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94 7,564
95 7,332
96 7,199
97 7,167
98 6,837
99 6,833
100 6,736
101 6,428
102 6,164
103 6,048
104 5,936
105 5,932
106 5,871
107 5,655
108 5,635
109 5,564
110 5,535
111 5,533
112 5,436
113 5,323
114 5,294
115 5,276
116 5,248
117 5,247
118 5,191
119 5,190
120 5,190
121 5,083
122 4,979
123 4,957
124 4,951
125 4,945
126 4,945
127 4,917
128 4,895
129 4,882
130 4,851
131 4,750
132 4,733
133 4,683
134 4,519
135 4,503
136 4,480
137 4,467
138 4,454
139 4,446
140 4,437
141 4,428
142 4,319
143 4,315
144 4,313
145 4,291
146 4,287
147 4,184
148 4,137
149 4,107
150 4,081
151 4,026
152 4,011
153 3,988
154 3,980
155 3,970
156 3,931
157 3,897
158 3,890
159 3,880
160 3,878
161 3,878
162 3,865
163 3,804
164 3,779
165 3,768
166 3,739
167 3,720
168 3,704
169 3,683
170 3,633
171 3,618
172 3,607
173 3,573
174 3,551
175 3,544
176 3,544
177 3,527
178 3,521
179 3,504
180 3,495
181 3,468
182 3,461
183 3,461
184 3,455
185 3,453
186 3,452
187 3,403
188 3,401
189 3,393
190 3,359
191 3,343
192 3,327
193 3,324
194 3,320
195 3,304
196 3,300
197 3,300
198 3,279
199 3,267
200 3,258
201 3,245
202 3,235
203 3,235
204 3,220
205 3,217
206 3,214
207 3,209
208 3,203
209 3,199
210 3,174
211 3,158
212 3,145
213 3,138
214 3,137
215 3,124
216 3,109
217 3,089
218 3,088
219 3,068
220 3,042
221 3,022
222 2,998
223 2,984
224 2,951
225 2,940
226 2,933
227 2,921
228 2,913
229 2,902
230 2,895
231 2,869
232 2,842
233 2,837
234 2,831
235 2,803
236 2,798
237 2,767
238 2,761
239 2,752
240 2,751
241 2,751
242 2,707
243 2,707
244 2,704
245 2,689
246 2,687
247 2,678
248 2,667
249 2,665
250 2,646
251 2,644
252 2,629
253 2,621
254 2,619
255 2,583
256 2,554
257 2,532
258 2,526
259 2,487
260 2,485
261 2,473
262 2,464
263 2,425
264 2,415
265 2,410
266 2,399
267 2,379
268 2,368
269 2,361
270 2,351
271 2,347
272 2,346
273 2,329
274 2,327
275 2,300
276 2,294
277 2,292
278 2,282
279 2,269
280 2,267
281 2,266
282 2,264
283 2,259
284 2,258
285 2,258
286 2,243
287 2,230
288 2,216
289 2,215
290 2,212
291 2,211
292 2,208
293 2,167
294 2,162
295 2,156
296 2,127
297 2,110
298 2,109
299 2,105
300 2,073
301 2,070
302 2,069
303 2,064
304 2,038
305 2,028
306 2,016
307 2,012
308 2,010
309 2,002
310 1,995
311 1,978
312 1,967
313 1,963
314 1,963
315 1,957
316 1,934
317 1,930
318 1,925
319 1,922
320 1,893
321 1,883
322 1,878
323 1,876
324 1,875
325 1,861
326 1,857
327 1,849
328 1,826
329 1,792
330 1,791
331 1,778
332 1,763
333 1,743
334 1,727
335 1,709
336 1,670
337 1,653
338 1,645
339 1,637
340 1,630
341 1,626
342 1,620
343 1,618
344 1,616
345 1,613
346 1,612
347 1,599
348 1,593
349 1,590
350 1,588
351 1,573
352 1,562
353 1,558
354 1,553
355 1,535
356 1,532
357 1,523
358 1,515
359 1,508
360 1,475
361 1,469
362 1,462
363 1,461
364 1,452
365 1,443
366 1,433
367 1,432
368 1,416
369 1,405
370 1,403
371 1,388
372 1,388
373 1,382
374 1,375
375 1,370
376 1,362
377 1,339
378 1,336
379 1,331
380 1,327
381 1,321
382 1,312
383 1,296
384 1,286
385 1,279
386 1,271
387 1,270
388 1,267
389 1,266
390 1,257
391 1,246
392 1,241
393 1,233
394 1,207
395 1,184
396 1,176
397 1,169
398 1,153
399 1,143
400 1,142
401 1,138
402 1,128
403 1,114
404 1,073
405 1,066
406 1,064
407 1,036
408 1,027
409 1,020
410 1,018
411 991
412 968
413 965
414 958
415 923
416 915
417 913
418 910
419 905
420 904
421 895
422 888
423 872
424 868
425 854
426 844
427 843
428 834
429 828
430 825
431 819
432 810
433 810
434 796
435 781
436 768
437 765
438 743
439 736
440 736
441 729
442 723
443 698
444 687
445 681
446 677
447 661
448 655
449 649
450 644
451 641
452 636
453 631
454 630
455 595
456 586
457 554
458 543
459 536
460 534
461 533
462 530
463 528
464 508
465 498
466 496
467 483
468 476
469 469
470 445
471 433
472 430
473 424
474 406
475 400
476 393
477 379
478 369
479 366
480 353
481 322
482 311
483 303
484 296
485 273
486 273
487 264
488 259
489 256
490 237
491 233
492 227
493 225
494 222
495 190
496 189
497 154
498 101
499 100
500 77
501 37
502 31
503 5

506 total words

12:01 am

great scott !!!

12:01 am

WOW

12:03 am

th8

12:03 am

tr 7 and 8

12:04 am

How many?

12:04 am

oh my goodness! Happy New Year's Eve diz

12:04 am

too many 7's to bother calling

12:07 am

ha8 x 2

12:08 am

th8

12:09 am

holy moley! Or maybe unholy money!

12:10 am

Are you kidding me?!

12:11 am

to8/9

12:11 am

reminds me of the 700+ one we had a few yrs ago

12:12 am

nbt

12:19 am

di 7 and 8

Clues are up

12:21 am

de 10, nbt, nbs

12:23 am

Well done, rain.

12:25 am

Thanks Sue - I started the d's after getting sick of t's

12:29 am

Us done...un 7

12:31 am

have 7 ts so far,one has no vowels

12:32 am

whoa ending the year with 506 words!

