Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, September 13, 2025

12:01 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and everyone with kittens and all the rest

12:03 am

Rainiqui

di 7

12:03 am

Gillie

la7

12:03 am

broll

ta 7 x 2

12:04 am

justafreep

er8 and hi all

12:05 am

justafreep

ti7

12:06 am

deanoz

er8

12:07 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:08 am

justafreep

re8

12:11 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:12 am

justafreep

re7 x 3

12:16 am

justafreep

to8

12:16 am

justafreep

sl7

12:18 am

Gillie

si7

12:18 am

Gillie

si7 x 2

12:23 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:23 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:23 am

rebelsass

thanks, lickety

12:30 am

Gillie

el7

12:30 am

sprite

thank you, Lickety. Morning babblers

12:30 am

justafreep

evening, sprite

12:31 am

sprite

good evening to you, freep!

12:31 am

jbp

thanis, Lickety and hi all

12:31 am

sprite

hi jbp :)

12:33 am

sprite

ks killed

12:37 am

Gillie

What about the Is? (Specifically the lower one)

12:39 am

sprite

ic + nervous habit

12:39 am

Gillie

ty

12:39 am

sprite

yvw

12:41 am

justafreep

I am forever in awe of you ability with the K's, sprite. I feel like I always get the last few of them as my last words....

12:42 am

sprite

oh that is just an illusion. I ended up with them at the end every freaking time and decided to get them out of the way first in future. So that I can enjoy the rest of the grid :D

12:42 am

jbp

any u clues>

12:42 am

Gillie

ut5 meaning useful in French

12:42 am

sprite

one of them gives me belly ache

12:43 am

jbp

merci

12:43 am

sprite

thanks Gillie, that was the other one

12:43 am

jbp

and ty as well

12:43 am

mattygroves

Morning. Joining the clue train, can I have stats please for the Y?

12:43 am

justafreep

ya 4/7

12:43 am

sprite

hiya matty! ya4/7

12:44 am

mattygroves

Thank you - and hi all! I've been awake since 4am - less than fun. I'm off to a sort of renn fayre later, so don't have time to go back to sleep - boo!

12:44 am

mattygroves

BTW, can you tell me what you see as my profile pic?

12:45 am

sprite

ah yes, that kind of nights... I know them well. Hope you will have a great time at the fair anyway

12:45 am

sprite

two beautiful hugging girls

12:45 am

sprite

or kids, anyway

12:45 am

mattygroves

One girl, one boy (Matilda and Alfie) - thank you! They were in the UK a couple of weeks ago

12:47 am

sprite

sorry for the girls thing. How awesome to have them near for a while.

12:47 am

mattygroves

Nothing to be sorry about! It's hard to tell, especially when the picture gets slightly smushed

12:48 am

sprite

I try not to label so much, grin, but sometimes I still slip.

12:50 am

mattygroves

We all do! Tilda is now five, Alfie 3. Cute kids!

12:50 am

sprite

they look awesome. So sweet and vivid.

12:53 am

mattygroves

Happy, energetic, very loved kids.

12:54 am

sprite

this grid put a harry belafonte song into my head... I keep going Dayyyyyoooo... daylight come and I wanna go home.

12:54 am

mattygroves

Hahhaaa! I need coffee

12:54 am

sprite

loved, loving and loveable... what more can you wish for?

12:54 am

mattygroves

Now I have that earworm. Thanks a bunch :D

12:54 am

sprite

*grins* always happy to share

1:05 am

dcseain

phantom satellite

1:05 am

sprite

and cellulite but that is not so bad if it stays a phantom

1:06 am

dcseain

oh, indeed

1:07 am

dcseain

huh. fund a 2nd 8 on my own.

1:08 am

sprite

good job

1:12 am

dcseain

elicit and illicit are other phantoms.

1:13 am

sprite

yep, tried those too

1:13 am

dcseain

i found one ts word

1:14 am

sprite

there's only one

1:15 am

dcseain

just tried cids thanks to El cantar de mío cid.

1:17 am

dcseain

they stripped and rewaxed the landings in my building today.

