:12 pm

hurshy

as 5 and 6 not EXACTLY a pair, but the 6 does add one letter to the 5
the as5 is a flower
the as6 means off the rear of the boat

1:13 pm

hurshy

and once you have as6, your options for what can come after that alphabetically and be a 7 are extremely limited, that's how i got that 7

1:13 pm

ToeSockMonkey

Thanks hurshy!

1:19 pm

ruffh2o

aaaagh!! 474 words?!?!?!

1:19 pm

GreyWoulf

I meant the very 1st 5/6 after the 4/4, hursh - got the flower and nautical :)

1:20 pm

DarleenMB

ruffh20, hahahahaha, LMAO. EXACTLY what I said. Have fun.

1:21 pm

ruffh2o

wondering if I should even start this one...

1:22 pm

cybernan

Well done, Hurshy! -- still have 103

1:22 pm

DarleenMB

Hey might as well jump in and join the rest of us!

1:23 pm

ruffh2o

ruff stands at the edge of the grid, holds her nose, closes her eyes, and jumps in.

1:23 pm

hurshy

sorry GW i read 1st as last somehow

1:23 pm

ruffh2o

the resulting tidal wave washes everybody out of the chat room

1:24 pm

hurshy

that as6 means to attack
the as5, chop off last letter

1:24 pm

DarleenMB

Aw ruffh20, not that bad. I'm still swimmin'!

1:24 pm

hurshy

(those as's have double consonant)

1:25 pm

hurshy

did you get the others, GW?

and peri, did you find the i's?

1:25 pm

GreyWoulf

(*Splutter, choke*)
(*furiously doggy paddling against the wave*)

'Sok, hursh -- I am just feeling REALLY dense right now cos I can't seem to wrap my head around the other two :\

1:26 pm

ruffh2o

ruff tosses gw some water wings

1:26 pm

hurshy

oh, sorry GW. my clues weren't good.

1:27 pm

GreyWoulf

got the 5/6, hursh!

1:27 pm

hurshy

trying again.
am7 - same 1st 3 letters as prev word. then add consonant, then add the highest (or lowest) card in a deck

1:27 pm

ruffh2o

I'd offer to help, but I just started.

1:27 pm

hurshy

as7 - add "___ we meet again" and "to __ or not to __"

1:29 pm

GreyWoulf

Thank you hursh -- now I have 6 grey boxes on my stat grid

1:30 pm

hurshy

appropriate, since you are grey

1:30 pm

ruffh2o

I only have two grey boxes, and one was a freebie

1:31 pm

GreyWoulf

so was one of mine, ruff ;)

1:31 pm

GreyWoulf

back in a bit, baby is having a meltdown :)

1:38 pm

Atalante

68. and conquered the m's. anything feels possible after those!

1:38 pm

ToeSockMonkey

ok I am done for now. I might be back later :)

1:42 pm

LeslieAnn

OK, done with the vowels, 200 to go. seems a good spot for a break. bbl.

1:51 pm

Kelstar

any SA-7, and 8 clues, please?

1:54 pm

hurshy

sa7 - an article of clothing is a ga7 (not in puzzle), rhymes with that.
sa8 - add vowel
sa8 - pl

1:56 pm

Babbler

wow hurshy!!! congrats!! :D

5 hours? hmmm... 10 hours on the clock...mayyyybeee...: )

1:56 pm

Kelstar

Thanks, Hurshy!

1:57 pm

hurshy

babs - 5 hours was a little on the slow side for me, but then, i was v. sleepy for the first 309, between 1 and 2:45 AM

1:58 pm

ruffh2o

don't you ever sleep, hurshy?

1:58 pm

hurshy

yes ruff :) i slept from 3 to 11:30, then got up and finished babbling :)

1:59 pm

hurshy

i don't USUALLY babble at such ungodly hours, but it's christmas vacation so i thought what the heck?

1:59 pm

ruffh2o

ah. you have vacation. keeping hours like that would totally mess up my week.

2:00 pm

hurshy

the perks of being a teacher...

2:00 pm

Atalante

46

2:01 pm

hurshy

anyway, babbler, you can't count the time you aren't at the computer - you haven't really been babbling for 10 hours real time, have you?

2:01 pm

hurshy

go atalante!!!

2:01 pm

Babbler

oh heck, I'm not sure I'm as good as you, hurshy.. :/
smaller puzzles have taken me longer! I might be here for the whole 10 hours...

2:01 pm

Babbler

no hurshy, I really have been avoiding it! lol !

2:01 pm

ruffh2o

well, I'm going to put this on hold for awhile, and head off to the boat parade. good luck, everybody!

2:02 pm

hurshy

bye ruff!

so then babs, you may be very good, but you aren't exercising your courage. :)

2:03 pm

ruffh2o

it's the brain that I'm lacking...

2:03 pm

Babbler

nope, I am absolutely pathetic and am usually here till dawn!! I'm scaaaaaaared ! :' (

2:03 pm

hurshy

with brandyjack's list, i firmly believe it's just a matter of patience and persistence

2:03 pm

Babbler

*cowardly lion type sobs*

2:04 pm

Babbler

I saw the list..... that's what frightened me!

*more cowardly lion type sobs* :'(

2:04 pm

hurshy

oh, babbler dear, it's ok. i do keep forgetting that you brits are on a different schedule. it's only midafternoon here.

2:05 pm

hurshy

you'll be alright babs. people will help you. ((((babbler))))

2:05 pm

Babbler

it's 8pm here.... and my dinner is ready to eat.
...... be right back! : )

2:06 pm

Babbler

aaaawww! ((( hurshy ))) :D

2:07 pm

hurshy

:D now go eat. i'll probably be here when you get back anyway

2:08 pm

cybernan

see you later babbler

2:11 pm

cybernan

AS for themes for next week -- what's wrong with Christmas? ... or Hanukkah?

2:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Back for a bit while Kirstianna enjoys her first ever blueberry muffins --

I have no prob with either of those -- that is why I chose to wait until the day after Xmas to request the badgers --- that and that will be the next day I am off during the day to show the baby ;)

2:15 pm

cybernan

an 6/21?

2:16 pm

GreyWoulf

oops -- KRIStianna

(Bad Daddy -- misspelling your own daughter's name!!!)

2:18 pm

GreyWoulf

an6 == en6 that starts the 10, swap the vowels

2:25 pm

cybernan

Thank you, GW.

be 7/44 (last one), please?

2:26 pm

cybernan

Never mind -- just realized I forgot to pluralize the 6/30

2:27 pm

GreyWoulf

don't know if I have it -- working on the b's myself :)

I have the plural of the asylum but that's it

2:27 pm

cybernan

The first be 6/30?

2:27 pm

Yvo

cyber BE a lot of comotion

2:28 pm

girlfriday

at 7/36
at5/10

I just can't get either of these..HELP, please!

2:28 pm

cybernan

GW - switch the middle consonants for the rest

2:29 pm

GreyWoulf

Thank you much :)

2:29 pm

hurshy

at 5/10 a plus ti4

2:30 pm

hurshy

there's no at 7/36
there is an as 7/36
as + "___ we meet again" + "to __ or not to __"

2:30 pm

hurshy

be 6/30 consign to perdition

2:31 pm

hurshy

cyber - you all set with the be's now?

2:31 pm

hurshy

btw, girlfriday, LOVE that movie

2:33 pm

cybernan

There's an at 7/36? - brandy's list only has two!

2:33 pm

girlfriday

hursy: Thanks for the clues. Never would have gotten the long one, the other, I just misseed. THanks. It's my favorite movie....The best dialogue ever!

2:34 pm

cybernan

done with the be's thanks, hurshy. Looking for the bl 4's following the knife part

2:35 pm

GreyWoulf

c-nan -- it has a Scottish spelling

2:37 pm

hurshy

and for the second bl4 there, just cut the e off the following 5

2:37 pm

GreyWoulf

the B's have gone grey!

2:37 pm

hurshy

girlfriday - my favorite is "bringing up baby"

2:37 pm

hurshy

good job, GW!

2:39 pm

girlfriday

Hurshy: It's a tough choice between the two...I think I like HGF only because Bringing Up Baby is so perfect... HGF is a little urban and rough. Also love Philadelphia Story. And On the 20th Century, of course.

2:39 pm

cybernan

got the bl 4's, thanks........

Just realized I still don't have the first be 6/30 -- is that the one that is consigned to perdition? -- thought that was a bl.

2:40 pm

GreyWoulf

Ye Gods! There's a boatload of ca's, aren't there?

2:40 pm

hurshy

yes, be 6/30 is the perdition one :)

2:41 pm

hurshy

girlfriday - philadelphia story (and high society!) great too. the perfection of bringing up baby doesn't bug me - i like idealism.

2:41 pm

Babbler

*takes deep breath.... dives into grid*

2:43 pm

girlfriday

Hurshy, I agree BUB is perfect. I think I was a journalist for a long time and that's probably why I love HGF...also the dialogue is so fast in that one...but I do love BUB...okay, tied' for first!!! And what about It happened one night? And Awful Truth....oh, we could go on...then I won't finish the puzzle!

2:44 pm

harpjane

em 7 & 8?

2:45 pm

GreyWoulf

Don't you hate when you are trying a random combo, only to realise it is an anagram of the right word you were looking for in the first place, but you already hit enter so you get that hated 'Oops!' message

(wow, talk about poor grammar!)

2:46 pm

cybernan

not a word in my vocab, hurshy -- just don't see it!

2:46 pm

harpjane

um, yeah sure, GW, I hate that...(what the heck's he talking about?)

2:48 pm

cybernan

Just found it! **hanging my head**

2:48 pm

GreyWoulf

harp -- just Babbling! I had just monkeyed a combo when I saw that it would be a word if I transposed two letters, but had already hit enter, so coudn't fix it :)

2:50 pm

harpjane

Yeah GW, but sometimes it turns out that it WAS a word!

2:51 pm

hurshy

em 7/8 - to radiate forth from

2:51 pm

GreyWoulf

true -- but I KNEW this one was wrong ;D

2:51 pm

trishtrash

Evening everyone... before I take (yet another) break, can someone help me with the He9 and the Be9?
Thanks

2:51 pm

hurshy

cyber - which, the be or "consign" or "perdition" (maybe look those up?) :)

2:51 pm

hurshy

girlfriday - you THINK you were a journalist? don't you know?

2:52 pm

hurshy

be9 is pl of be8 - compound word. the thing you sleep in plus picture fr5.

2:52 pm

hurshy

he9 - recluse

2:53 pm

hurshy

i also love the original "mr. deeds goes to town"

2:53 pm

girlfriday

I know, I read that after posting it and realized the "I think" was in the wrong place....clearly my forte wasn't editing...

2:53 pm

GreyWoulf

son of a gun, hurshy! That is there!!

I looked for it but didn't see it -- I so have to master the fine art of looking around ALL the corners :D

2:53 pm

trishtrash

Bah... proof that I do indeed need a break. Thanks Hurshy :)

2:53 pm

GreyWoulf

referring to the em's there -- log ran away from me ;)

2:54 pm

hurshy

lol girlfriday

2:54 pm

harpjane

340 left to find. No point in worrying.....

2:55 pm

Jera

I'm back... that was lots of fun!

2:58 pm

Babbler

ti8/40 pls anyone? ty

3:00 pm

hurshy

ti 8/40 female version of prev ti5

3:01 pm

hurshy

sorry for the delay, babs, i stepped away

3:01 pm

Babbler

thx hurshy : )

3:01 pm

Dachef

im back, refreshed from my dinner, and not at all daunted by the fact that I have another 94 to find.

<resolve is weakening>

3:02 pm

hurshy

94 - that's nothing! 20 more and you'll hit 400!!! you should be jazzed.

3:05 pm

evanonut

oooooooooh. i must say, i think my goal of half may elude me, i'm getting t-i-r-e-d

3:05 pm

lola100

Woo! Just broke the 400 mark so thought I'd say hi to everyone :)

3:06 pm

Anj

Me too : ) Hi everyone : D Hi babe ; ) (((xx)))

3:07 pm

Babbler

good going, Lo! I just started!!