12:41 am

pont

12:50 am

half way and nbt, but no 10 yet

1:01 am

over half way, NBT, but missing a 9 and a 10

1:02 am

Ks kapoot

1:32 am

crashing with 317, but still no 9 or 10. sweet dreams all.

3:07 am

t

4:06 am

Di7/8 takes me back to my days working in a n

4:06 am

*lab

OMG I have NEVER seen such a huge grid

lids

Oooops Sorry

4:36 am

clue for the si9 plz

4:39 am

hunting for it myself

4:42 am

compound word - what you do to add fertilizer on top of the dirt, next to a plant

4:43 am

or add woman's garment to the si 4/5

4:44 am

506!

Indeed!

5:43 am

Hi there. I had red bars of doom since 0534.

5:44 am

I mean 0501

6:13 am

304 left and I must go to work. Maybe I will come back tonight.

7:09 am

'morning, everyong

7:11 am

Morning :-)

7:12 am

hi une

7:28 am

morning all, happy New Year's Eve!

7:29 am

Same to you Saan. All the best to you in the New Year.

7:35 am

oa th

OMG, 560 words?? LOL good morn all - this ought to take all day

I usually shoot for at least half

7:43 am

Holy crap!

7:47 am

And good morning to you Bea : D

7:48 am

Nice way to end the year.

7:49 am

Better today than tomorrow when everyone is New Year's Eve weary

7:49 am

Not everyone.

7:50 am

10 minutes to midnight here - so just wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022

7:50 am

Sorry, when people "might be" weary

7:50 am

Happy New Year, liz!

7:51 am

Same to you Liz

7:54 am

wowee. Good morning all! happy end of 2021 Lizlin and all in Oz

7:56 am

Good morning all

7:58 am

Hi wv, n, Molly, Bea, Lizda

8:03 am

102 S words

8:04 am

85 T's

8:06 am

whoa!!....hello all....

8:09 am

Interesting what 4 S's will do to the word count

8:10 am

yes....have to add them to every word, lol....

8:10 am

Nope, every word does not end in S

8:11 am

but it's easier to just type it than to see if it connects to any of the four Ss.. ;o)

8:25 am

well the first 200 words were fun... ;o) ... glad I started this one early in the day....

8:26 am

200 words in 19 minutes? Brainiac

8:26 am

lots of word families in this one...

8:26 am

Name that proper noun...ritzy store famous for it's New York location

8:27 am

saks

8:27 am

saks

8:27 am

saks

8:27 am

shoot Bea was faster

8:28 am

Ding! Ding! Bea wins a gift certificate to said store and some ritzy New York accomodations.

8:28 am

i am jealous!

8:29 am

Not me. New York City holds no appeal for me whatsoever,

8:29 am

well not now, for sure....

8:29 am

i just assumed there was no expiration date....

8:30 am

I'm not big on crowds aside from the COVID thing.

8:30 am

As a ex New Yorker, I would agree with Molly

8:31 am

I'm not a New Yorker but it's a great City and a TON of fun if you do it right

8:31 am

it's nice for a few days....i like shows....

8:31 am

The crowds

8:32 am

well i would not go now, that's for sure...

8:33 am

Time Square will be less crowded this year. Only 15,000 instead of 85,000.

8:33 am

Growing up in New York, our windows faced the elevated train. I woke up to see a man masturbating

8:34 am

yuck....

8:34 am

On the train? Was the train stopped?

8:34 am

oh wow

8:37 am

No, he was on the platform

8:39 am

I have seen men masturbating in public on three separate continents, it appears to be a global problem

8:40 am

they'd have to be pretty messed up to do that

8:40 am

oh, definitely

I have come across one bopping the baloney in a forest preserve, not even attempting to conceal himself.

8:43 am

Hello...may I have the corner E stats pls?

8:43 am

volcano

8:45 am

ty ru...morning blindness.😎

8:52 am

funny that ha7 is in the grid with all the public demonstrations

8:55 am

ooooeeeee

8:59 am

just logged in and the conversation ... lol

9:00 am

you could get into serious punning now ru...

9:00 am

logged in Shirl?

9:00 am

you took mine ruru

9:00 am

you stiffed me

9:00 am

ha

9:01 am

here we go

9:01 am

it's like watching a tennis match....

9:01 am

with all the lobbed balls?

9:01 am

well.. if you can't beat em...errrr never mind

9:06 am

The clam word is a phantom.

9:07 am

what's the clam word?

9:07 am

taenia

9:07 am

whew...half way

9:08 am

ah

9:08 am

192 left here...

9:08 am

I thought it was nereis

9:09 am

Wow a really big one.

9:09 am

oh you're right

9:09 am

yes...a WOWie....

9:10 am

TWSS

9:10 am

good morning all

9:10 am

(that was for bea)

9:10 am

Just wanted to get that in before Carla.

9:11 am

I'm not sure what twss is

9:12 am

That's what she said.

9:12 am

halfway - time for breakfast

9:13 am

Everyone have the black eye and collards ready for tomorrow?

9:13 am

blech

9:14 am

It has just been recently that I have started to enjoy any type of legume other than the peanut.

9:15 am

i love black eyed peas

9:15 am

never had black eyed peas

9:15 am

but then I'm half Oakie

9:16 am

starting to gag just thinking of them...lol

9:17 am

My black eye pea dish is a chili made with sausage and ground pork. I throw in a handfull of collards for the green. And to make my momma holler.

9:17 am

in delight or in disgust?...

9:18 am

I have never heard of this tradition. Is it from the South?

9:19 am

i braise my collards with olive oil and a touch of garlic before I put them in bea

9:19 am

In disgust. All I have to do is look at her and say, "Veg-All".

9:20 am

Ru, I do that when we are eating them as a side.

9:21 am

gives them a little more flavor.. I just use ham hocks too

9:21 am

Bichon, I think it is a southern thing.

9:21 am

and top with crumbled bacon :D

9:21 am

are there any rh words?

9:22 am

Mr. B ate it last New Years. He grew up in Florida.

9:23 am

the only New Years tradition we had growing up was going to my grandparents (as did my cousins' family)... My grandfather would bless us all....

9:24 am

Black eye peas for luck. Greens for wealth. Corn bread for gold. Pork for prosperity.

9:24 am

we had all that in one blessing.. ;o)

9:25 am

I can't see how rh words would be possible, hurshy.