1:18 am

sprite

wow. Noisy?

1:18 am

dcseain

complete with warnings about the work on the inside of the doors, and notices about the completed work on the outside of the doors.

1:18 am

dcseain

no, not noisy at all.

1:18 am

dcseain

but i have a very long entry hall.

1:18 am

sprite

sounds like they are doing a good job

1:19 am

dcseain

with two betds in it.

1:22 am

dcseain

and a third 8

1:22 am

dcseain

some days the monkeys are more on point than others.

1:23 am

sprite

some days, the biggies are more normal than others too

1:23 am

dcseain

i got a lovely shot of the sun setting over the Blue Ridge Mountains on my way to Games Night

1:23 am

dcseain

oh, good point.

1:23 am

dcseain

though that last one was totally, for me, monkeyed.

1:23 am

sprite

how beautiful

1:25 am

sprite

ugh, I overlooked the fact there are re words. Let's go and re everything

1:26 am

dcseain

i keep trying variantns an Ulster. LOL

1:26 am

sprite

lol

1:31 am

dcseain

i’m near to need to sleep. Happy Babbly, yall! the sleepy side effect of my diuretic is kickinrg in.

1:31 am

sprite

hah, Rs routed. Sleep well, seain

1:34 am

sprite

back in a bit

2:07 am

sprite

back

2:22 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:54 am

hokie carla

phantom elicit and illicit. howdy folks.

6:57 am

rururocks

ooh hokie is up early

6:57 am

hokie carla

yeah, about to play in the pickleball club champ in an hour

6:58 am

rururocks

champ?

6:58 am

hokie carla

championship

6:58 am

rururocks

you mean championship?

7:02 am

rururocks

do you win a jar of pickles when you come out on top?

7:04 am

MollyL

That would be a dilly of a good prize

7:05 am

rururocks

unless they're just gherkin you off

7:06 am

MollyL

If she wins, Carla will relish her trophy

7:07 am

rururocks

that wouldn't be kosher though

7:08 am

hokie carla

would be my bread and butter for playing all year

7:09 am

MollyL

And a championship is something worth the early rise and brine

7:10 am

rururocks

she'll be listed in the table of cornichons

7:12 am

rururocks

if she loses however she'll be a claussen case

7:14 am

MollyL

She will have to get down to vlasics and start all over

7:16 am

rururocks

(brovo)

7:16 am

rururocks

bravo that was sorry

7:18 am

rururocks

boy that er8 sure sticks out to me

7:20 am

MollyL

Don't be so hard on those who missed it

7:21 am

rururocks

only if they pull a boner and spell it wrong I guess

7:25 am

MollyL

Well, I don't think Ru would be intentionally mean. Or woody?

7:26 am

rururocks

not mean but firm

7:28 am

rururocks

not that I wouldn't poke fun though

7:28 am

MollyL

Others will have to keep a stiff upper lip

7:28 am

rururocks

ha

7:29 am

rururocks

would you have to be a member of a group to do it?

7:32 am

MollyL

Not a group, a circle, jerk

7:33 am

rururocks

I imagine they meet for a schlong time though?

7:33 am

MollyL

Depends on their inflation rate

7:34 am

rururocks

well that's a hands on experience then

7:35 am

MollyL

Different strokes for different folks

7:43 am

rururocks

sounds like you have a good grasp on things molly

8:11 am

marilyn992

too funny....

8:17 am

MollyL

Oh, it's just a barrel of laughs in here

8:19 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:20 am

crosshair

I see that the grid is telling me it is time to rise and shine. :)

9:37 am

hurshy

gmorning

9:40 am

phaeton

morning

9:42 am

hurshy

i'm having an apple cinnamon teacake and apple cinnamon tea :D

9:49 am

phaeton

well, the cake sounds good

9:49 am

hurshy

i tried at least like 5 different brands of apple cinnamon tea a few years back to find a good one

9:50 am

hurshy

most are too heavy on the spice and not apple-y enough

9:50 am

hurshy

but TAZO is good

9:50 am

phaeton

not into tea

9:50 am

hurshy

:O

9:50 am

rururocks

is there a core group of spicey apple teas

9:51 am

hurshy

there's just all the major tea brands that you find in grocery stores - bigelow, celestial seasonings, etc

9:52 am

rururocks

you sound like an apple incider

9:52 am

hurshy

i love apples deep down in my core

9:52 am

rururocks

I was pectin better from you hursh

9:53 am

hurshy

i only have the seeds of greatness

9:55 am

rururocks

`I'm pie-eyed right now

9:55 am

crosshair

We must get to the core of this tea issue.