3:07 pm

Babbler

hi Anj, : )

3:08 pm

Anj

Hi Babbler : )

3:08 pm

lola100

Hey babe! (((XXX))) :)

Hi babbler! :)

3:08 pm

Babbler

*scared to ask*.... how long did it take to get to 400?

3:10 pm

Dachef

coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, ad infinitum.

3:11 pm

evanonut

dachef - i'd tell you tea instead of coffee since it reduces the risk of ovarian cancer, but i don't think that's a worry for you.

3:11 pm

Anj

....about 3 and a half hours here...

That was down to the As... 53 As... It's wrong, I tell you... WRONG! : /

3:11 pm

Babbler

I thought of you when I saw the A's, Anj!

3:12 pm

Dachef

down to 83 now - started at 4pm (its now 9.10!). Brief pause for food. Why do we put ourselves through this torture?

3:13 pm

Babbler

well, there's nothing on tv tonight, Dachef..... :/

3:13 pm

lola100

Hi dachef! Long time, no see :)

Babs, I've been playing on and off since about 3pm.

3:13 pm

Anj

The pleasure of each other's company for sure Dachef lol
: D

3:14 pm

evanonut

maybe over there babs, but we got the steelers going on over here!

3:14 pm

Babbler

I give in....... *dashes off to a2z....*

*cowardly lion sobbing all the way*

3:14 pm

Anj

...crisis! I'm aout of PB cookies : ' (

3:14 pm

gnubee

need help with he 7/32, please

3:14 pm

evanonut

want a truffle and? *hold out yummy chocolate concoction*

3:15 pm

Anj

gnubee, it's a rough, rope like material I think... : /

3:16 pm

Anj

*evanonut gets sacked behind the line of scrimmage*

woot! : D Cheers m'dear...

3:16 pm

lawyer-1

Having spent the better part of the last 16 hours going blind looking at this screen, and having reached the all but unattainanle score of exactly 300 words for exactly 5,000 points, I QUIT!

3:16 pm

sherb

*collapses on desk* ... finally finished ...

3:16 pm

gnubee

Thanks, Anj - hmmmm

3:17 pm

Babbler

:o !! lawyer-1 !! noooo!!!

3:17 pm

Babbler

*reaches over and puts glass of champers on lawyer-1's desk*

3:17 pm

Dachef

sherb - congrats - help yourself to a coconut.

Lawyer1 - there will be no quitting tonight! Sob.

3:17 pm

lola100

Aw babe, finished the cookies?? I'm gonna make you some more after xmas :)

3:17 pm

Babbler

congrats Sherb!!! : )

3:18 pm

lawyer-1

Yes, Babbler, I must prove to my spouse and the rest of the world that I do have a life outside of the Babble realm!

3:18 pm

GreyWoulf

Congrats sherb!

(*HUG*)

3:18 pm

lola100

WoooooHooooo!!! Well done sherb! :D

3:18 pm

Anj

lawyer-1, you should appeal...

...for help, that is : D

3:19 pm

Anj

WTG Sherb : )

LOL...you have a Herb ; )

3:20 pm

mab

Back after beginning in the small hours of this day. Why? Why, I ask you?

3:20 pm

sherb

thanks all :)

well recognised, Anj! yes, it's Parsley the Lion :)

3:21 pm

Babbler

te 6/ 18 and te 7/ 28 pls anyone? ty

3:21 pm

mab

Sherb! Congratulations!

3:21 pm

gnubee

can I get another clue for he 7/32, please?

3:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Because you know you are in good company, mab :)

3:23 pm

sherb

Babs - sounds like what you have on the tips of your toes ... or like Captain and Te***** ;)

3:23 pm

Ouwachita

any clue on the em4/6 ... i have monkey typed every combination??

3:23 pm

sherb

gnubee - it's a rough cloth ... sacks are made out of it :)

3:24 pm

Anj

Sorry gnube, I shall try again : )

Prisoner of Spandau, Rudolf H4... plus man's name I3..

3:24 pm

lola100

Hi mab :)

3:24 pm

Babbler

thx sherb

3:25 pm

Anj

Ouwa, think large flightless bird on E : D

3:25 pm

sherb

Ouwa - Rod Hull and Em** (with an extra vowel) ;)

3:26 pm

Ouwachita

no idea who rod hull is...

3:27 pm

sherb

Ouwa - that's nothing to be ashamed of ...

3:28 pm

Dachef

rod hull - dodgy puppeteering comedian who was really crap at fixing roofs.

Sorry, bad taste. ;)

3:28 pm

Anj

Ouwa, he's left us (RIP) but the bird lives on...

3:28 pm

sherb

LOL dachef!

3:28 pm

gnubee

Thanks, Anj! That did the trick

3:29 pm

Ouwachita

isnt that the em4/5....i have that...I need the em4/6

3:30 pm

sherb

Ouwa - change the last letter for a U :)

3:31 pm

Ouwachita

totally confused now

3:32 pm

sherb

if you already have the 4/5, change the last letter for a U and you will get the 4/6 :)

3:33 pm

Ouwachita

finally....i must be brain dead after typing all these words...sorry for being so thick

3:33 pm

GreyWoulf

help with ca6/21 -- have the garrison

3:34 pm

Ouwachita

ca6/21...Any of various chiefly tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or herbs of the genus Cassia in the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, usually yellow flowers, and long, flat or cylindrical pods.

3:35 pm

hurshy

o'chita!!!!!

3:35 pm

Dachef

Im at 410, and the computer is taking about 10 seconds to accept every new word I find! At this rate i'll be here all night.

Oh, who am I kidding? I think Im just looking for something else to blame....

3:36 pm

hurshy

dachef!!!!!

3:36 pm

hurshy

people are getting sloppy here... :)

3:36 pm

sherb

got to go and see what else is happening in the world ... good luck everyone, and see you again soon :)

3:37 pm

Anj

'nite Sherb : )

3:37 pm

Babbler

hurshy, did they use words?? what were they??

3:37 pm

Babbler

nite Sherb : )

3:37 pm

GreyWoulf

That's the prob with big grids, hurshy -- posting in the log without using an answer becomes problematic

3:38 pm

Dachef

night Sherb, and congrats! Completion today is quite an achievement!

3:38 pm

Yvo

please help with HE got the first part but cant find tha mens name,thank you

3:38 pm

GreyWoulf

So long, sherb!

3:38 pm

Babbler

first name of cricketer, Mr Botham

3:38 pm

hurshy

babbler, dachef just used bl5, which you prob already have
but o'chita used ca6

3:39 pm

GreyWoulf

Bab- o'chita gave the answer in the clue :)

3:39 pm

Dachef

whoops! Sorry Hurshy! Just realised. Would everyone please replace the last sentence of my last post with this:

I think Im just looking for someone el4/4 to bl5/16.

Thankyou for your co-operation! ;)

3:40 pm

Babbler

keep 'em coming, Dachef!

hurshy - nope, I've started at the bottom of BJ's list and am working up... :)

3:40 pm

brandyjack

People have to remember to read the definition to make sure it doesn't include the word itself. Very sloppy sort of definition if you ask me when you have to use a word to define itself. Oh well, I guess it's better than the definition of two being 'not three'.....

3:41 pm

hurshy

oh yeah, i didn't even notice the el4 bit

3:41 pm

Dachef

Babbler - you think thats wise? That means you'll have to do the a's last. I think I would probably scream if I had to do the a's last.

3:42 pm

hurshy

hey, brandyjack! appreciated you more than ever today!

3:43 pm

lola100

Babbler, that's what I did! I am now working through the A's :/

3:43 pm

Babbler

I always work this way, then I can see the list right next to the grid, saves scrolling up and down. Never just started with the list before..... feel like brainstorming... "If I only had a brain!"

3:43 pm

brandyjack

Egad, whatever for.... This is a nightmare......

3:43 pm

GreyWoulf

That's the prob I have with most dictionaries, brandyjack -- self referential definitions that make you chase through the entire book to finally find the meaning you wanted

3:44 pm

hurshy

well brandy it would have been much more of a nightmare without your list!

3:45 pm

brandyjack

Me. By Gilderoy Lockhart. Hmmmph.....

3:47 pm

Babbler

Lo, great minds think alike! :)

3:50 pm

Atalante

... 12 ......

3:50 pm

GreyWoulf

last ce6/7 combo pls?

having trouble wrapping my brain around the longer words today :\

3:51 pm

Babbler

go atalante!! :D

3:51 pm

periwinkle

GW - do you have what sidewalks are made of

3:52 pm

GreyWoulf

yes. peri

3:52 pm

periwinkle

need help with ti7 and ti8 please

3:53 pm

Uneaixoise

ti7 is plural of ti6/18

3:54 pm

hurshy

GW - by a stretch, that ce7 could be pronounced like a certain muppet frog

3:54 pm

hurshy

(plural)

3:54 pm

hurshy

sorry GW, i should have said the 6. the 7 is the plural.

3:55 pm

hurshy

ti8 female version of prev ti5

3:55 pm

GreyWoulf

got it, hursh! and another box goes grey!

3:56 pm

Yvo

babbler thank you ,finally i got it
im half blind,

3:57 pm

Atalante

... 5 ....!!!!!!!!!!

3:57 pm

periwinkle

hurshy, I don't have the ti5 that turns into ti8

3:58 pm

brandyjack

Use the same suffix on the large guy that turns a lion into a female....

3:59 pm

Babbler

c'mon, Atalante...... !!

4:00 pm

Atalante

*grins* and well done for finally jumping in Babbler :)

4:01 pm

periwinkle

brandyjack, thanks, I did have the ti5 which I turned into ti8 with your clue

4:02 pm

GreyWoulf

D's are done!

And all by myself, too! :)

4:03 pm

Kelstar

is the RA8 a continuation of the 4/5?

4:05 pm

Jera

I could use some help with he7/32, please

4:05 pm

Atalante

You have 0 word(s) left to find

*blissful sigh*

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

congrats, atalante!

4:06 pm

periwinkle

WTG, Atalante!!!!!

4:06 pm

Babbler

*claps for atalante*

4:06 pm

Jera

Congratulations, Atalante!!! Wowzers!

4:06 pm

periwinkle

need help please with sa7,sa8x2 and st7 and st8

4:06 pm

Atalante

he7/32 - a type of rough sackcloth

4:06 pm

GreyWoulf

Yay for Atalante!!!!!

4:06 pm

lola100

WoooHooo! Well done atalante! :)

4:07 pm

Anj

'Woot!' indeed Atalante : )

6 to go here...

4:07 pm

Babbler

c'mon Anj!!!

4:07 pm

Atalante

st7 and 8 - add onto the st5/12. Type of boat or something used to cook vegetables

4:09 pm

Atalante

sa7/8/8 - A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry - then the plural and for the other 8, replace the plural s with another letter

4:09 pm

Anj

...3 : /

4:10 pm

Babbler

go anj! go anj! go anj!

4:10 pm

Dachef

congrats Atalante - well done.

<fans anj with a towel, replaces gumshield and sends him back out into the fray>

4:10 pm

Ouwachita

4 to go...stuck on the le7's

4:11 pm

Atalante

LE4/4 - and the person / people who use them

4:11 pm

Ouwachita

thanks...brain just kicked in

4:11 pm

Jera

Still need help... get the fish ready... I need a big ton of bricks to fall on me I think... he7/32...

4:12 pm

brandyjack

Holy Arisia..........

4:12 pm

harpjane

cr 5/12, 7/36, & 8/50 (the sequence. I have the other 5/12.) 280 to go....

4:13 pm

Anj

...1 and I think it's wobbling... : /

4:13 pm

hurshy

oh, i missed atalante finishing! that's what i get for folding laundry. congrats!!!

4:13 pm

Babbler

c'mon anj! go, go, go, go.....

4:13 pm

speedfreak

I am down to 80 left and I don't think I have the stamina to finish, getting very tired of looking at words and keep entering ones I have!!!