9:25 am

yeah me neither but you never know with this game

9:26 am

There are ps and pt words.

9:26 am

i got the no-vowel one

jinkies, am I seeing that number right?

9:27 am

yes...lol

9:27 am

You are indeed.

9:27 am

thanks for the heads up, bea...

looks like I'm going to need some more coffee

probably a bad sign that I can only find 2 a's off the bat

9:28 am

That top A is a devil.

good to know from the A expert

9:29 am

idk, i found 13 of them and only 2 were weird

I can make 80s game consoles though

well, you're like ruru, I don't trust anything you say re: level of difficulty. no offense.

9:30 am

I beg your pardon?

9:30 am

i am missing four...

9:30 am

well the weird ones are ar4/8 and pl if that helps :)

😁

oh, we've had that before

9:31 am

now i am missing two...ty, hursh...

well now I have 9 so I can move on

11

9:33 am

just finished the a's... only one weirdo

anyone said the total A number or do I have to add them all in my head?

9:34 am

49

happy new year

9:34 am

101 Esses.

9:34 am

NTPN....movie/TV studio....

9:35 am

Desilu

9:35 am

ding! ding! ding!....

oh wow, good one

9:36 am

Has any one seen the movie?

9:36 am

not me...

9:36 am

I just watched the movie with Kidman. She was awful

9:36 am

She said she had a hard time being funny. I can't imagine anyone playing Lucy.

9:37 am

i would think it is harder to play an actual person than a made-up character

9:37 am

have no desire to see the movie. there is only one Lucy. cannot imagine in that role

9:37 am

they should have cast someone used to doing comedy....

I didn't even know there was a movie

9:38 am

cannot image Kidman in that role is what I meant to say

9:38 am

yes pen

9:38 am

well i have to go....bbl to find the last 167....bye all....

9:38 am

Bardem was much more believable as Desi. So was the guy who played William Frawley

9:38 am

The TCM Podcast about Lucy was wonderful. It's season 3 called The Plot Thickens 10 episodes

only 436 left here - bye pen!

9:38 am

is there just one pt, or more?

9:38 am

296 left here

9:38 am

Did anyone imagine how Lucy and Desi made a baby with those twin beds

9:38 am

nothing bigger than a 7 so far

9:39 am

Yes, only one pt.

9:39 am

ok thanks

oh mylanta, 50 7s?

9:40 am

found a th8/55

well I had the root and the pl, but didn't make the 8. thx

9:41 am

the only 8 I have

me too

9:42 am

Yesterday we had auld. Not today.

but we have a war hero/actor

9:44 am

I have 5 8s but no 9s or 10s

9:44 am

9 eights here no 9's or tens

9:45 am

4 8's, 2 9's, 0 10's

ooh, I grayed a tile!

9:46 am

Is someone writing all of this down?

9:46 am

I am.

I have a spreadsheet started, don't worry

9:47 am

i just found a 10!!!!

9:47 am

One 10 is fairly common, the other not so much

9:47 am

i think mine is the not so much

9:47 am

Yeah, I would figure you would find that one first

I just found the superlative ending, now I gotta go back and look at the tiles I did.

9:49 am

I started a bit backwards today.

9:50 am

Okay, I will play, how does one start backward?

at the bottom right, obvi

9:51 am

I have the de10 . What is the other one please?

9:51 am

st

9:52 am

is this the biggest puzzle ever?

9:52 am

Thanks!

9:52 am

nope ... 744

9:53 am

wow!

9:53 am

is that st10 a compound?

9:53 am

And not everyone starts at the top left Miss OBVEE

9:53 am

I thought the st was the one you had.

9:53 am

Today, I started at the top of the last column.

9:54 am

The day of 744 there was no list. Some people finished

9:54 am

oh, no. i just didn't think de10 was common.

9:54 am

No it is not a compound

9:54 am

I'm going to shake things up this year. =)

phantom residue

9:54 am

There was a list the day of 744

9:54 am

... there were all kinds of problems ....

9:54 am

hokie, make it an adj

of course, thx

I now have 1/7 of the 8s

9:58 am

which D does it comes from?

9:58 am

bottom

9:58 am

thanks!

9:58 am

The 10? The bottom

10:02 am

What a word.

10:02 am

so you can do something half-assed but not assed

10:03 am

oh you can do something asses alright

10:03 am

She said assed.

10:03 am

Which word Bea?

10:03 am

well, yes that is a word, ru

10:03 am

The de10.

10:03 am

assed too :D

10:04 am

I'll start using it when I go shopping.

10:04 am

Has no one ever gone to a high school graduation? That is read at every one I've been to

10:04 am

but that means that st10 is weirder than de10

10:05 am

i was stoned at my graduation.. i don't remember a thing

10:05 am

hmmm. just went to one this past summer.

10:05 am

Now, how could you be stoned at your graduation if you have never smoked?

10:05 am

st 10 is weirder than de10. De10 is on greeting cards, posters and t-shirts

10:06 am

decongratulations!

10:06 am

I think it is a song too

10:06 am

By the Eagles.

10:07 am

I guess the PB is inactive on a day like this?

10:07 am

I smoked back then but gave it up after high school

10:07 am

No not by the Eagles. That was Desperado

10:08 am

i'm just not grokking any of the 10 clues

10:08 am

well, I don't know what grokking means, but me either

10:08 am

you better let somebody love you, let somebody love you

10:10 am

Best line in that song is "your prison is walking through this world all alone"

10:10 am

I graduated in a class of 21. That poem would have been more than those old cowboys could handle.

10:10 am

Grokking?

Stranger ina strange land. Now accepted by dictionaries like enable

10:11 am

Wow Bea, was that graduation from a one-room schoolhouse?

10:11 am

grok = to understand, from Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land = my nerd is showing

10:12 am

No, but there were only 100 students in the entire school then.

10:12 am

... and they'd all read Stranger in a Strange Land ...

10:12 am

even my graduating class was way bigger than that (167)

10:12 am

phantoms: lieu, adieu

I thought we *all* read that in the 70s

Like Dune.

10:14 am

pb

10:14 am

I started kindergarten in like 78, so definitely not

Oh no! you're right!

10:14 am

Not all of us are science fiction readers. And who read Dune?