9:55 am

hurshy

ah, crossy's joined in, now it's a real gala occasion

9:59 am

hurshy

phantoms: eclectic, elicit, illicit

10:03 am

crosshair

How else filled out a form for a piece of the Weston bread settlement? I fully expect to get my cheque for $6.53 sometime in the next year or so. :/

10:03 am

crosshair

Who*

10:03 am

hurshy

what was the problem with the bread?

10:04 am

crosshair

Price fixing scam. They were order to pay $500 million.

10:04 am

hurshy

:(

10:04 am

crosshair

So, $500 million divided by every applicant.

10:05 am

crosshair

The application form went public yesterday.

10:05 am

hurshy

that's not much per sl5

10:05 am

crosshair

Lol

10:07 am

crosshair

Reminds me of the time I got a refund cheque from Bell Canada. It was for eight cents.

10:08 am

hurshy

oh brother

10:08 am

crosshair

I never cashed it in hopes that it would mess up their system of checks and balances.

10:08 am

hurshy

ha

10:10 am

crosshair

I get solace in the fact that it cost them 34 cents to mail me eight cents.

10:10 am

hurshy

that is something

10:11 am

crosshair

Small victories keep me going. :)

10:11 am

hurshy

then you need a miniature replica of the sculpture Nike of Samothrace

10:12 am

hurshy

aka Winged Victory

10:12 am

crosshair

Do not know who that is.

10:12 am

hurshy

it's a sculpture in the Louvre

10:13 am

crosshair

Just looked it up. Poor statue has no head.

10:14 am

hurshy

well, it is like 2000 years old

10:14 am

hurshy

a lot can happen in that amount of time

10:15 am

crosshair

A symbol of winning the race of time, but losing your head in the process. :)

10:17 am

crosshair

Do not mind me. My writing muse is strong today, and the monkey's at their typwriters are restless.

10:17 am

hurshy

:)

10:18 am

crosshair

Best get the spell-check monkey going.

10:28 am

hurshy

phantom: icicle

10:28 am

MollyL

I thought everyone knew Nike because of the shoes

10:28 am

hurshy

they do know the shoes but perhaps not the source of the name

10:29 am

crosshair

That would be correct.

10:29 am

crosshair

Learn something new every day. :)

10:31 am

crosshair

We are all unique according to our gifts.

10:31 am

hurshy

waste not, want not

10:33 am

hurshy

the early bird catches the worm

10:33 am

crosshair

Don't eat yellow snow.

10:34 am

hurshy

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

10:34 am

crosshair

A bird in the hand...

10:34 am

hurshy

look before you leap

10:35 am

crosshair

Do not let the left hand know what the right is doing.

10:35 am

hurshy

don't count your chickens before they hatch

10:35 am

crosshair

Walk before you leap

10:35 am

crosshair

A stitch in time...

10:35 am

hurshy

never go to bed angry

10:36 am

crosshair

Lonely is he who wears the crown.

10:36 am

hurshy

better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and confirm it

10:37 am

crosshair

Smile and the world smiles with you; cry and you cry alone.

10:38 am

hurshy

don't cast your pearls before swine

10:38 am

crosshair

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

10:39 am

hurshy

there is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

10:39 am

crosshair

Time is the fire in which we burn.

10:41 am

hurshy

a friend in need is a friend indeed

10:41 am

crosshair

Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

10:42 am

hurshy

beware the ides of march

10:43 am

crosshair

Don't rake any wooden nickels.