4:13 pm

Ouwachita

2 to go...help on the as7...plzzz

4:14 pm

Haz1558

Harpjane- a means of disposal of cadavers

4:14 pm

Babbler

jera - surname Mr Herman, first name Mr Botham

4:14 pm

hurshy

cr 5/12 - bawdy
cr 7 - to burn a corpse

4:14 pm

hurshy

as7 - as + "___ we meet again" + "to __ or not to __"

4:16 pm

Ouwachita

thanks....it is a flower which i have in my garden....duh

4:16 pm

Anj

It's down! The referee is stepping in...

one-ah, two-ah, three-ah,four-ah, f... it's all over : D

4:16 pm

Babbler

se6/18 pls, anyone? ty

4:16 pm

hurshy

congrats anj!!!!

4:17 pm

Babbler

*claps for Anj!!* : D

4:17 pm

hurshy

se 6/18 pl of 5/10, which rhymes with he5 hair dye

4:17 pm

harpjane

Thanks for the funeral home CR words. I live across the street from a place that does that... too overwhelmed today.

As for the cr 5/12 "baudy" Are you sure that's not the cr 5/14?

4:17 pm

periwinkle

Anj, Congrats to you!!!

4:17 pm

lola100

Woot! Well done babe! I've got three left to find, can you wait for our slow dance??

4:17 pm

GreyWoulf

Huzzah!! Yay for Anj!!!!

4:17 pm

speedfreak

Way to Go Anj and Atalante!!!

4:18 pm

Haz1558

cr 5/12 - rude (add donkey)

4:18 pm

Anj

*sitting in a daze in the corner*
That was a beast
Go Lo : )

4:18 pm

Babbler

thx hurshy : )

4:18 pm

harpjane

Also need the last cr 6?

4:18 pm

Babbler

oh nooo! maybe I should never have started..... : /

4:19 pm

Anj

Thanks folks : )

Can I furnish a clue for anyone??

4:19 pm

hurshy

last cr6 pl of last cr5 (cr5 de la cr5)

4:19 pm

Uneaixoise

sa8/45?

4:20 pm

Dachef

congrats Anj! Help yourself to a coconut! :)

30 to go. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it usually turns out to be a man with a torch bringing me more work.

4:20 pm

hurshy

each sa 8/45 adds a letter to the sa7, one is a vowel, one makes it pl

4:20 pm

harpjane

OK, so I don't know my alphabet like I should. I'm finally done with the cr's.... Thanks for the clues.

4:20 pm

Anj

Cheers Dachef : )

Une, have you got the other sa8/45? If so, one has an S ending, the other an A : )

4:21 pm

Uneaixoise

nope, don't have either one :(

4:21 pm

GreyWoulf

E's down!

4:22 pm

Anj

*Anj produces Bosch hammer drill, straw, paper umbrella, sparkler and bacardi*

Tum te-tum...

4:22 pm

Babbler

une - rhymes with ga7 (not in puzzle) another word for clothes

4:22 pm

Jera

Still can't get it... guess I'll save it for later...

4:22 pm

Anj

Une, think of a ga7 word for an item of clothing.
Then change the G for an S and go back to the earlier clues : )

4:22 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, babbler!

4:24 pm

lola100

Babe, I give up :( Help with the le7's, please?

4:24 pm

Uneaixoise

bagged a 7 and 2 8s--woohoo!

4:24 pm

brandyjack

unfortunately, g-string doesn't start with ga......

4:25 pm

periwinkle

Have made it to 300, been playing off and on all day. May be back later, but am pretty tired.

4:26 pm

Anj

Lo, i've only heard of them as a series of sci-fi books by E E 'Doc' Smith - try a google on that : )

4:27 pm

brandyjack

C'mon, everyone's heard of Virgil Samms and Kim Kinnison.....

4:28 pm

GreyWoulf

don't forget Worsel!

4:28 pm

Babbler

Wurzel?? Gummidge?

4:28 pm

Jera

Anj, you give excellent clues... can you help me with the he7/32... no one has come up with a heavy enough brick to hit me on the head with...

4:29 pm

brandyjack

technically could be someone who works with the glass part of your eyeglasses, perhaps specializing in grinding them or inserting them properly...

4:29 pm

lola100

Thanks babe 'mwah!' I'm done :)

4:29 pm

GreyWoulf

Characters from the le6 series by e e 'doc' smith, babbler

4:30 pm

Babbler

*claps for Lola!!* : D

4:30 pm

brandyjack

To heck with that old snake, remember Clarissa.....

4:30 pm

GreyWoulf

Like me, brandyjack ;D

I work for Le4/4Crafters!

4:30 pm

Dachef

congrats Lola!

17 left........., and fast running out of coconuts.

4:31 pm

Anj

I've never read any of those books Brandyjack, but i've come across references in Rovbert Heinlein's work...

4:31 pm

harpjane

re 8? Also the very first re 4 and the very last re 4?

4:31 pm

Nonny

Hi all! Any help w/fr 5/16? This is a long and hard one today......

4:31 pm

speedfreak

Thats showing the grid who is boss Lola!!!!

4:31 pm

Anj

Yay! babe ((xx)) *sweeps Lola off into a slow dance* ; )

4:32 pm

GreyWoulf

brandy, the key image from that series that sticks in my head is the image of the final solution in action re: the destruction of Boskone!

4:32 pm

brandyjack

Only clear reference I can recall was in Number of the Beast when they popped into Arisian space with the drugs in Hilda's back pocket.....

4:34 pm

hurshy

fr 5/16 like cr 5/12

4:34 pm

Anj

Brandyjack, that's a bl**dy good memory you have there lol! I was scratching around for the book...

4:34 pm

GreyWoulf

same here, brandyjack -- that was the reason why I tracked it down to read :)
Turned out my mother had a copy of the entire series in HER library -- finished it in a week!

4:34 pm

brandyjack

Destruction of Boskone? You mean Eddore? It seems in every book they thought they had destroyed Boskone until the four kids actually did it.... I loved that series..... Time to dig it out and re-read it methinks....

4:35 pm

LeslieAnn

at least two babblers names for points today! de 4/7 and ma 4/6

4:35 pm

brandyjack

Triplanetary, First Le7/32, Galactic Patrol, Gray Le7/32, 2nd Stage Le7/32 and Children of the Le4/4..... Plus an offshoot Vortex Blaster.....

4:36 pm

Nonny

t/y hurshy.....so many more to go.....

4:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

does anyone her think "urass" shouldbe a word????

4:37 pm

Ouwachita

done...anyone need a clue b4 I go?

4:37 pm

LeslieAnn

definitely, owl

4:37 pm

Anj

Hi T-Owl : )

LeslieA, don't forget the li5/10 : )

4:37 pm

brandyjack

well actually I think the word you are looking for is a little more specific than 'urass'......

4:37 pm

GreyWoulf

brandyjack -- I haven't read them in over 15 years and my mother lost her library a couple of years ago when she had severe money probs and got evicted form her apartment -- Thankfully the Science Fiction Book Club collected them into a single volume omnibus so they are still accessible to todays readers :)

4:38 pm

Jera

Ouwa... still need he7/32, please!

4:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all! deciding whetjer or not to wade in...so much holiday stuff to be done...

4:38 pm

harpjane

re 8?

4:38 pm

lola100

Hi temple :)
Like, 'get urass over here'?

4:39 pm

brandyjack

474 words, you ain't wading unless you are a giantess......

4:39 pm

LeslieAnn

ooh, thanks anj

4:39 pm

Haz1558

Jera - he 7/32 - take the noise a snake makes, change the vowel. To the end of the word, add a man's name beginning with I - as in I** Fleming

4:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

well that's certainly a good use! : )

4:39 pm

Ouwachita

he7/32...author herman - "e" + John in another language

4:40 pm

Dachef

10 to go.....

the countdown has begun...

4:40 pm

Jera

ty, Haz... my list seems to be out of order somehow... also would have thought that invalid due to being proper... many, many thanks!

4:40 pm

lola100

*fans dachef with towel and reminds him to breathe*

4:41 pm

Anj

*crowd surge in the Mumbles*

Go Dachef : )

4:41 pm

Ouwachita

re8...what they do these days to old records

4:41 pm

Haz1558

I took pity on you - glad you've got it.

4:41 pm

Babbler

c'mon Dachef!!

4:41 pm

Jera

From now on give me clues in Parseltongue, okay...

4:41 pm

Ouwachita

or re8....re + what every man should be called in his home...lol

4:43 pm

DarleenMB

I'm stuck on the am7/36. any clue would be appreciated.

4:45 pm

Dachef

5.....

<starting to sweat>

4:45 pm

lola100

darleen, am7: am plus vowel plus three letter word that sounds like what santa carries plus a vowel :)

4:45 pm

Anj

Darleen, starts with the same 3 letters as the previous am7, then the plural letter, then the high/low playing card : )

4:46 pm

lola100

Go dachef! You can do it!!! :D

Babe, you say it so much better than I do :)

4:46 pm

DarleenMB

whew. thanks anj! got it. Now to go see what it means...

4:46 pm

cybernan

Been monkey typing to no avail!.........

last am 4/5?

4:47 pm

Anj

Cyber, usually comes at the end of a prayer...

4:47 pm

lola100

cyber, what you say at the end of a prayer.

4:48 pm

Anj

Great minds babe, lol : )

4:48 pm

GreyWoulf

Woo Hoo! H's are clear and I have only 97 to go -- I can almost, kinda sorta, if I squint REAL hard, maybe convince myself that the end of the tunnel is just ahead :D

4:49 pm

cybernan

I have that -- the second am 4/5, is there not a third one at the very end (following the am7/36)?

4:49 pm

lola100

lol :D

What you up to tomorrow babe?

4:50 pm

Anj

Chapter 3, and if you ask me, they all did it!

4:50 pm

lola100

cyber, no...only two of them.

4:51 pm

cybernan

no wonder I coudn't find it!!!

4:51 pm

Anj

LOL< no, Xmas shopping. Need to get Kaff another pressy as she already has the one I bought for her : /

4:51 pm

lola100

Now that's my kind of book....

4:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

any clues around for the ti8/40and the second ti6/18?

4:52 pm

lola100

Oops, you're running out of shopping days! :)

4:52 pm

harpjane

Still missing the re 8. Anybody care to try another clue?

4:53 pm

Anj

T-Owl, a female ti5/10?
Or maybe sounds like the opposite of loose... ; )

4:53 pm

lola100

temple, the ti6 is a plural :)

4:53 pm

Babbler

re8: re + opp. of mistress

4:53 pm

Anj

Harp, re plus M..... of the Universe : )

4:54 pm

Dachef

aaaaahhhh! Done!

<collapses, spreadeagled on flor amongst detritus of mega-babbling: empty coffe cups, over-flowing ashtrays and coconut husks>

4:54 pm

Babbler

*claps for Dachef!!* :D

4:54 pm

Anj

WTG Dachef : ) A job well done...

4:55 pm

lola100

WoooHooo! Well done dachef! :)

4:55 pm

Poo's Mom

congrats dachef!!

4:55 pm

GreyWoulf

Excellent, Dachef!!!!!!

(*hands fresh cup of double espresso*)

4:55 pm

krajcd55

How many words are there? I completed 104. Second week of playing. Thanks.

4:55 pm

lola100

You guys are making me homesick with all these gorgeous lion icons!

4:56 pm

Dachef

thanx all! All hail the little grey boxes!!!!!!

4:56 pm

Anj

Kraj, 474 today...bit of a beast : )

4:56 pm

mab

You're a star, Dachef!

4:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

good job, dachef!

4:57 pm

harpjane

Got the RE 8 thank you!

4:57 pm

krajcd55

ugh! Have a way to go! Thank you.

4:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

lola - are both ti 6 plurals? I have one plural for ti6...

4:58 pm

harpjane

Whoa, look at the time! Gotta start drinking vile stuff to prepare for tomorrow's colonoscopy....

4:58 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Any clues for ad 7/36 and 8/50... Please

4:59 pm

lola100

temple, no. The other is ti plus a word for 'not mad' :)

4:59 pm

Haz1558

ad 7 - to have a very strong opinion on something.

4:59 pm

Dachef

kristina - remember antmusic? probably not in US. I was ad***** that I was gonna finish this one!

4:59 pm

lola100

Oh, and temple, the plural of that will give you the 7 :)

5:00 pm

LeslieAnn

haz what is your icon?

5:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

got those, thanks lola ... a few days off and i've forgotten how to play...

5:00 pm

lola100

*sings* Staaaand, and deliver!

5:01 pm

Babbler

your money or your life!!!

5:01 pm

Haz1558

I've forgotten to change it! It was taken in Vienna last February at an open air ice rink. The children were using penguins on skates for balance.

5:01 pm

Dachef

your money or your life! Didnt he have a comeback recently that fell on its ar4/4?

5:01 pm

Anj

Kristin...
"A new royal family
A wild nobility
We are the family!"

Or maybe

"Well I'm standin' here, looking at you.
What do I see?
I'm lookin' straight through. It's so sad
when you're young, too be told.
But, you're havin' fun so un-plug the jukebox.
And do us all a favor.
Oooh, that musics lost its taste, so try another flavor"

5:02 pm

Babbler

i thought he'd gone loopy lou after the gun incident in north london?

5:02 pm

Alien

is there something up with one of the "fa 5 words"? It's saying that i've already used it, but I know I haven't. Is someone else having this prob?

5:03 pm

Anj

Alien, try hitting the f5 key : )

5:03 pm

Dachef

anj - that was a bit cathartic, no? That was a bit like standing up at a meeting and saying "My name is Anj, and I'm a ad7/36 fan."

5:04 pm

Babbler

what's wrong with that?

5:05 pm

Anj

Dachef, I had all their singles lol. In my defence, I should point out that I swapped them all for about 100 ft of Scalextric track and 5 cars : D

5:05 pm

Alien

thanks--it worked!!!

5:05 pm

lola100

ad7 rocked! Of course, I am way too young to have been there at the time. Someone else told me about them....

5:05 pm

LeslieAnn

any help with the ma 8/45? (not the killing)

5:06 pm

Babbler

i hate re words..... : (

5:06 pm

Yoink

Hello all :)

5:06 pm

Babbler

Yoink!!! ((xx)) :)

5:06 pm

lola100

Hi yoink! :)

5:07 pm

GreyWoulf

How's it goin', Yoink?

5:07 pm

lola100

ma8- take praying ***** and add the abrev of the country I'm from :)

5:07 pm

Dachef

evening Yoink! No! Dont start! Nooooo!

;)

5:08 pm

Babbler

111 words, and I'm considering giving up already.... but am at the re words, which are my nemesis..... : '(

5:09 pm

Yoink

Hi Babs ((xx))

Hi Lola, Greywoulf, Dachef, and all others. GW, I'm doing good thanks, how are you? Dachef, I have no intention of starting!

5:09 pm

LeslieAnn

ah, throwing babbler trivia into the clues now, huh? well, i got it. thanks.

5:09 pm

harpjane

Don't quit Babbler. I actually HAVE all the re words. I can help....

5:09 pm

Anj

Hi Yoink : _

LeslieAnn, if you have the two ma6/21s use the 2nd one and add the initials of the country where you will find Jo'berg, Capetown and Durban

5:09 pm

lola100

Nooooo babs! Don't give up! The re's get easier as you get more of them :)

5:09 pm

KRISTINAROSE333

Thank you for the AD 7 & 8....

5:10 pm

Babbler

:'( wish I hadn't now...

5:10 pm

Dachef

Babbler - repeat after me - I will not throw in the towel. I will not throw in the towel.

5:11 pm

Anj

Babs, 20 of the re words are re plus another word. Just keep noodling : )

5:11 pm

Babbler

will you help me, pls, Lola? the second re6/21 (actually that little block of 5 words down to make again would be fab!) *wails like the cowardly lion* :'(

5:12 pm

Babbler

I know Anj.... and I hate them just for that! boo hoo! :(

5:12 pm

GreyWoulf

Yoink -- pulling my hair out trying to work on the board and play with the daughter at the same time, but other wise pretty good

5:12 pm

lola100

re plus ca4/5...hit again?

5:12 pm

harpjane

Babbler--if you had a wicker chair that broke, you would re**** it. If you were eating leftovers, you might re****.

5:13 pm

mab

Babbler, along with our dear hurshy, we are sisters of the cowardly lion who was given courage by the not so great wizard of oz. Have faith!

5:13 pm

Babbler

whicker chair? :'(

5:14 pm

Anj

Babs, Res to go:

re6/21 - re plus sugarc....
re7/36 - past tense that
re6/21 - afterburner or warm up again
re7/32 - whack it with the plural fish
re5/14 - put the bottom seam in again
re6/24 - plural fish!

5:14 pm

Yoink

I had forgotten about the icon theme, refresh

5:15 pm

lola100

babs, past tense of that last on will give you a 7.

Others include: to make hot again plus the plural, and to shorten a skirt again plus the plural.

5:16 pm

lola100

babs, put in the post again and the plural :)

5:16 pm

Babbler

:D tee hee! *smiling again*

5:16 pm

Dachef

I have to go - am working away again next week, and moving house the week after, so wont be around much for a while.

Everyone have a bloody good Chrimbo, and the best new year. See you in 2007!

5:17 pm

Yoink

I'd just like to say that I think you're all crazy for attempting this monster, i learned from the last one

5:17 pm

LeslieAnn

bye dachef! happy holidays!

5:17 pm

Babbler

I might not finish, Yoink. Just seeing how far I get.. :/

5:17 pm

lola100

babs, hammer an na4 into the wall, again? (don't forget the plural!)

5:17 pm

Yoink

Are we missing 2006? Bye Dachef!

5:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

*blows a kiss* bye, dachef! merry christmas and happy new year to you!

5:18 pm

hurshy

i'm a dear hurshy! :)

5:18 pm

lola100

Dachef, have a great christmas and new year! See you soon :)

5:18 pm

GreyWoulf

Dachef -- hope we will see you before then! (2007?) But have a wonderful Christmas and may all your journeys be safe!

5:18 pm

Dachef

or even 2006!

Its late and this grid has addled by brains!

5:18 pm

Babbler

thx guys! so now I need the re's after what you pay a landlord.... :D thank you thank you thank you!

5:18 pm

hurshy

bye dachef - for a year?!!?!

5:18 pm

Babbler

lol DAchef!! do you know what? I didn't see anything wrong with your post! lol

5:19 pm

Babbler

merry christmas and happy new year, Dachef!! xxx

5:19 pm

hurshy

your car has a certain re6 value after 5 years. before that is a homonym of this word, and pl.

5:19 pm

Anj

Cheers Dachef - have a Good One : )

5:19 pm

lola100

babs, re plus what you do in a boat (plus plural!) and then one that sounds the same :)

5:20 pm

hurshy

another re6 - if you are a clerk in a department store you might say that you work in re6

5:20 pm

Cherrypop

HELLO ALL and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! I have two words that should be listed but are not. Aint this fun?

5:20 pm

lola100

babs, think re**** therapy, sweetie, dahling (and the plural!) ;)

5:20 pm

hurshy

then there's an re5, which ends with the first 3 letters of a princess's headgear

5:21 pm

hurshy

cherry, is one of them email?

5:21 pm

lola100

babs, for the last re5 add *** maria ;)

5:22 pm

harpjane

Yoink. You are correct. We are crazy. (We can quit any time!) Come on in, you know you want to !

5:22 pm

Babbler

re's are done! oh wow!!! thx guys :D

5:22 pm

hurshy

babs must be swamped with all these re clues :)

5:22 pm

lola100

Woo! Go girlfriend! :)

5:22 pm

LeslieAnn

all the cool kids are doing it, yoink!

5:23 pm

Babbler

I kept up, hurshy! they were fab! :D

5:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

lola - last re 5 *** maria?

5:24 pm

hurshy

temple, try my clue for that at 5:20

5:24 pm

Yoink

Heh, no thanks. If I had started earlier maybe, but if I start now I'd have to be up till an obscene hour in the morning to finish it. I'll be able to get to bed at a reasonable time this way

5:24 pm

Babbler

s'alright T-Owl, I knew exactly what that meant! lol

5:24 pm

cybernan

only two, cherry?

5:25 pm

lola100

temple, a coffee liqueur?

5:26 pm

cybernan

need help with the last 3 en's, please....

en 6/18
en 7/28
en 5/10

5:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah... have it! thanks!

5:27 pm

hurshy

en6 - to involve. eg, "what exactly will this job en6?"
en7 - pl
en5 - same ending as the now famous re5

5:28 pm

Uneaixoise

en8/40?

5:28 pm

lola100

Anj, you still there babe?

5:29 pm

Haz1558

en 8/40 one who recruits or joins

5:29 pm

hurshy

en 8/40 person who does en6 (signs up for military service)

5:29 pm

lola100

Une, someone who en6's the help of someone else?

5:29 pm

samirosecho

how many 9 letter words are there?

5:29 pm

hurshy

3 9-letters

5:30 pm

Uneaixoise

jeez, thanks so much--i was coming from a totally wrong direction!

5:30 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Hurshy -- I was starting with the wrong en.

Don't know what the famous re is -- haven't got that far.

5:31 pm

hurshy

cyber - we were just discussing it in the log, temple didn't get lola's clue, but i gave one at 5:20 as well, you should check it out, you'll get both the en and the re

5:31 pm

Anj

Just having a snack...

5:32 pm

hurshy

not toto?

5:32 pm

Babbler

clues for ra8 and ra9 pls, anyone? ty : )

5:32 pm

hurshy

ra8 - running contest plus spouse (or friend in australia)

5:33 pm

Babbler

thx hurshy :D

5:33 pm

lola100

I have to get some sleep now. Good luck and see you all tomorrow :)

'nite babe, sweet dreams , see you tomorrow (((xxx))) :)

5:33 pm

hurshy

'night lola!

5:34 pm

Babbler

nite Lola, sweet dreams! :D

5:34 pm

GreyWoulf

Sleep well, lola!

5:34 pm

Yoink

Night Lola :)

5:35 pm

cybernan

found it monkey typing!

5:35 pm

Anj

'nite Lola, sweet dreams babe (((xx))) ; )

5:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, lola!

5:50 pm

davetins

any clue for the ma6/21 next to the praying one please

5:51 pm

LeslieAnn

change the last vowel, dave

5:51 pm

GreyWoulf

Guys -- it's my turn to ask for the ma8 that builds off the ma6/21 -- I am not making it work -- need different clue if possible :)

5:52 pm

Jera

Think Indian killing

5:52 pm

Yoink

Well, good luck all. I'm off, hopefully tomorrow's grid will be a more reasonable number!

5:52 pm

LeslieAnn

use the second one, then... an abbreviation for south america??

5:53 pm

Babbler

see you tomorrow Yoink ((xx)) : )

5:53 pm

GreyWoulf

Jera - sorry should have clarified further -- I have that one

5:53 pm

Jera

Oops, sorry, wrong one...

5:54 pm

GreyWoulf

Got it!!

5:56 pm

davetins

ty lesley ann

5:56 pm

Yoink

Bye Babs, you'll have mail pretty soon

((xx))

6:03 pm

Nonny

I need help with the first ca 5/12. Have all the other ca's, but can't figure that one out. Any help out there???

6:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

may i have help with the second sa8/45?

6:05 pm

harpjane

ca 5/12, how Shakespear might say cannot.

6:06 pm

GreyWoulf

I am missing one last me5/12 - the second one by the cliffs

help?

6:06 pm

davetins

any clue for the re6/21 and re7/36 please

6:06 pm

Mary

Hi guys, am starting late today, no way am I going to finish. Does anyone have a clue for the as7/36 please?

6:07 pm

Nonny

Thanx Harpjane. Thought I had tried that and it didn't take. Now on to the next............so many to find yet....

6:07 pm

LeslieAnn

gw, think of the smart people club and change the fourth letter

6:08 pm

LeslieAnn

this clue was given earlier, mary... as + *** we meet again + to ** or not to

6:09 pm

GreyWoulf

Have that one, Leslie -- I need the one three after that :)

6:10 pm

LeslieAnn

me + the first three letters of the facial expression when you lift up part of you lip and growl? (best i can do)

6:10 pm

Mary

Thanx, LeslieAnn, got it.