10:14 am

... some of us read it in the sixties ... only time in my high school career I got to be one of the cool kids ... ... the cool kids discovered it and as the resident Heinlein expert I was explaining it to them

10:15 am

i read dune and liked it

10:15 am

PB is suspended today because you can't have a convo without hitting on one of these 506 words

10:15 am

i read it but only within the last few years

All of my cohort certainly. The first one was great. The sequels, not so much

10:15 am

you youngun hokie

10:15 am

read dune, was good

10:15 am

hurshy's like 4 years younger than me

10:17 am

Do you guys all dress up and attend Star Trek conventions?

Galaxy Quest maybe lol

10:17 am

i went to a trek convention when i was about 11, and got nichelle nichols' autograph and a plastic pair of spock ears

10:17 am

my xboss not only did that, he went on a ST themed cruise

10:18 am

Comican

10:18 am

so, what's the length of that PT word?

10:18 am

pt6

10:18 am

I shudder to think of what one pays for a Star Trek cruise

10:18 am

and I found 1 PS, is there more?

10:19 am

no, ch

10:19 am

I have 1 ps words

I have 2 ps words

10:19 am

5 ps

10:19 am

Sorry, ps x 5

10:19 am

i have 3 ps words

10:19 am

oh geez

10:20 am

well I found another but will probably have to skip the rest

10:20 am

thanks molly & bea

10:21 am

that brings me to 450 words!

10:21 am

**Wonders if Comiccan is where the people who got thrown out of Comicon go.

10:21 am

I think we comican

10:21 am

I guess ponte is a proper noun?

10:22 am

as in the Ponte Neuf?

10:22 am

it's a fabric, which reminds me I never told my NTPN the other day which was cupro

10:23 am

I swear, Hurshy sends me to Google more than anyone else here

10:23 am

yeah, I was like what is the ponte neuf, but then just kept looking for words

10:23 am

well i was wrong anyway, it's Pont Neuf, no e on the end

10:24 am

one of the famous bridges in paris

10:24 am

ponte is a stable, double knit

finally found a word with that -ise ending

10:26 am

cupro is a very soft, recycled cotton, kinda like rayon but stretchy

10:26 am

phantoms: sound, resound

10:26 am

yep

10:27 am

ooh what is it rasta?

to8/9

10:27 am

omg, 54 D's and they're not popping out at me

10:28 am

ty rasta

10:28 am

thx rasta

10:28 am

thanks!

10:28 am

two 9s there

10:28 am

There are two of those 9's

10:28 am

we've had that before and I think it's stupid. you can just use the 5.

10:28 am

to say the same thing

10:29 am

thx bea, you are correct

10:29 am

bbl

10:30 am

Me too...228 left.

That's why it took me forever. It's not a real word. I like the music one better, one letter away, that's not accepted

10:30 am

281 left here but I'll try a little longer

10:30 am

79 here for me

10:34 am

Go ruru, go! 304 to find for me.

10:34 am

Go ru indeed!

10:35 am

ruru will finish and then declare it easy. haha

10:35 am

Yes.

10:36 am

I am shooting for HOET today

10:37 am

this ain't an easy grid.. by any stretch

10:39 am

good morning everyone - left at the halfway mark last night

10:39 am

hey nan

10:40 am

You made a lot of progress, Nan.

10:41 am

Just hit the halfway mark....

10:41 am

11 K words?????

10:42 am

Go Une, go!

10:43 am

I managed to get 7 K's but no idea on the other 4.

10:43 am

150 to go here. hoet but still no 9s

10:44 am

Let's go, people.

10:44 am

Tot9 :)

10:45 am

si 9?

10:46 am

sidetone should be a word

10:46 am

I just tried sidedesk

10:47 am

I meant sidenote

10:47 am

and yes, side desk too

10:47 am

oh, that def should be

10:48 am

is there a si 9 -- or there should be? have to 9 x2 but don't know what the 3rd one is

10:49 am

I assumed macca was asking for a clue for it

10:50 am

yes!

10:50 am

obviously none of us have it 🤣. maybe ruru will chime in.

10:52 am

well it is not the adulterer's "other"

10:53 am

there is an si 9, clued earlier as si 4 plus article of woman;s clothing, meaning is a way of fertilizing garden

10:53 am

it's "duh" when you find it

10:53 am

weird, thannk

10:54 am

ty saanichcat!

10:54 am

ty saanich

10:54 am

great you got it!

10:54 am

well I was looking for sideblouse at first

10:55 am

Did you get a lot of snow the other day -- son set pics of Vancouver - awful

10:55 am

anyone know what the 10 is?

10:55 am

It wasn't a duh for me. I have never heard of the fertilizing term

10:56 am

yes, the 10s are ST and DE but I don't have either. there are some various clues just a bit ago.

10:56 am

Which 10

10:56 am

ah yeah nan, I am still stuck up my driveway. Maybe free on the weekend. Nowhere to go anyway and it's really pretty. BUT COLD!

10:56 am

also have never heard of it

10:57 am

maybe the term isn't widely used in the States; it is up here.

10:57 am

Does anyone get it when I say "Go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence"?

10:58 am

like, get where the quote is from or get what it means?

10:58 am

sure do. got sick of it in 1966.

10:58 am

Get what it means in terms of a 10

10:59 am

oh, then no

10:59 am

Ahh...I should have seen the si9

10:59 am

is that the graduation one?

10:59 am

no

10:59 am

I knew bea would know the si9

10:59 am

Thank you Saan. I guess that is something only we elders know

11:00 am

not this elder

11:00 am

It is like the most over done poem in history

11:00 am

who wrote it?

11:01 am

mind you, we were busy building a house and dealing with a new born for most of 1966

11:01 am

oh nan you would. It was so over-used. posters, cards, all made to look old, when it was written by an American in the 1920s. Max Ehrmann. PB for me.

11:01 am

Max Ehrmann

11:02 am

OMG...I wasn't able to pop by at flip time last night and I just started now and OMG. 506 words! I am overwhelmed.

11:03 am

is it for the de or the st?

11:03 am

thank you and google, got the de10 now

11:03 am

the de

11:03 am

hey joy, I felt the same when I signed on this morning

11:03 am

doesn't matter - that saying means nothing to me

11:04 am

arnaz + remove the rodents + vowel

11:05 am

well I just need 1 lower D for HOET

11:05 am

ok - remember seeing the posters now -- thought it had something to do with the catholic church, like hanging a cross on your wall

11:06 am

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! working on the si 9, got the first part, but don't have a clue about article of woman's clothing

11:06 am

ty carla

11:06 am

Tx hokie!!

11:07 am

thank google 😜

11:07 am

not slacks, dawger

11:07 am

Women all over the world will be wearng one to parties tonight, dawg.