10:43 am

crosshair

Take

10:43 am

hurshy

never bet your money on another man's game

10:44 am

crosshair

Burning the candle at both ends.

10:44 am

crosshair

Don't count your money sitting at the table.

10:44 am

crosshair

Build bigger tables--not bigger fences.

10:45 am

hurshy

money doesn't grow on trees

10:45 am

crosshair

Money is the root of all evil.

10:45 am

hurshy

[the love of...]

10:46 am

crosshair

Love makes the world go round.

10:46 am

hurshy

nobody expects the spanish inquisition

10:46 am

crosshair

Thise who forget history...

10:46 am

crosshair

Those

10:46 am

hurshy

ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country

10:47 am

crosshair

History books are only written by the victorious.

10:47 am

hurshy

a fool and his money are soon parted

10:48 am

crosshair

When a three year old hand you a toy telephone you must answer it.

10:48 am

hurshy

never get between a mother bear and her cub

10:48 am

crosshair

Fool me once shame on you, fool ne twice shame on me.

10:49 am

hurshy

the klingon version of that one goes "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, prepare to die."

10:49 am

crosshair

The best defense is a good offence.

10:49 am

crosshair

This was fun, Hurshy, but the pups need to pee. Brb.

10:50 am

hurshy

:D

10:51 am

phaeton

help with the er6/21

10:51 am

hurshy

builds, puts up a building

10:52 am

hurshy

or a statue or monument or whatever

10:52 am

phaeton

ty kept going in wrong direction

10:53 am

crosshair

When mother nature call you must accept the charges. :)

10:54 am

hurshy

meanwhile i've got down to 16 words left

10:55 am

crosshair

I need to break out my word cruncher and write for a while. Take care all. :)

10:57 am

hurshy

phantom: stiletto

10:57 am

Soodle

Níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin. Theres no sore a*se like your own sore a*se.

10:58 am

hurshy

lol

11:00 am

hurshy

the bottom E with 3 words, i have the sea bird and the needlecase, anyone have the other?

11:10 am

clg47

en8

11:11 am

hurshy

are you suggesting that for me or asking for a clue? cause that one is from the left E, the one with 9 words.

11:11 am

clg47

oops sorry

11:12 am

hurshy

no biggie

11:15 am

hurshy

13 left and pretty stuck... guess i'll just get the list

11:16 am

ChampFit

Here I come for a second pass at the grid, looking to the chat for some clues, and what do I get? Babble 'wisdom', but no clues! :)

11:16 am

hurshy

hehe sorry champ

11:16 am

ChampFit

I'll get over my disappointment!

11:17 am

clg47

hurshy - ec 7 a medical term

11:18 am

hurshy

well we haven't got a P so not ectopic

11:18 am

clg47

but it rhymes

11:19 am

hurshy

thanks

11:22 am

ChampFit

Phantom: ecstatic

11:23 am

hurshy

minus a letter is the word i just got!

11:23 am

ChampFit

Same...that's why I said it!

11:24 am

hurshy

ok cool lol

11:24 am

periwinkle

what e does that ec7 come from?

11:24 am

periwinkle

hello all

11:24 am

ChampFit

Also Cellulite

11:24 am

hurshy

the E with three

11:24 am

ChampFit

Bottom middle

11:24 am

periwinkle

ty will look

11:24 am

Christa

Hello

11:25 am

ChampFit

hi Christa

11:32 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the Y word welcome.

11:32 am

mkg

Yoge

11:32 am

mkg

Oops

11:32 am

ursh

like a person with no hair

11:33 am

mkg

Ty.

11:33 am

Christa

Scottish dialect word for "vigorous" or "healthy," a type of mythical beast, for the y word

11:34 am

ChampFit

That's a weird word. I typed it for the hell of it. Thx Christa

11:35 am

mkg

also missing the i word fourth row. help welcome. ty

11:35 am

ChampFit

Just got it because I peeked at the list. Ic5

11:36 am

mkg

ty. meaning champ?

11:37 am

Christa

It is official FALL in Arizona. The temperature high for most days, going forward, are under 105 degrees.