6:12 pm

GreyWoulf

I am a goof today -- that time I meant 3 words after not the third 5/12 after *smack*

6:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

has anyone here goten to the sa words? if so, may i have a clue to the second sa8/40?

6:14 pm

davetins

sa8/45 change the last letter to a vowel

6:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Temple - both sa8's build off the 7 -- one is plural, the other ends in a vowel

6:14 pm

LeslieAnn

gw, you want me to type the whole word list for you? is that what you're asking? ;)

6:15 pm

GreyWoulf

Nevermind, Leslie -- I'll get it somehow -- I am having trouble communicating today -- Thanks for the effort :)

6:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, davetins : )

6:18 pm

LeslieAnn

me 5/12s: (1) me*** to an end, (2) change the last letter of the first, (3) plural of me** and potatoes, (4) the smart people club, change the fourth letter, (5) plural of a city in arizona, (6) me + first three letters of a growly facial expression

6:18 pm

gnubee

help with as 7/ 36, please

6:20 pm

aknitter

gnu, which one the flower or the other?

6:20 pm

GreyWoulf

Leslie -- there is one more 5/12 right after the city plural but before the facial clue --- there are 7 in total :)

Thanks for not giving up on me ;)

6:20 pm

aknitter

never mind gnu the other is am, need to adjust my glasses.
the as is a flower

6:21 pm

gnubee

aknitter, need th as7, have the flower as5

6:21 pm

LeslieAnn

aw crap here it is: me + *** the season

6:22 pm

aknitter

as 7 is a flower, a strange flower

6:22 pm

aknitter

a tall spikey perenial -- a spirea

6:22 pm

gnubee

ok, thanks, I'll keep at it - lol

6:22 pm

Babbler

*** the season to be jolly, fa la la laaa, la la la laaaaaa! : )

6:24 pm

aknitter

hey gnu ----
this clue was given earlier, mary... as + *** we meet again + to ** or not to

6:24 pm

harpjane

fr 5/16?

6:25 pm

davetins

Lesleyann, I'm looking for the me5/12 next to the steak
please

6:26 pm

LeslieAnn

dude, all the me 5/12's are in the log. 6:18 and 6:21

6:26 pm

GreyWoulf

Bloody 'Ell!!! That was ridiculous in its frustration level -- finally have the M's clear -- only 57 words left!

6:27 pm

gnubee

ty, aknitter!

6:27 pm

aknitter

gw only 57 left?? i'm only 1/2 the way there

6:28 pm

GreyWoulf

aknitter - I have been wasting my day off doing this grid -- I was on it for 3 hours after the flip and then came back at noon and have been focussing on it while playing with my daughter --- I intend to finish this one even if it kills me!

6:29 pm

gnubee

harpjane, fr5/16 has a double consonant at the end, souns like part of the root used to make root beer

6:30 pm

davetins

GW did you get a 7th me5/12??

6:30 pm

aknitter

i might kill myself soon, i am now repeating words. if i get that message one more time .... sorry youhave already used that word, i am going to tie myself up with the christmas lights and plug myself in!!

6:30 pm

GreyWoulf

yep!

6:30 pm

harpjane

thank you gnubee

6:31 pm

gnubee

I think we can all relate today, aknitter

6:31 pm

Babbler

*takes fuses out of aknitter's house*

6:31 pm

gnubee

you're welcome, harpjane

6:31 pm

davetins

If it was the one next to the steaks, could you do a clue please

6:31 pm

aknitter

ha ha babbler i have circuit breakers !!

6:32 pm

Babbler

davetins - try guys + diminutive of thank you

6:32 pm

GreyWoulf

sorry -- reading abook to the baby -- back in a bit

6:32 pm

aknitter

davetins is it what this puzzle is driving us (minus the l)??

6:33 pm

Babbler

*takes christmas lights out of aknitter's house*

hah!

6:33 pm

cybernan

*surfacing yet again*

he 7/32, anyone?

6:33 pm

Charm

Hellooo, everyone!
Need help with one, please. The first HE5/14. thanks oodles....

6:34 pm

Babbler

cyber - surname of Herman, plus first name of cricketer Mr Botham

ps: great idea for christmas theme for the duration! : )

6:34 pm

davetins

Ty babbler, Just the re6/21 and 7/36 to go now?

6:34 pm

Charm

He7/32 - think of German soldiers fighting the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

6:34 pm

LeslieAnn

he 5... he plus "bad" in spanish

6:34 pm

cybernan

Charm -- think of longjohns, or th______ underwear -- drop the t

6:35 pm

gnubee

cybernan, sounds like it might be someone from a old world country, nit pr******, but he*****, has a double letter

6:35 pm

Babbler

davetins - if you had to fix a whicker chair, you would re**** it. and past tense.

6:36 pm

Charm

LeslieAnne & Cybernan - thanks SO much. I thought I had tried every possible combo but that, of course! lol

6:36 pm

whereami

is 162 words good for my first time here.

6:37 pm

aknitter

whereami? don't know whereami??

6:38 pm

Yvo

thats wonderful im new too have 138

6:38 pm

Babbler

great name, whereami!! lol!

6:39 pm

gnubee

whereami, that's good today, this is a very large grid

6:39 pm

whereami

I wonder that alot

6:39 pm

cybernan

Thank you all -- great combo of clues.

6:39 pm

aknitter

i know where i am, i am in puzzle hell!!!

6:39 pm

cybernan

Is it just me, or is it taking a long time to post words and log entries today?

6:39 pm

Babbler

very apt for today!! lol :D

6:41 pm

Uneaixoise

it's not just you . . . it's like sludge!

6:41 pm

periwinkle

Hi, back for more torture, erm, I mean, more fun

6:41 pm

aknitter

i'm plugging myself in now --- pulls light off tree and crawls towards outlet

6:41 pm

Babbler

I regret starting.... : / already decided not gonna finish. just seeing what I can get, then calling it a night.

6:42 pm

Babbler

you can't aknitter.... I've got your lights!

6:42 pm

aknitter

i found some that were lost in the back of the closet

6:43 pm

Babbler

LOL!! aknitter, you'll find the plug doesn't work..... heh heh

6:44 pm

LeslieAnn

whatev, aknitter, you know the lights you find in the back of the closet will NEVER work

6:44 pm

Babbler

thanks for making me laugh, aknitter : D xxx

6:44 pm

aknitter

stop torturing me, let me go....

6:45 pm

Babbler

I'm at 195 words! I don't know how that happened! My left arm is tingling. that's not good, is it?

6:45 pm

aknitter

i am one of THOSE people who must finish what they start, this puzzle is killing me

6:46 pm

Babbler

it's not fun anymore..... so I'll only do what's fun and leave it at that. not bothered about finishing anymore. stopped caring way back! : /

6:46 pm

LeslieAnn

does anyone have the cr 6/24 and 5/12 in the middle? between rude and burning the dead

6:47 pm

aknitter

your left arm is tingling because i stuck a pin in my babbler voodoo doll (your punishment for taking my lights)

6:47 pm

Babbler

LOL aknitter!!! crikey..... *hands lights back*

6:48 pm

cybernan

I'm tired of this puzzle too -- but with only 82 words to go, I hate to quit.

6:48 pm

aknitter

crikey??? do people actually use that word?

6:48 pm

Babbler

I do!! :D

6:49 pm

LeslieAnn

haha, aknitter is funny when she's angry

6:49 pm

aknitter

i've only heard steve irwin use it on tv "crikey"

6:49 pm

Charm

LeslieAnn - before the rude, there are 2 verbs (one past tense) meaning to stretch your neck to get a better look - also a tall white wading bird.
After burning the dead, there are 2 words (sing & pl) meaning fake whipped dairy product.

6:49 pm

Jera

I'm in re-hell... gotta skip to something else...

*whimpers piteously... but doesn't stop... that would be well, sa4/4*

6:50 pm

mab

You are so close, cybernan! Keep going just a little while longer

Your icon, by the way, is so pretty and sweet.

6:51 pm

Babbler

Jera, the re's killed me. that's when I made my decision to not try to finish. : /

6:51 pm

Babbler

and Jera, I started from the bottom of the list! Given up at the Ms... :/

6:51 pm

aknitter

Oops! You've already used that word --- i HATE this phrase

6:51 pm

LeslieAnn

aha! thanks charm. i had put the rude one in the wrong place so was looking forever for words that weren't there :)

6:52 pm

Jera

I'm hoping skipping them will refresh me adequately to complete the last 64 words...

6:52 pm

Babbler

I'm oblivious to it..... it surprises me when it's NOT there!
lol

6:52 pm

Babbler

I've got them all, Jera. Happy to help you, if you'd like?

6:52 pm

mab

Jera: these are some clues that anj gave; maybe they'll help...
re6/21 - re plus sugarc....
re7/36 - past tense that
re6/21 - afterburner or warm up again
re7/32 - whack it with the plural fish
re5/14 - put the bottom seam in again
re6/24 - plural fish!

6:53 pm

Charm

So, LeslieAnne, are you done?

6:53 pm

cybernan

anyone have the first li 5/10?

6:53 pm

GreyWoulf

Time for me to do the dinner thing now -- I'll be back to finish later :)

I've come too far to not finish today!!

6:53 pm

gnubee

LselieAnn, there are no cr 6/24 and 5/12 between rude and burning the dead - you must have skipped a letter. Do you have the bird/lifter of cargo?

6:53 pm

LeslieAnn

nope, 66 left

6:54 pm

LeslieAnn

gnubee, thanks, i got it, it was the bird

6:54 pm

Charm

1st LI5/10 - "Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines." LI6 is pl.
3rd LI5/10 - change the final vowel. LI6 is pl.

6:54 pm

gnubee

Cybernan, the first li 5/10 sounds like it could be a girl's name, has 3 vowels

6:57 pm

gnubee

need help with the 3rd an 4/4 and the 2 after:
an 4/ 4
an 6/ 21
an 5/ 10

6:58 pm

cybernan

Thank you -- got them

6:58 pm

gnubee

nevermind, I was missing the 1st an 4/4

6:58 pm

Charm

3d AN4/4 - Scots for one (1).

6:59 pm

periwinkle

I have the ma8 which means to slaughter, may I have a help for the 2nd ma8 please and the me7

7:00 pm

Charm

an6/21 - "A two-edged medieval dagger." an + L4/5 meaning tie your sneakers.

7:00 pm

cybernan

an 4/4 - rhymes with window p____ (sections of glass)
an 6/21 - an + la 4/5 (what you tie your shoes with)
an 5/10 - drop the last two letters of above and pluralize

7:00 pm

Uneaixoise

ma6 + abbreviation for South America

7:00 pm

Jera

Sorry... wandered off into sa-land... don't want to seem ungrateful...

7:01 pm

Charm

MA8 - "The decimal part of a logarithm." Think of the pretty (usu. black) head scarf worn by Spanish women and change the middle double consonant.

7:02 pm

gnubee

thanks, cybernan!!!

7:03 pm

Charm

me7/36 - spotty childhood disease (have a vaccine for it). past tense.
(ME6 is singular).

7:03 pm

periwinkle

charm, thanks so much, found the 2nd ma8.

7:04 pm

periwinkle

Oops, already had the me7

7:05 pm

Marc Freeman

Good evening could I get a clue for ma8/45 please

7:06 pm

aknitter

is there a clue for the ti 8/40?

7:06 pm

Uneaixoise

see charm's clue at 7:01

7:07 pm

Charm

TI8 - fem. of the TI5 meaning giant (Greek myths).

7:07 pm

gnubee

ti 8/40 is a giant lady

7:08 pm

aknitter

a giant lady????

7:09 pm

Uneaixoise

builds on the ti5 just above

7:11 pm

aknitter

i'm looking ty

7:11 pm

periwinkle

aknittter, re the ti8- add the ending that makes a lion a female

7:12 pm

Charm

Peri - great hint!

7:12 pm

Marc Freeman

Thanks Unea and Charm and got the ma6/21 that goes with it. Do you have clue for the ma6/21 that is just below it.

7:13 pm

harpjane

LE 7? Either one?

7:13 pm

periwinkle

Charm, I can't take credit for the hint, someone else posted it earlier, I think it was brandyjack

7:14 pm

LeslieAnn

a male who works at le 4/4 crafters. and all the men who work there.