11:08 am

Turkey and -----ing

11:08 am

I hope not bea -- we had a big enough jump in covid cases after Christmas -- pile new year parties on top of that? OMG I hope most people are sensible enough to stay home.

11:09 am

ahh thank you thank you thank you.

11:09 am

ok, I have DE10 and Di6 from bottom D, can someone give me a stat for another?

11:09 am

Now Nan, you know most people have no common sense

11:09 am

Hey dawg!

11:10 am

di7/8

11:10 am

hmm, are they related to the 6?

11:10 am

hi ya Unea!!

11:11 am

COVID cases are spiking all over the place here and yet classrooms remain open as do other things that should not be

11:11 am

yes carla

11:11 am

or do they have the prefix to undo something?

11:11 am

ok, thanks, saan

11:12 am

ariser

11:12 am

which 6, the pupil one?

11:12 am

that's the one I have

11:12 am

are there 2 di6 from bottom D?

11:12 am

there's another one that is a latin plural

11:12 am

and then the most grim situation

11:12 am

the most grim is the other D

11:13 am

Oops sorry. I just noticed my booboo.

11:13 am

oh i didn't know we were saying the 7/8 was from the bottom

11:13 am

phantom disuse

11:13 am

Most grim doesn't come from the bottom d

11:14 am

oh, well that's what I asked for so I just assumed it was bottom D

11:14 am

don't have the di 6

11:14 am

ty molly

11:14 am

yeah i came in and didn't scroll back to see that

11:15 am

basically I just need 1 D from bottom to achieve HOET

11:15 am

phantom disease

11:16 am

found one! HOET!

11:16 am

there's a past tense where the root is from the other 6

11:16 am

di7/8 - start like the sour pickle end with pay the r*** monthly

11:17 am

that's not related to a 6 then

11:17 am

thanks bea, was never going to stumble across that

11:18 am

You need to stick a vowel in the middle of Bea's clue

11:18 am

did anyone say what the other 9 is while i was gone?

11:19 am

si9

11:19 am

si 9, to x2

11:19 am

to9 x 2 and si9

11:19 am

yes

11:19 am

lol, carla

11:19 am

apparently it's a duh compound word to the canadians and the master gardeners

11:20 am

ok

11:20 am

hurshy doesn't really need help, nan 🤣😜

11:20 am

yes i doooo

11:21 am

clued for dawg not long ago

11:21 am

Apparently she needs help spelling do

11:21 am

alright, I'm going to get out of my PJs. 154 for later if I decide to come back.

11:21 am

happy new year if I don't see y'all again today. I guess I could say it tomorrow.

11:21 am

canadians and gardeners... hmm

11:22 am

Who needs help spelling?

11:22 am

PJ's at lunchtime. What a life.

11:22 am

is the st 10 a compound?

11:22 am

compound word

11:22 am

I don't even know what day of the week this is, molly

11:22 am

Hurshy doooooes

11:22 am

Not the st10

11:23 am

I may undecorate inside today. I normally wait for old xmas but kinda feeling cluttery in here.

11:24 am

I wait until The Epiphany.

11:24 am

ok, will keep looking - ty bea

11:24 am

it's not starentous

11:24 am

Besides, we like the decorations up for our anniversary.

11:24 am

maybe that's what I wait for, the 6th?

11:24 am

Yes, the 6th

11:24 am

We take down on New Years Day. Enough is enough by then.

11:25 am

yours is tomorrow?

11:25 am

mine is the 7th

11:25 am

Yes, #22 tomorrow.

11:25 am

mine will be 27!

11:25 am

Happy Anniversary Bea

11:25 am

i am struggling with both si9 and st10

11:26 am

we have always kept ours up until 12th night, but then we always used to have a 12th night party too

11:26 am

and yes, we had an ice storm the day before mine and then mr. homie's family complained about a wedding in the mountains in winter.

11:26 am

Anyone who can stay married that long is doing something right

11:27 am

st 10 is a long step not taken early

11:27 am

happy anniversary, to all of you

11:27 am

Thanks, nan.

11:27 am

hmm, cryptic

11:27 am

thanks, nan

11:27 am

Ephiphany, 12th Night, the celebrations go on and on

11:28 am

ah, was looking at the wrong ST

11:28 am

thanks nan

11:28 am

thanks, bea

11:28 am

yw

11:29 am

not going to declare GATBO though since I only have 6 8s

11:29 am

i don't know GATBO yet, what's that one

11:29 am

got it - ty bea

11:29 am

oh cricket sounds. great.

11:29 am

got all the big ones

11:29 am

TWSS!

11:30 am

ah well i still need that si9

11:30 am

all i can think is si4st5

11:30 am

okay, 150 left. that's a nice round number. really leaving now.

11:30 am

5 more 8's and 28 more 7's and I will be back in monkeyland

11:30 am

not front or back + article of clothing with a skirt

11:30 am

interesting. thanks bea

11:31 am

You put your fertilizer there so it won't burn your plants.

11:32 am

where... is it? like around the edges of the garden? or in between rows?

11:32 am

Aroung the edges of the plants.

11:33 am

ha 7 should be a word (implacable person)

11:38 am

Have st6 8 7 .....but no 10

11:38 am

just clued by bea, une

11:39 am

Found it!!!!

11:40 am

To produce a shrill sound

11:40 am

Avis just delivered the mail. Later than I thought. Guess I will get clothed. 196 left.

11:40 am

New to me....

11:44 am

If I am ever outside with someone in the Fall and they say "Oh listen, the crickets are st10ing" I am going to look at them in a funny way and start backing away slowly.

11:45 am

Indeed!

11:46 am

Holy smokes! Hi folks.

11:50 am

perfect timing ori.. just finished

11:51 am

Wooow.

11:51 am

You should get a medal :D

11:51 am

grats, ru

11:51 am

task

11:52 am

I am going to declare pj day over and have some breakfast - bbl

11:52 am

I hope dart shows up at 8:30 tonight to start

11:57 am

bye all have to straighten up the house... have fun with this monster grid

11:58 am

Have a nice day, ru.

11:58 am

nice weather finally here

11:59 am

A little cloudy here. At least it's not raining. Not something someone from CA is normally glad about.

12:01 pm

8 days of rain weren't enough for you for a while?

12:02 pm

Yes!

12:03 pm

hey ori, how goes it? Way to go ru, if you are still here

12:03 pm

Doing good saanich. How are you?