11:37 am

ChampFit

yes, we're in mid-90

11:37 am

ChampFit

and thankful for it!

11:40 am

Book Doctor Gwen

lunch break, hi all

11:40 am

ChampFit

hola!

11:46 am

mkg

got the ic word. ty.

11:51 am

jbp

howdy all. any clues for the middle lowest E

11:51 am

penquis

i have one...a four....

11:51 am

ChampFit

et4/5 x2 and

11:51 am

penquis

common word here...

11:52 am

ChampFit

and er4/4

11:52 am

jbp

therefore I am glad I asked. ;-)

11:52 am

penquis

i have an et 4/5 but not from that E....are there two?

11:52 am

jbp

oh, wait, no. I need the middle one

11:53 am

penquis

the middle one is the er 4...

11:53 am

penquis

don't know the other two....but just reread champ's post and I guess there is another et4...

11:54 am

penquis

oh, of course...ty, champ...

11:54 am

jbp

i have the bird, therefore, rye disease & pl, and sounds like top floor of the house

11:54 am

penquis

what are the stats?

11:55 am

penquis

nm....found them...ty....

11:56 am

penquis

at least the pl comes from that E...

11:56 am

jbp

now that I have it all my worries are erased. thanks y['all

11:57 am

jbp

halfway, no blanks,...of to scrounge for lunch. Thanks again

11:57 am

penquis

yw...bye...

11:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

er mah gerd, found an 8 and monkeyed a 7

11:59 am

MollyL

Eh mah gerd? Seriously?

11:59 am

Book Doctor Gwen

are you dissing my perfectly crappy slang? LOL

11:59 am

BzznBea

I had to read that a couple times.

11:59 am

ChampFit

Go Gwen!

12:00 pm

penquis

never heard of that one... ;o)

12:00 pm

penquis

gwen...you should go work for the NY Times....they are now putting in some modern slang into their crossword puzzles....

12:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

er mah GERD !!!

12:01 pm

penquis

sounds like someone's typos made it into slang...

12:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you're all missing the point -- i monkeyed a SEVEN

12:05 pm

ChampFit

There's a boatload of 'em...you'll monkey more!

12:05 pm

penquis

nice...

12:05 pm

penquis

but not as interesting as your slang... ;o)

12:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

according to google the "ermahgerd" "meme" officially (?) died on 2012. Oh well LOL

12:08 pm

penquis

well i guess your slang isn't modern enough for the NYT...

12:08 pm

ChampFit

BBL for last 27

12:08 pm

penquis

bye, champ...

12:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

one way to "live forever" is learn some new slang -- and get some rizz

12:09 pm

penquis

then I guess I won't live forever...

12:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

more than halfway but three t***s short of nbt, ARGH

12:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

later, y'alls

12:12 pm

penquis

bye, gwen...

12:14 pm

MollyL

LOL died earlier than that, yet people still use it

12:15 pm

penquis

yes....like the word "cool"....my 20 something great nephews use that word....

12:16 pm

MollyL

Worse, there are people who still use the word "groovy"

12:16 pm

penquis

ouuu...don't know anyone who still uses that....i do use "cool" though....

12:17 pm

penquis

st 8 is a stupid word....

12:39 pm

penquis

taking a break....bye all...

1:02 pm

TallMike

ty penquis for st8

1:48 pm

cybernan

I think a lot of the 7's and 8's ure stupid words, so unfortuneately that doesn't make the st 8 stand out for me!

1:50 pm

cybernan

if we can have ce 4 (irish/scottiish descent) why not the adjective ce 6?

1:55 pm

BzznBea

ce4 is a tool made from a stone. Ce6 is proper.

1:56 pm

cybernan

didn't know there was another def. ty

1:57 pm

cybernan

does anyone have a clue for the st 8 other than it is a stupid word?

1:58 pm

BzznBea

more of the moonshine cooker

1:59 pm

cybernan

ty bea

1:59 pm

BzznBea

yw

2:22 pm

BzznBea

Sometimes you can't drag a word out no matter how long you look. Other times the word comes roaring out of the deep recesses of the gray.

3:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep seeing cellulite. in the grid, that is.

3:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

also cellulitis

3:29 pm

ChampFit

TO, called cellulite as a phantom earlier. ;)

3:47 pm

MollyL

Cellulite has been called as a phantom all day

3:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I wish it were a phantom

3:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

dilll

4:52 pm

hurshy

did you know that once upon a time cellulite was not considered ugly or problematic? nobody really thought much about it until the beauty industry decided to tell everyone that it was horrible

4:59 pm

MollyL

Yes, and once upon a time, Rubenesque, plump women were considered sexy.

5:25 pm

swmbo

and hair on the women's legs was OK.

5:33 pm

MollyL

Some women still don't shave their legs or armpits. It's not my style, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

5:34 pm

BzznBea

I think it is still acceptable in Europe to not shve.

5:34 pm

BzznBea

shave

5:39 pm

swmbo

I read that the whole idea of shaving legs and underarms was promoted by the Gilette company to sell more razors. Also so-called women's razors are identical to men's razors except they are pink and COST MORE

5:41 pm

swmbo

After chemotherapy caused all my body hair to fall out three years ago, I stopped shaving all together. I still have very sparse and fine hair. I cant believe all the time and effort I spent shaving over the years just to be socially acceptable. I no longer care.

5:42 pm

swmbo

Sadly my eyebrows only grew back very sparsely. :(

5:43 pm

MollyL

Legs and arms aside, the shaving of pubic hair to look like a ten-year-old girl kind of freaks me out.

5:45 pm

swmbo

We are so manipulated by the fashion industry and related products to conform to very artificial and often dangerous standards. I agree Molly, shaved pubic hair renders a woman child like, quite creepy

5:45 pm

swmbo

Well, I still have 97 left to go, but I must depart. TTFN

5:47 pm

rururocks

But that is so in now with Republicans Molly?

5:48 pm

MollyL

The pubic hair grooming all came into play to make women look less hairy in bikinis and skimpy underwear. Again, that is all manipulated by mens magazines and the fashion industry.

5:49 pm

MollyL

What is so in now with Republicans?

6:00 pm

rururocks

Protecting the epstein files

6:02 pm

periwinkle

help with the st8 please

6:02 pm

periwinkle

hi all

6:03 pm

penquis

it builds on a 5...a comparative....dumb word....

6:03 pm

penquis

and hello....

6:04 pm

periwinkle

must not have the correct st5

6:04 pm

penquis

yes...just add a vowel before the ending...

6:05 pm

penquis

it's st 5/10

6:06 pm

periwinkle

ty it is a dumb word

6:07 pm

penquis

yup...

6:08 pm

periwinkle

I have the re7/8 help with other re8 please.

6:08 pm

periwinkle

wonder how carla did at pickle ball?

6:08 pm

penquis

dk...

6:08 pm

penquis

guess i don't have another re 8...

6:08 pm

periwinkle

97 left here

6:09 pm

penquis

27 here....

6:11 pm

rururocks

Zero here

6:13 pm

penquis

re 8....put an ending on re 6/24.....

6:14 pm

periwinkle

looking for re6/24

6:14 pm

periwinkle

may I have a hint for the re6/24. getting tired of this grid

6:15 pm

penquis

someone who rules for an underage king....

6:15 pm

periwinkle

no idea

6:15 pm

MollyL

No pickleball report?? How do we make it through the night?

6:18 pm

penquis

well i, for one, am interesteed to find out how she did....a championship game was important to her, I am sure...

6:18 pm

periwinkle

got the re6/24

6:19 pm

periwinkle

got the re8 ty pen

6:19 pm

penquis

yw...

6:23 pm

rururocks

We won’t know if hokie put the paddle to the metal

6:38 pm

BzznBea

I'd rather eat a pickle.

6:40 pm

penquis

stalled at 5....

6:51 pm

penquis

i am done....goodnight all....

7:06 pm

NANCY

no

7:07 pm

NANCY

one last word that i just cant find, the second st 621 clue please

7:09 pm

NANCY

FIREWORKS, JUST FOUND IT

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