7:14 pm

Charm

ma6/21? Not the slave but the owner.

7:17 pm

Marc Freeman

I have that one the first 3 letters of this one is what a boy becomes when he grows up

7:18 pm

Nonny

Now I'm stuck w/the be's. Any help w/both be 6/30 and 6/27?

7:18 pm

Charm

ma6 - praying insect which eats its mate? Other ma6 is pl (change the final vowel).

7:20 pm

Charm

be6/30 - be + mild curse (commonly god **** it).

7:21 pm

Charm

be6/30 - "Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, an institution in London for the mentally ill."

7:22 pm

Cinderella

aknitter- Who's on first? :) Too funny!!!!!!!!!!

7:22 pm

harpjane

Isn't that what you do, GW? Are you a le7?

7:23 pm

Charm

be6/27 - to promise. be + n4/5 (you have a first and last n4/5).

7:23 pm

Marc Freeman

charm, thanks

7:23 pm

LeslieAnn

i don't know if he's around, but that's where we got the clue the first time :)

7:26 pm

Jera

Need help with last st6/18, please...?

7:27 pm

Babbler

add an a on the end of the previous word, Jera : )

7:27 pm

whereami

I've had enough 182, I give up

7:28 pm

Babbler

this is one of the worst, whereami, they're usually not this monstrous. Will you come back again?

7:28 pm

Jera

A-ha... I see, yes! Thank you!

i wasn't twisting enough...

7:28 pm

Charm

st6/18 - st5/10 meaning harsh (or rear of ship) + vowel (it means pl. of the breastbone).

7:28 pm

Charm

Nite-nite folks. Getting old. (And the baby is calling....)

7:29 pm

whereami

sure it was fun
will probably pay as soon as I get enouh $ in my pay pal account

7:29 pm

Babbler

nite charm : )

7:30 pm

cybernan

jera -- add a vowel to the st5 before it

7:30 pm

Nonny

thanx charm. I did have the hospital be 6/30, I need the 6/30 after it.

7:31 pm

Charm

be6 - old, ugly woman.

7:33 pm

Charm

Nonny - it *sounds* like that poem: La be*** **** sans merci.

7:35 pm

Babbler

fab clue, Charm! :)

7:37 pm

Charm

Thanks, Babbler. Now I really am off to bed.

7:50 pm

Jera

oops, nearly forgot about a pesky f... need las fa4/7, please...

7:53 pm

Jacula

Jera - last fa4/7 is what you pay on a train, taxi or bus.

7:54 pm

Babbler

hi Jac : ) have you finished?

7:56 pm

Jacula

Hi Babbler. Finished? Are you kidding? Had a busy day. Still got 52 words to find.

7:56 pm

Jera

I have that one... isn't there another after it? After nonsense play? How many fa4/7's are there total, perhaps I miscounted...

7:57 pm

Babbler

good going! I have 188 to find..... : /

7:57 pm

hurshy

how's your battle going there babs?

7:57 pm

Jacula

No idea what an icon pic of me as a teenager is doing here either. My partner signed me in this morning - guess it must have been his choice for the day. LOL.

7:57 pm

hurshy

oh funny babs, you answered my question before it posted

7:57 pm

Babbler

fa4/7 x 3

7:59 pm

Babbler

I gave up a while back, hurshy. my left arm's tingling, so I'm just doing what I can..... not putting pressure on myself to finish, just keeping it fun.... (trying to!)

7:59 pm

Jera

I have admirers & price on bus... what's the third one, please? fa4/7

7:59 pm

harpjane

AN 6/18?

8:00 pm

hurshy

jera - change the s in admirers to a vowel

8:00 pm

hurshy

an6/18 - an plus sa4 (satisfy)

8:01 pm

hurshy

babbler - you're not having a heart attack from this huge puzzle i hope!

8:01 pm

Jera

Never mind, got it... thanks!

8:01 pm

Jacula

1st fa4/7 - another word for a weathercock.
3rd fa4/7 (after the nonsense play ) - what you pay on public transport.
2nd fa4/7 - Lady Windermere only had one, but some ceilings and dancers have more than one. They cool you down or cover you up. LOL.

8:02 pm

Babbler

lol, no hurshy. just RSI... : /

8:02 pm

Jera

*girds loins to do battle with final 12... all re's*

8:02 pm

hurshy

oh, poor babs. *rubs babbler's arm*

8:03 pm

Babbler

awww, thanks hurshy : ) xxx

Jera, I have all the re's, let me know if you need me : )

8:03 pm

Jacula

Babbler - I came in with 356 words from just doing grid on paper throughout the day as I was busy was Christmas stuff. This is my relaxation time now until the Christmas rush begins again tomorrow with mince pies to make and the last few gingerbread house pieces to do also.

8:05 pm

Babbler

I don't know how you do it, Jac!! *in awe*

8:06 pm

mab

Babbler, dear! You must get up and shake your arm a bit! Poor thing!

8:06 pm

Jera

ty, Babbler, I'll keep ya in mind...

8:06 pm

Babbler

good idea, mab! I'll do it now...

8:06 pm

Jera

*quaffs an entire glass of diet mountain dew & plunges into battle*

8:07 pm

Jacula

Babbler - re the tingly left arm. Take care of that! If you have low b/p and you've been eating garlic that can sometimes be the cause. Garlic lowers b/p, you see.

8:08 pm

Babbler

I didn't know that about garlic, Jac! That's probably it!

8:09 pm

Babbler

It wasn't tingling before dinner..... makes sense...

8:11 pm

aknitter

garlic lowers the BP and keeps vampires away!

8:11 pm

aknitter

can't find the be 9

8:12 pm

hurshy

i thought low blood pressure was good

8:12 pm

Jacula

Aknitter - LOL. True.

8:12 pm

Babbler

you sleep on it.... well, you put a mattress on it
then plural

8:13 pm

Babbler

my shoulders are tight too, so that could be it too, couldn't it? maybe I should put some music on and have a little boogie??? : )

8:13 pm

aknitter

well that was easy (with the clue) LOL

8:13 pm

Anj

Hypotension?? Keeps the blood from the...from the...
blood from the...
large pink thing, think with it... bear with me here...

8:13 pm

Jacula

Hurshy - low b/p can be good but not always. Both me and my Dad had it. I still have it. Dad, no longer with us, of course doesn't. It's better than a high b/p but still not always a good thing. Ours was/is naturally low though.

8:14 pm

Babbler

that's you , that is!!!! hello! :D

8:15 pm

Babbler

crikey, if we're doing pics of ourselves, I'm going back in time!!! LOL!! :D

8:15 pm

Anj

LOL! Hello : ) Scary pic, scary pic...

8:16 pm

Babbler

not at all, Anj!! *waves* :D

8:16 pm

mab

It's Anj! Look at that cute chin!

I don't have a single picture of myself on the computer if we're doing ourselves!

8:16 pm

aknitter

oh we're crikey-ing again

8:17 pm

mab

I'll do a google search and pick out a stranger who looks like me, that's what I'll do!

8:17 pm

Babbler

yup, aknitter, crikey crumbs and all sorts! ; )

8:18 pm

aknitter

my icon would be cindy crawford, she is my look alike, both face and body!!!!! ROFLOL

8:18 pm

Jacula

I'd no idea there was a pic of me on my profile today until I posted on the log not long ago. As I said, my other half signed me in - he must have chosen it for the day.

8:18 pm

Anj

Hmm, well i'm not exactly a Bruce Campbell in the chin dept lol : )

8:19 pm

Babbler

refresh for a perfect eyebrow!! LOL!

8:19 pm

Jera

Could someone post the re6 list? I'm missing one... (my last!!)

8:20 pm

Anj

Jac, you should always check your icons. You need to know if you're well-dressed lol : D

8:20 pm

Anj

...awww look at da cute liddle Babbler : )

8:21 pm

Jacula

Anj - I've told him that if he ever puts a 'rude' pic up, he's dead! LOL.

8:21 pm

mab

Anj's clues:
re6/21 - re plus sugarc....
re7/36 - past tense that
re6/21 - afterburner or warm up again
re7/32 - whack it with the plural fish
re5/14 - put the bottom seam in again
re6/24 - plural fish!

8:21 pm

aknitter

shouldn't you folks on the other side of the atlantic be in bed? isn't it the middle of the night?

8:21 pm

Babbler

*giggles* :D

8:22 pm

Babbler

it's 2.21 am........ early for an insomniac! lol

8:22 pm

aknitter

not that i am wishing you gone...

8:22 pm

Anj

Jac, I'm a worshipper at the altar of F5 to check on my icon at all times : D
Mind you, in the quaint English way, if Paul did do that we would, of course, all cough politely and change the subject ; ) LOL!

8:23 pm

Babbler

do you know whereabouts in your list your re6 is, Jera?

8:23 pm

Alien

any clues for "ra 6/24 and 7/36?"

8:24 pm

Anj

Alien, competition (running, Champs etc) plus, well, you ( as in I) then plural : )

8:25 pm

mab

It is so good of Brits to cough politely and change the subject, I've always thought.

8:25 pm

Jacula

Yea, Anj., of course you would! *Rolls eyes.*

Not got all me re's yet and not sure about the re+fish clues. Have re8/45 missing. Also the following re6/21 & 7/32, and the re6/18 & 7/28 below that.

8:25 pm

Jera

Here's what i have... what re6 am I missing? Trying desperately to narrow things down so i can coherently ask for help, LOL

re6/21x7
re6/24x2
re6 /18x4

8:26 pm

Babbler

re + ma6/21 (opp of mistress)

8:26 pm

Alien

thanks!

8:27 pm

aknitter

polite cough -- don't inderstand the alien clue for the ra

8:27 pm

Babbler

aknitter..... chase me!!! (that's a clue)

8:28 pm

Babbler

I feel weird with a pic of me in the public domain.... :/

8:28 pm

aknitter

got it!! DUH

8:28 pm

Anj

Jera, I don't think you are - missing an re6 that is... : /

8:29 pm

aknitter

woo hoo 267 words, i didn't think i knew that many!

8:29 pm

Jacula

Babbler - Thanks for the re8/45.

8:29 pm

Jera

Well, i know its a 6 that starts with an r... lemme check the others...

8:30 pm

Jera

How many ra6's are there??

8:31 pm

Anj

Jera there are three ra6s
ra6/24 and 2 x ra6/21

8:31 pm

Babbler

re6/21 and the 32 - think of quantities of paper, then add er

8:31 pm

Eva

Hey Babbler it's Eva. The tingling is extending down my left shoulderblade to my leg. We both know better than this. Are you remembering to get up and move around frequently? STRETCH????I'm at 359 words and am going to allow myself another 10 minutes and then shut down. You need sleep or you'll regret it. Sorry for sounding maternal-I'm really talking to myself, but at least it's only 9:36pm here. Did you get my email?

8:31 pm

mab

Jera, the opposite of mistress. re your ma6.

8:31 pm

Jera

I have a 24 & 2 21's... am I missing one there?

8:32 pm

Jera

That would be an 8, mab... I'm missing a 6.

8:32 pm

Jera

Then what the heck am I missing??

*sobs piteously into keyboard*

8:33 pm

Babbler

Hi Eva!! I was just thinking of checking my mail.. I'll do it in a sec. Thanks for the mothering - I need to be told sometimes. I've got the tingling going up into my jaw, but that's it. I've been remembering to get up every hour, move around, and I was just planning a little boogie..... :D

8:33 pm

mab

Think of a man and his dog. The man is said to be the dog's ma6.

8:33 pm

Anj

Jera, that's all the 6's you've listed.
Try pressing f5 to refresh - you may have one hiding...

8:34 pm

Jera

I thought of that, Anj... I would have loved to feel that silly... alas, not...

8:35 pm

mab

I've refreshed a zillion times and still can't see the perfect Babbler eyebrow. My cache must be full; can't imagine how to empty it.

8:35 pm

Eva

Babbler I haven't been following my own good advice. Every hour is not enough....every 10 minutes or so is more like it. Luckily my cat has been having problems tonight which I won't describe for all concerned, far too gross, but they have necessitated my getting up periodically to do checks of his nether quarters. Otherwise I'd be in worse shape!