12:04 pm

fine, just about finished this long game, last 5 to go, whew

12:05 pm

Wow. I won't have the staying power to finish.

12:06 pm

but I am snowed in.

12:07 pm

You BC folks have been hit hard. I hope you stay warm.

12:07 pm

If you want to see The Brainiacs Club, look up today's finishers tomorrow.

12:08 pm

more like people with patience club!

12:12 pm

can someone clue the single e in the last column please.

12:12 pm

dunes

12:12 pm

oops sorry

12:13 pm

There is a volcano on the island of Sicily with this name

12:13 pm

et 4/4

12:13 pm

TY

12:15 pm

couldnt see the wood for the trees, stats gave me it straight out. Ty origami

12:15 pm

You're welcome.

12:16 pm

rids

12:16 pm

you're really on a roll there

12:17 pm

lol

12:21 pm

Us Upended!

12:22 pm

Whooo hoo! Biggun' for NYE!

12:23 pm

hurshy, can you clue the un 7 please?

12:23 pm

i un7ed an old photo album that i hadn't seen in years

12:24 pm

duh! and thanks! FW!

12:24 pm

Congrats saanich!

12:25 pm

thanks! Happy New Years Eve to everyone.

12:26 pm

grats saanich - hagd

12:27 pm

thanks nan, you too.

12:28 pm

trying to figure out what you do with that old album besides uncover it

12:28 pm

ah ok - found - ty hurshy

12:29 pm

an I already had it - lol

12:30 pm

think I should head for the list - can't remember what i've entered

12:32 pm

and 3 ad's right off the bat - :(

12:41 pm

phantom: posse

1:28 pm

Another clue for un7 please?

1:29 pm

what archaeologists do

1:32 pm

Uncover?

1:33 pm

Got it!!!!

1:33 pm

another word that means uncover, une

1:33 pm

~;o)

1:42 pm

HAPPY NEW YEAR from DOWNUNDER. 157 LEFT

happy new year to you

1:49 pm

Happy New Year, diz.

1:59 pm

Fireworks at amelu's tonight?

2:00 pm

Betty White died...... :-(

oh, Betty White died 18 days away from turning 1000

I mean 100

2:02 pm

oh no -- I really liked her - great sense of humour

yep, she was a good one

2:04 pm

Who said she died?

2:04 pm

Wonderful lady.....

the news

2:05 pm

On CNN right now

2:05 pm

Oh, no. She was always one of my favorites.

2:10 pm

very, very sad. I hope all of us are blessed enough to live in a way that, even if we die at 99, everyone agrees it was too soon.

2:11 pm

Well said, Trif.

hello

2:12 pm

hello

2:12 pm

I just loved her comment about the new abortion laws in some states

2:14 pm

the jiffy lube one?

2:14 pm

yes

happy new year. time to go

2:15 pm

She must have a big date.

2:16 pm

bye TO

2:19 pm

down to 20: 8 x4, 7 x10, 6 x2 Throwing in the towel for now.

2:25 pm

dang it all

2:26 pm

these other people that have died the last few days, like john madden, i purposely refrained from saying "at least betty white hasn't died" in order to avoid jinxing her, but it failed

2:29 pm

Finally got the D's grey!

2:30 pm

Happy Trails Betty. They will be glad to greet you in The Summerlands.

2:35 pm

ptoses

2:36 pm

ty :)

2:36 pm

phantom: tirade

2:36 pm

tres

2:36 pm

scuse me

2:37 pm

tr7/8 please

2:37 pm

ariel's dad's scepter

2:38 pm

or a brand of gum

2:38 pm

Doesn't the devil have one too?

2:38 pm

ty hursh

2:41 pm

Fireworks. Happy babbling everyone!

2:44 pm

Congrats!

2:53 pm

FWs

3:03 pm

Happy New Year everyone! Just back from a short trip to New Orleans. What a gift this large grid is!

3:04 pm

Happy New Year to you too, Champ.

finally got the PT! 🤣

3:05 pm

You go, gilrl!

3:05 pm

Especially since it was in the chat.

well, it was only because it was typed in the chat

3:06 pm

jinx

3:08 pm

help with SI 9 pls - i know the first four letters but monkeys have given up on the last five

3:08 pm

NTPN: Fable teller

3:09 pm

Aesop

3:09 pm

Yes!

wv, what women wear (and some men)

3:10 pm

Attire for women with a skirt

3:13 pm

just finished reading Betty Whites Obit on CNN website. Did she die of old age, or was she sick?

3:13 pm

She had just reported being well, so whatever it was happened very suddenly.

I just assumed old age

3:14 pm

I think she was interviewed not that long ago about how she planned to celebrate her 100th

3:15 pm

clue for the ra 6-7 please?

3:17 pm

nm - monkeyed it

3:20 pm

help with di7/8 please

3:21 pm

don't have it

3:21 pm

gotta run

3:32 pm

FIVE O SIX?

3:33 pm

harp, my thought exactly!

3:36 pm

Ad7/32 please?

3:36 pm

A type of gland, une

3:37 pm

ty ori

3:37 pm

140 left

3:38 pm

found an ungulate

3:38 pm

You're welcome

3:39 pm

Thanks ori!!

3:39 pm

and vermin

3:39 pm

:D

3:41 pm

poker volcano anagram alert

3:45 pm

But no clam worm

3:46 pm

and a duck or two

3:46 pm

2nd re 6-7 combo please? (follows leases)

3:48 pm

nbt

live/lived is what I have after those

I should say lived in a house

3:49 pm

Its before that.

3:49 pm

there is one in between

hmm

points?

3:49 pm

re 6/21 - 7/32

3:50 pm

re + you **e with your eyes + not night but **y

3:50 pm

Then plural

ah, the one that always reminds me of CA town

3:51 pm

ty bea

3:52 pm

I'm struggling with the re6/7/8

3:52 pm

It is a California town. Made famous by Tom Petty in Free Fallin'

only re8 I have is leftover effects from something

I was thinking the town was spelled differently, but that's how I know it, from the song

3:53 pm

It's after that one.

3:54 pm

something strikes a chord with you...

hmm, not resound

ah, I know

3:54 pm

close..

nm, not what I thought I knew

nm, found it

3:55 pm

Ahh! of course!

3:55 pm

Thank you.

3:56 pm

yw

3:57 pm

sr 6 please?