8:36 pm

Babbler

mab - Tools, Options, Privacy, Cache

8:36 pm

cybernan

Ooh......these @%!! re's!

re 6 & 7, following 'created again'?

8:36 pm

Babbler

you're right, every hour isn't enough... :/ I just forget!

8:37 pm

Babbler

be quick mab..... seriously not liking my pic out there! lol!

8:37 pm

Jacula

436 words found here. I think I'm getting too tired to go on.

8:37 pm

Anj

Jera, that's the lot for r6 : )

Could it be an r4, r5, r7, r8 or r9??

8:38 pm

Jera

Well, I guess I'll be happy with 474... it's not like I get a point bonus for finishing...

8:38 pm

Eva

Goodnight all! 114 words to go but then nothing in life is ever "finished" is it? My body is demanding that I do something else - like stretch out, sleep, relax, etc. See you tomorrow.

8:38 pm

Babbler

re6/18 and 28 - shopping!

8:38 pm

Anj

er, 474 is the total for today, or am I in the wrong reality again?? : /

8:38 pm

Jacula

'Bye Eva. Rest well.

8:39 pm

Jera

According to the stats chart, it's an r6... the lower r like that makes a difference...

8:39 pm

Babbler

take it easy, Eva!! Just got your mail, will reply tomorrow! :D

8:39 pm

Jera

Sorry, I meant 473... staring at stats grid too long...

8:40 pm

Jacula

I do hope it's not a 1000-word grid tomorrow for the 1000th Babble! We're all too busy with Christmas preparations to even contemplete doing it, unless we get a few days on that one grid!

8:41 pm

GreyWoulf

And a good evening to everyone once again --- time to find the last 56 before I have to do a midnight run to the grocery store for baking supplies :)

8:41 pm

Anj

These are the Rs:

re 4/ 5
re 6/ 21
re 7/ 32
re 5/ 12
re 6/ 21
re 7/ 36
re 6/ 21
re 7/ 32
re 5/ 14
re 6/ 24
re 6/ 24
re 6/ 21
re 7/ 32
re 5/ 12
re 6/ 21
re 8/ 45
re 6/ 21
re 7/ 32
re 5/ 12
re 4/ 5
re 6/ 18
re 7/ 28
re 6/ 21
re 4/ 4
re 5/ 10
re 6/ 18
re 7/ 28
re 6/ 18
re 6/ 18
re 7/ 28
re 5/ 10
re 4/ 4

8:41 pm

Jacula

Hello, Wolfie. Last time I noticed you posting, the baby was in meltdown!:-(

8:42 pm

Babbler

omg, I totally forgot! tomorrow is the 1000th babble?

8:42 pm

Anj

Hi GW : )

1000th Babble?? Happy Babbleday toooo yoooooo : )

8:42 pm

cybernan

Hi GW -- still baking? -- me too!

8:43 pm

cybernan

Maybe a 1000 word grid with a week to solve it?

8:44 pm

GreyWoulf

She's 2 Jac, so if she doesn't have a meltdown at least twice a day I worry :D

C-nan -- yep -- we can't afford to get gifts for people so Kirsten is making Banana bread and Cranberry bread to give out :)

8:44 pm

Jera

GW... I'm in Babble hell... or at least limbo... missing an r6 according to stats chart... but no one can tell me what I'm missing!!

*sobs on GW's shoulder*

8:44 pm

Jacula

Wolfie - what have you run out of? I've been getting through mountains of plain flour, bicarb, eggs, mixed spice, golden syrup, dark brown sugar and icing sugar today! However, if it's in my cupboard and I don't need it first thing tomorrow, I'll e-mail it to you! LOL.

8:44 pm

cybernan

re 6/21 and 7/32 following created again?

8:45 pm

Babbler

awwww jera!!! ((( hugs )))
c'mon honey, we'll help.

8:45 pm

GreyWoulf

(*pats Jera's shoulder consolingly*)

Well, I haven't gotten to the R's yet -- but soon---- I am on the N's right now

8:45 pm

Jacula

Ah! Now bananas and cranberries I do have! No strong plain flour though. Got dried yeast though.

8:45 pm

Anj

Cyber, means to send a letter again (and plural) : D

8:46 pm

Anj

Jear, isn't on the list of REs I posted???

8:46 pm

Jera

*wipes tears & smiles bravely*

Not that 473 is anything to be upset about...

8:47 pm

Jera

I have all 32 re's, Anj...

8:47 pm

mab

Feel free to change, Babbler. My computer has some user-friendly name for 'cache' that I've not figured out yet. Silly MSN.

8:47 pm

mab

Soldier on Jera! You are soooo close!

8:48 pm

Babbler

it will be in Options somewhere, Mab. or go to your help menu and search for cache, it will tell you there....

8:48 pm

Anj

ra 4/ 5
ra 8/ 50
ra 9/ 66
ra 6/ 24
ra 7/ 36
ra 4/ 4
ra 6/ 21
ra 7/ 32
ra 5/ 12
ra 6/ 21
ra 4/ 5
ra 4/ 4
ra 5/ 10

How about RAs?

8:50 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac -- I'm good on everything except the bananas and cranberries -- thanks for the offer :)

8:52 pm

Jacula

Sorry I can't help, Jera. I don't have all the re's myself yet!

Still looking for:

be8/60
be7/44
last be4/6
3rd he4/6 and the 5/14, 6/24, 6/24,9/66, 5/14 and 7/32 after it.

Also, la5/10, 6/18 and 6/18 and the 2nd la4./4 after that.
2nd li5/10 and 6/18.
Quite a few ma's & ra's & re's.:-((((

8:52 pm

Jera

That's it, Anj!!!

8:52 pm

Babbler

be7/44 - plural

8:53 pm

Anj

Jera, which one???

8:54 pm

Jera

Whoo-hoo!!

*happy dance of doneness!!*

8:54 pm

Babbler

be4/6 - church ringy things, but drop an L

8:54 pm

Jacula

WELL DONE, Jera.

8:54 pm

Jera

It was an ra6/21

{{{ANJ}}}

8:54 pm

Babbler

*claps for Jera!!* well done, honeybunch! :D

8:54 pm

GreyWoulf

be8/60 -- something you ring - L + da5/14

8:54 pm

Anj

lol Jera : ) WTG

Jac, for the other be7/44, take the last E out of the be8 : )

8:55 pm

Babbler

was it ra + friend? I was thinking of that one

8:55 pm

mab

Hurrah, Jera!!! You did it!!!!

8:55 pm

Jera

Yes, well, Brit friend... that was it...

8:56 pm

GreyWoulf

YAY for Jera!!!!!!

8:56 pm

Babbler

should have gone with my instincts, shouldn't I?? I'll do better next time : )

8:56 pm

Jacula

got the be 7/44 pl. that sounds like ringing water stopping constructions. It's the 8.60 and 7/44 after that I don't have.

8:57 pm

Jacula

bedfram

8:58 pm

GreyWoulf

Jac - the 8/60 I just gave is a plural of the preceding 7/44

the 7/44 is the same plural minus the last e

8:58 pm

Jacula

OOps! Wrong place. Sorry. Not a word anyway. LOL.

8:59 pm

Jera

I'd love to help but I'd probably just muck it up... can't think of better clues than you've been getting...

9:01 pm

Anj

Jac, i'm puzzled - have you got them in the right order??
This is that bit of the list, starting with the madhouse:

be 6/ 30
be 7/ 44
be 6/ 30
be 7/ 44
be 8/ 60
be 7/ 44

9:02 pm

EvaNadine

*runs and tackles anj with a sunday-night-side-kick*

9:04 pm

Anj

*sneaks behind robust linebacker for cover*

Hi EvaN : D

9:04 pm

Jacula

Anj - it's the last 2 on your list I am missing, as far as I know. Got the madhouse and its plural, then the ringing water stoppers, What's next before a couple of Michael Jackson's pet rats?

9:04 pm

EvaNadine

how was your weekend hon??

9:05 pm

Babbler

think La Be*** **** Sans Merci (alt spelling)

9:06 pm

Jacula

Babbler, sorry I had got the pet rats and the ringing things (your clue) in wrong order. But I'm still missing the two I said.

9:07 pm

Anj

Jac, have you got the ringing water stopper with the E on the end??

9:07 pm

Babbler

the last two - one has an additional E, the other is a plural

9:07 pm

Anj

Not bad EvaN thanx. Just getting over it now lol.
How about you??

9:08 pm

Jacula

Got'em now, Thanks!

9:09 pm

EvaNadine

mine is also just ending!
yesterday was my brothers bday, so tonight the whole family went out to dinner + back to my house for cake + ice cream.
so i spent all day yesterday cleaning until the BF and i had to drive an hour + a half to his friends housewarming/christmas party!

9:11 pm

Anj

Sounds like a busy one : ) How's the weather over there??

9:11 pm

EvaNadine

actually, quite nice this weekend!
i only had my coat -- no scarf or gloves all weekend...
and the BF didnt even wear a coat today!

9:14 pm

Anj

Sounds balmy : ) -5 here last night...allegedly. I was toastie warm in bed of course *looks innocent of any alcohol-related high jinks* : *

9:15 pm

mab

Unfair, evana. We are skating on frozen meltage immediately upon stepping out the door. And it's so cold in my house that I'm more bundled up than ever I was to go outside. O, my lost DC home....

9:15 pm

GreyWoulf

missing the ra6/24, 7/36 and the 7/32

9:17 pm

Anj

GW, us, as in the human r.... plus *sings* you, m..., them, everybody, everybody*

Then plural...

9:17 pm

Babbler

ra6/24 - chase me!!! (that's a clue!) (and then plural)

9:18 pm

EvaNadine

i much prefer the warm, but i would love a white christmas!

9:18 pm

Jera

ra6/32 = challenge to see who's fater, you or me?

9:18 pm

Anj

Ha! caught you. OK, what do I do now dad??

9:18 pm

Babbler

ra7/32 - ra + blokes + how I say thank you

9:19 pm

Anj

GW, ra7 - opposite of ewe, plus large talkie tree from LOTR plus the 1st letter : )

9:19 pm

Jera

LOL... faster, I mean... the 7 is the plural

9:20 pm

GreyWoulf

Got em all, thanks -- I guess taking a break from the screen has recharged me a bit :)

9:20 pm

Jera

See why I don't give clues? I muck 'em up...

9:20 pm

cybernan

sorry -- supper was ready, so had to leave.

still looking for the re 6/21 following created again -- My apologies if someone has given a clue -- couldn't find it.

9:21 pm

Jera

Plenty of help here, so I will bid you all a fond farewell & good night... new puzzle in less than 3 hours, think I'll take a nap...

9:21 pm

Babbler

re6/21 - re + letter

9:21 pm

GreyWoulf

So long, Jera--- rest well!

9:22 pm

Jera

Merry Part, Grey Woulf... I love banana & cranberry bread, btw...

9:22 pm

Babbler

nite Jera! :D sleep well

9:23 pm

Anj

Likewise...need my beauty sleep as I sure as h*ll can't afford the plastic surgery... : /

'nite All - have fun - read you again in the 1000th grid : D

9:23 pm

Babbler

nite Anj! sleep well honeybunch :D

9:23 pm

mab

Sleep well Jera -- You conquered a mighty puzzle today.

9:24 pm

cybernan

TY Babbler

9:25 pm

harpjane

Do we have a theme for Monday?

9:26 pm

Babbler

mtnjock suggested pics, harp.

9:26 pm

mab

'Night Anj.

9:26 pm

harpjane

Pics of anything?

9:27 pm

Babbler

I think so, harp. : )

9:31 pm

Mary

Hate to do this, but have to quit with 404 words. This was just toooooooo long.

9:32 pm

Babbler

great going, Mary! (at 307 myself... and quitting soon)

9:33 pm

mab

321 and not having fun anymore. Time to stop.

9:34 pm

Babbler

I have too, more or less, mab.... just checking my mail and having a rest. are you going now? nite nite! xxx :)

9:35 pm

GreyWoulf

need the re5/12 before the re4/4 (sleep cycles)

9:35 pm

mab

I will be about for awhile. Good night to you too, when you get to that point.