I certainly don't have any sr words

the only one I know is sr4 and I didn't even have that

3:57 pm

there is the standard sr 4 babblet

points? for the 6

3:58 pm

sr 6/24 - should be monkeyable

3:59 pm

sr6.24

3:59 pm

has anyone a clue for si9? I have the first part but can't see the rest..

women's clothing

3:59 pm

When I found that one this morning, I knew it would make nan's eye twitch.

is the last part, aloy

4:00 pm

The most asked for word of the day is the si9

I'm still trying to get an re6 since bea said she needed a 6/7/8 and I have a 7 and 8, unrelated

4:01 pm

ok, ty.. looking

4:01 pm

clue for that sr 6 please?

nan, sr + tv commercial + what I might respond to a funny

4:01 pm

s + ***io plays music + short laugh

4:01 pm

probably bc it isn't in A to Z, bea?

4:01 pm

That si 9 can also be when you add something to a food item, but not right on top.

4:02 pm

I don't think I have that piece of clothing. slflannel? sl

can I have my *ing on the * please? good one, ori

4:02 pm

:D

4:03 pm

I don't think the re6/7 and 8 are related

yeah, the 7 and 8 I have arent but I can't get a 6 related to that 7

4:04 pm

WW reaches you to ask for your 8ing one the *

4:04 pm

ty bea - would never have found it without your cllue

<---- chopped liver

4:05 pm

LOL!

4:05 pm

does the 6 you are looking for follow the 8?

4:05 pm

ty all.. finally found it, whew! this grid has been a doozy. Going for a nap and then think I'll cook up a mess o' turnip greens. Happy New Year !

4:06 pm

Finally found my re.

4:06 pm

soak

4:06 pm

Shit.

4:06 pm

I have all the r's but have no idea what carla is looking for

I have no idea either

4:06 pm

I mean, darn

4:07 pm

To leave in water again.

I did not have those, thanks

4:07 pm

to see again was my last one

not resee. lol

4:09 pm

Take the stain out again.

4:09 pm

or to stain again

4:09 pm

There you go, nan.

4:10 pm

That's my husband. He does that to his shirts all the time.

4:11 pm

I'm left with nothing but Ssssss...

4:11 pm

la 8 please?

4:11 pm

the state of not being early

4:12 pm

you have all the tough ones bea

4:12 pm

duh - of course, ty - forgot that suffix

I actually found that one on my own this morning to my great surprise

4:13 pm

Because I have all but the Ssssss.

4:13 pm

I meant you have the tough sssss

I just need 1 A to have the four corners grayed

4:14 pm

ar7.32?

I have one

4:14 pm

have that one

4:15 pm

There are two

oh, do tell

4:15 pm

One is the most dry

that's the one I have

4:15 pm

I need all 3 ad's -- someone said a gland I think, but I don't know many medical terms

kidney related - ad + a kidney word in the grid

4:16 pm

Think kidneys, Nan

I only have that and the pl, do not have the other ad

if someone's kidneys stop working they are in * failure

4:17 pm

ty - just need the last 7 now

the other ad7 means to adore or worship

wow, first guess. thanks faith

4:18 pm

This is the way geeks spend NYE.

still need that other ar7, bea

4:20 pm

Well, I finished the A's at least :D

4:20 pm

ty forward

4:20 pm

I don't know how to clue it. A form of to be + not yes + you and me.

perfect clue, thanks

4 corners gray! and yes, those are my only grayed tiles.

4:21 pm

well done bea - ty

awesome, ori. I still need 3 + 7 A's

4:22 pm

ae 7 and 6 left for the a's -- assume they are latin

4:23 pm

Fiddle around with the same last letters I just clued.

4:24 pm

was that for the ae 7 bea?

are those ae's from the bottom or middle, nan?

anyone have the first ta7,32?

nm if found it

first one I have is being late for school more than once

4:30 pm

ta is late, late, late

4:31 pm

sounds almost like the Doctor's time machine

4:32 pm

:D

4:32 pm

ae words that i have are from the middle

4:32 pm

BUT i don't have the 7

4:33 pm

oh wait i do have a 6 from the bottom also

4:33 pm

it's a name from greek mythology

4:34 pm

oh i see and with an extra letter it can become an adjective word, so yes, those are from the bottom

4:37 pm

sorry - computer froze and had to reboot

well, unless you know greek mythology you haven't missed much 🤣

4:38 pm

the ae's I'm looking fore are from the bottom

4:39 pm

don't know mythology at all

me either

4:40 pm

typed in something greek looking though at it was the 6 following the 7!

4:41 pm

ends in you and me if that helps

4:41 pm

de10...a pretty famous poem.

well bea already told us that so I'm probably just slow and will look it up

4:41 pm

don't know what is going on, but now my screen is stuck - can't adjust size or move it

cathy, much talk about it earlier. not too famous as I am not familiar.

4:42 pm

ah - and extra vowel before you and me for the 7

4:43 pm

ae + compass direction + you and me

4:43 pm

Nice, nan.

got the 6, will work on the 7

4:44 pm

stuck again

4:44 pm

no vertical adjustment of screens

4:44 pm

think something is wrong with expert

hmm, try rebooting one more time

oh, didn't realize you were in expert. no idea.

4:50 pm

rebooted again. Missing the di 7-8

4:50 pm

did you find the ae 7?

di + last part of able to speak another language well

4:51 pm

di 7 and 8 - using this will weaken a solution

4:51 pm

mm, no g so...

my dad was * in spanish

4:53 pm

ty for di7/8

4:53 pm

I assume you mean the bi word, but don't see how to tie a similar ending to the di

4:53 pm

still missing 7 of the 8 letter words

4:53 pm

and the 7 and 8 come from differnt d's

no, not that

I just need 2 8s

nan, did you see my 4:52 post?

4:56 pm

oh - I see. Ty Carla

4:56 pm

was missing 4 d's -- 2 now

4:57 pm

du 7 and da 8

I still need 17 d's! but haven't looked at it since this morning

4:57 pm

du7 ends with the loch monster

4:58 pm

found the da

4:58 pm

silly word

4:58 pm

help with da8 please

4:59 pm

da8 is info + sun coming up anagram

4:59 pm

think of the books you wrote in as a kid "dear di*****". Now imagine similar books for info entered into a computer program

5:00 pm

ty Bea

5:00 pm

Soory...Been a long day...

5:00 pm

ty nan

5:00 pm

I'm looking for 7...

5:00 pm

yw - glad you got it

5:02 pm

which 7, bea?

7 total I think she means

meanwhile, I have 99 left

5:03 pm

Six left now...