9:36 pm

Babbler

re + past tense meet

9:36 pm

harpjane

Done..................A better question is, why did I do it?

9:36 pm

GreyWoulf

I knew it would be that simple!!

*smack*

9:36 pm

Babbler

*claps for harpjane* good going!!!

9:37 pm

mab

Because it was there, of course! Hurrah, Harpjane!!!!!

9:37 pm

Babbler

no smacking today, GW, the grid is too nasty for more pain.. : /

9:39 pm

GreyWoulf

And the R's are done!!!

40 S's and T's to go!!!

(*Deep Breath & Dive!*)

9:40 pm

GreyWoulf

Yayyy for Harpjane!!!

9:41 pm

Jacula

20 words still to find here but I'm too tired. I'm off to bed. 'Bye all.x

9:42 pm

harpjane

nite nite Jac

9:42 pm

GreyWoulf

You sure, Jac? -- down to 35 now here :)

9:42 pm

Babbler

Jac!!! can we help?

9:43 pm

Uneaixoise

kudos, harpjane!

9:43 pm

Jacula

I'm sure, thanks, Wolfie.

9:43 pm

Babbler

oh Une!!! gorgeous!! is that you?

9:44 pm

GreyWoulf

Wish we had more time to chat, Jac -- this grid was life sucker today --- Rest Well

(((((**HUG***)))))

9:47 pm

renfield

ok - hi 8)

9:47 pm

Babbler

hi ren! :D

9:48 pm

renfield

guess it's time to post the face

9:48 pm

Uneaixoise

no that's my daughter who's about to celebrate her 28th bday!

9:48 pm

mab

Hi Ren. It's been, like.... hours since you were here.

9:49 pm

GreyWoulf

sa6/18 ?

Hi ren!

9:49 pm

Babbler

sa6/18 - sa4/4 + ar

9:52 pm

GreyWoulf

thanks again :)

9:52 pm

renfield

hi wolfie -

9:56 pm

renfield

i know mab - sometimes i'm forced back into the rebbitsen role - espically during holiday planning sessions...

9:56 pm

cybernan

ta 5/10? - following what dogs wag

9:57 pm

broll

cybernan - here's the plural fish!

9:57 pm

Babbler

ta5/10 - your ta4/4 + e (french for cup)

9:59 pm

renfield

babbler are you fini? peek a boo - i see you!

10:00 pm

EasternBlue

Babs - did you dive into the puzzle or resist???

10:02 pm

Babbler

*giggles!!* *tries to hide behind hand so Ren can't see!*

Hi EB, I caved, I tried, I gave up at 307 words.. :/

10:03 pm

GreyWoulf

last 14!!
all T's

here we go!

10:03 pm

Babbler

ooooh Ren!! is that you? wow, what a pic!

10:03 pm

renfield

i solarized myself - this is eroding red

10:06 pm

cybernan

duh - thanks broll Guess I've been at this too long. How does Hurshy do it so fast?

10:06 pm

Babbler

now I'm in neg... *refresh*

(don't know how to do solarizing)

10:06 pm

renfield

ok wolfie -

10:07 pm

renfield

wooo babbler - noir

10:08 pm

broll

cybernan - I finished after staying up all night!!!! 10 hours of hard work. Couldn't have done it without BJ's list. The fast ones amaze me!

10:09 pm

EasternBlue

I'm back for a few more words...

10:10 pm

Babbler

EB, every time you come on, I keep refreshing, in case you've drawn a self-portrait! lol! :D

10:10 pm

EasternBlue

no...not yet! perhaps in the morning for me....

10:11 pm

renfield

hey me to babbler - i see eb's name and i'm on automatic refresh

10:12 pm

GreyWoulf

3 to go!

10:14 pm

Babbler

go GW !!!!

10:16 pm

mamabear

Way too late for me to be just coming back to this.... I see everyone is going strong. only 3 left GW???/ WOW!

10:17 pm

Babbler

*knocks Mamabear down in flying hug* :D !!

10:18 pm

mamabear

thnks Babbler!!! once again, I think I'll stay down here.... grab a blankie....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

10:19 pm

Babbler

*grabs blankie, snuggles down* zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

10:19 pm

GreyWoulf

Done!!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F irst biggie I have finished yet -- always came close before --- today I got the brass ring!! :D

Thanks for all the help folks!!

10:20 pm

Babbler

*claps for GW!!!!* good going!! :D

10:20 pm

Marc Freeman

Hi all, need a clue for me6/21 and me7/36 please

10:20 pm

broll

wtg gw!

10:21 pm

Babbler

marc - think chickenpox....

10:21 pm

mamabear

*mamabear runs over to GW . grabs him in a jubilant congratulatory hug (watch out for ceiling fan)....* GOOD JOB!!!!

10:21 pm

GreyWoulf

Thanks MAMA

(*holds on for dear life*)

(((*HUG*)))

10:22 pm

renfield

are we group hugging wolfie???

10:22 pm

GreyWoulf

I won't complain ;)

10:22 pm

mamabear

I only have 207, but I got them all without BJ's list, or a2z - with a little help from chatlog clues. So that's a big accomplishment in my little world.... I think I'm going to be happy with that and go to bed soon. Dang blasted work again tomorrow bright and early.

10:23 pm

mamabear

GROUP HUG!!!!! Let's go everyone ((((((((((((((GW)))))))))))))) ))))))))))))))))))))

10:23 pm

GreyWoulf

marc -- think in terms of childhood diseases

(Me6)s, mumps, rubella

10:24 pm

EasternBlue

congrats Woulfie!

10:24 pm

renfield

(((((((((((((((((*wolfie)))))) ))))))))))))))))

10:25 pm

Babbler

Mamabear, I'm at 307 words and I've given up. Turning in now....

nite all! ((( hugs all round ))) xxx

10:25 pm

Babbler

(((((((((((((((((((((((((( * GW * )))))))))))))))))))))))

10:26 pm

GreyWoulf

G'nite Babbler -- sleep well, and sweet dreams!

(((*HUG*)))

10:26 pm

mamabear

g'nite Babbler!!! Hope you sleep well and dream deep (this time don't put me in a suit!!!! LOL)
Will try to pop in tomorrow sometime.....
((((((((Babbler ))))))))))))))))))

10:26 pm

renfield

nite babbler - see you tomorrow -

10:27 pm

cybernan

Good night Babbler -- thanks for the help.

10:27 pm

Marc Freeman

GW and Babbler got it just couldn't figure out how to spell it got the me7 as well. Thanks
Any clue on the last me6/21 right after the 4/5 not being neat but being a me***.

10:27 pm

EasternBlue

nite Babs!

10:28 pm

cybernan

Ring the bells and toot the horns!

10:28 pm

Marc Freeman

Hi Ren, Is your Rabbi conservative or reformed?

10:29 pm

renfield

and fireworks nan??

10:29 pm

mamabear

well every word I try to enter, I already have so it's time for me to say goodnite.
Sleep well and sweet dreams to all!!!!!!!!!

10:29 pm

GreyWoulf

marc -- add the first vowel + a consonant to the 4/5

10:29 pm

renfield

conservative

10:30 pm

lshult

Good Morning to all.
Only 1/2 way through the words and not enough time to come even close to finishing. But don't dispare, it's gonna be another bright sunny day and the birds are singing in the trees.......(oh, excuse me I just threw up!!)

10:30 pm

renfield

nite mama -sweet dreams

10:30 pm

GreyWoulf

May you have a wondrously recuperative slumber, MAMA

(((((((****HUG****)))))) )

10:31 pm

EasternBlue

nite mama...

10:31 pm

renfield

its a beautiful day in the neighborhood ish

10:31 pm

cybernan

Oh yes -- fireworks too! At 55 seconds per entry, the last 80 odd words were painful in the extreme!

10:32 pm

corih

c 5/14 something you put in coffee, then plural

10:32 pm

cybernan

Good night Mamabear

10:33 pm

lshult

cybernan- been having the same problem the last 24 hours. It's sooo frustrating

10:34 pm

cybernan

Anyone want any clues before I take a break?

10:35 pm

GreyWoulf

So I don't have too many pics available to me right now, so I'll use this one --- Kristianna after her 1st bowl of pasta ;D

10:36 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks GW
Ren, your hubby must know my brother, he wrote the Rabbi handbook for Conservative Rabbis. In any case he is retiring from a great synagogue in Walnut Creek, California. Maybe he should apply for the position? By the way, my brothers name is Gordon Freeman.

10:36 pm

renfield

wolfie - very cute!!!!!

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

Thabks ren -- I just want to get my system working properly again so I can download the newer pics I have on the camera -- that one is just over a year old!

10:38 pm

cybernan

Bye for now -- see you at the flip

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

What happened to my typing skills?!

I meant, Thanks ;)

10:38 pm

GreyWoulf

See you later, c-nan!

10:40 pm

harpjane

According to my calculations we have 99 minutes to go, on puzzle number 999......

10:42 pm

renfield

thanks marc - i'm sure he has it - i will ask him- 8)

10:43 pm

renfield

ah wolfie - i thought it was chubaca talking

10:46 pm

GreyWoulf

I am going to take the opportunity to go to the store now, I'll be back in time for the flip

10:46 pm

renfield

hey marc - i read your brother's bio -

10:47 pm

harpjane

bye gw, congrats again!

10:47 pm

renfield

hey harp - is that your wedding pix? pretty!!!

10:48 pm

harpjane

Yes it is. We're late bloomers. First marriage for both of us. He was 53, I was 49. Been married about 4 years now.

10:49 pm

harpjane

We got married on 02-02-2002, so it's easy to remember the date!

10:50 pm

renfield

harp - that's cool! 8D

10:52 pm

lshult

having trouble with da6/24 (2nd)?

10:54 pm

renfield

curse word da** + er

10:55 pm

lshult

ty

11:14 pm

Jordan428

i found 32 words. im proud of myself. i never do this well. i know thats pretty bad

11:16 pm

renfield

jordan - as long as you're having fun - that's all that matters! 8)

11:22 pm

EasternBlue

150 words that will remain in the grid...

'Night all!!

11:26 pm

corih

I just broke my first 1000 points ever, hate to see this one end

11:30 pm

EasternBlue

Coirh...just in time for the 1000 puzzle tomorrow...over 999 on puzzle 999!!

11:31 pm

lshult

ra6 & 7's?

11:32 pm

EasternBlue

now...I'm really going to bed...

Goodnight all!!

11:38 pm

corih

I don't think I can even think about 999 words

11:42 pm

torgone

Bleagh! Less than halfway, and I'm not seeing any more words . . . Too late anyway . .

11:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

Gee hi everyone- had o hide the log to try to get some speed- came back and the faces have changed!

I could use some clues for be8/75 and be9/96 please?

11:50 pm

torgone

72 TO - What your Posturepedic sits on ..

11:50 pm

licketySplitAUS

did anyone finish??

11:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks tor! now if i can get the be6/27 and 7/40, i can put the b's to bed...

11:54 pm

torgone

I don't have those ..

11:56 pm

spatialbean

Walnut Creek, Ca...beautiful city

11:57 pm

licketySplitAUS

print screen, print screen, print screen!!! that is the first and last time I will ever see such high points!!... and I didn't even finish!!

11:57 pm

lshult

be6&7 are "madness"
what you sleep on + alock in Scotland

11:57 pm

lshult

Ra6's & 7's?

11:58 pm

Cmith

be 6/ 27 to give a label/title to
be 7/ 40 plural (present tense 3rd person singular, if you want ot be picky) of be 6/27 (labels)

11:58 pm

annfrankenstein

haha b's to bed. be6/27 what your parents give you at birth which winds up on the birthcertificate plus the first 2 letters of the clue? sorry bad at clues

11:58 pm

Debs40ish

Morning all :)

11:59 pm

harpjane

Here I am, waiting for the flip!

12:00 am

torgone

Feels like New Year's Eve . .

12:00 am

lshult

found 271, geuss i'll settle for that!!

12:00 am

licketySplitAUS

did anyone finish this puzzle??

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