5:04 pm

du 7 please? Monkeys quit

did you see where bea said it ends in loch monster?

only one letter left to find

5:05 pm

ty - misspelled not shiny I guess

5:05 pm

*!*~*!* whew!\

nice

5:06 pm

Good job, nan!

only 97 left now

5:06 pm

any clues wanted?

5:06 pm

I will be right behind you.

too many words left, may as well list than bug you for stats, but thanks, nan

you can guess my missing K if you want

5:07 pm

one more word game to finish, then need to run malwarebites and crap cleaner.

good idea

5:08 pm

ka 5/18 - like the famous photograher?

5:08 pm

What in the world???

what bea?

5:09 pm

was that your missing k?

nan, I have a couple of ka5/18 but I don't think I have what you are talking about. now to remember a famous photographer...

5:11 pm

photographer ends in h but otherwise the same as the limestone

5:11 pm

ka 4/9 and plural?

5:11 pm

erm

5:11 pm

Just give me the word after the winning st7.44

5:11 pm

i know ansel adams

5:12 pm

and um margaret burke-white, but only because she was mentioned in "What Women Want"

well the one I have is st6, bea

5:12 pm

everyone is under a lot of st 5/10 due to covid, bea

5:12 pm

me too

5:13 pm

Whoa! That was a lot of st5.10

5:13 pm

*st 6/18 I mean

well, I didn't have that, thanks, nan

5:13 pm

st6.18, I mean.

a ka4/9 pl would be 5/20, not 5/18

5:14 pm

on my way - back at the flip. Happy New Year, Bea

bye, happy new year

5:14 pm

hello again....

pen!

5:15 pm

yes it is a 5/20

5:15 pm

is that pair the one you were relating to a famous photographer?

5:15 pm

I need to go fix dinner. My mom is giving me the evil eye. Reminds me when she would tell me to come set the table. After telling me three times, she would yell, "Put the book down and set the table." NOthing changes...

ok, I have that

haha, bea

5:15 pm

bye, bea....

5:21 pm

ooh i only need one more 8 (and 30 other words)

5:21 pm

nice....156 here....

think I'll make supper now. 87 left.

I also just have 1 8 left

5:22 pm

see you later...

5:28 pm

and now i only have 10 more 7s to go... haha

has the du7/36 been clued lately? or the li6/21?

5:31 pm

don't know....just got here....

5:32 pm

du7 like boring things, but it would be an 8, you would think, you drop one of the letters

5:32 pm

li6/21 is german hosen with an extra vowel

5:32 pm

li6hosen

5:32 pm

jinx dan!

that li 6 means "song" im german

ty and good night

5:34 pm

bye, TO...

5:44 pm

finished, a lot of words!

5:44 pm

congrats...

5:50 pm

no malware and crap cleaned - hopefully will work better now :)

5:51 pm

nice...

5:52 pm

need to change icon in honour of new year...

5:53 pm

i did like your national wine day... ;o)

5:54 pm

oh that is the new one - didn't think it had uploaded properly :)

5:55 pm

well i see it when i click on your green pic....

5:56 pm

maybe after I sign out and back in again -- although I did do a hard boot

5:56 pm

who knows?.....it seems to work differently all the time...

5:56 pm

that's for sure

5:57 pm

any clues needed before I log out?

5:57 pm

just tell me please if the 9s or 10s are compound words....

I did a hard refresh and see it

5:58 pm

wb, carla....

to9x2 are different tenses. si9 is compound

5:58 pm

the 10's are not compound

5:59 pm

ty...

10s are just weird

5:59 pm

one 9 is a compound, but the other 2 are not

6:00 pm

du 7 pretty please

6:01 pm

ty....

6:01 pm

ty....

6:01 pm

property of not being shiny misspelled

6:01 pm

i am that appreciative... ;o)

nancy check hurshy below

5:32

6:03 pm

du clued at 6:01

6:03 pm

ty, nan...

6:03 pm

TY got it, going crazy with this grid

6:03 pm

how close are you to the finish carla?

6:04 pm

I finally listed with around 100 to go -- couldn't remember what I had already entered anymore

86 left. just slowing going through each tile again and then I'll stop. no interest in going to the list with a huge number left.

6:05 pm

with some the weird words, the list was still a challenge

6:05 pm

i am close to listing....

6:06 pm

I was really surprised there were only two loch endings though

6:06 pm

me too. i'd like to get 2 or 3 more words first

why is the li6 not plural?

6:08 pm

because it's a German word...

they don't do plurals?

6:08 pm

i am guessing... ;o)

6:08 pm

because it is an adjective?

I thought someone said it was a song

6:09 pm

why is hardass not a word? no rhyme nor re 6

6:09 pm

it says it IS the plural - songs

6:09 pm

A lied is a German song. The plural is lieder. Lied most often refers to a song performed in German by a solo singer with piano accompaniment.

6:09 pm

like kind is child and kinder is children

oh, I just read the same

6:10 pm

on my way - see later

6:11 pm

bye, nan....

'night, nan

6:16 pm

is the third AD word related to the first two?

6:17 pm

i have two ad7 and they are not related

6:17 pm

ok, thanks...then your third is related to one of the ones you have....

6:17 pm

aHA that was my missing 8!!!

6:17 pm

ok, 25 left, that's 95% done, i will list now.

6:18 pm

thanks pen

6:18 pm

you have a lot more patience that i have... ;o)

darn, that's not my missing 8

6:28 pm

i hate AE words...

6:29 pm

400 to go. Time to list.....

6:34 pm

that's not something one hears every day! lol

6:35 pm

I know, it should be 400 to go, time to cry....

6:35 pm

happy 2022, hursh!

6:36 pm

i doubt it, but thanks. happy 2022 to you :)

6:41 pm

there, done!

6:41 pm

congrats...

6:41 pm

thanks to the babble gods for winding up the year with such a nice big juicy grid

I hate PS words - still need 3

6:44 pm

same here...

6:45 pm

I agree, hursh! Thank you babble gods.

6:45 pm

Amen, hursh.....though i was happier earlier than i am now.. ;o)

6:45 pm

happy 2022 jac!

6:45 pm

Happy 2022 to you, harp and to all. x

6:46 pm

I was asleep last night at the flip so I didn't realize what we had until about an hour ago. But we were just going to watch tv so I can probably finish

have you looked at the bee, pen? I saw the pangram first word, but the other words, not so much.

6:46 pm

haven't looked yet....

6:46 pm

and remember folks, never blackmail. especially not if you know they've murdered someone. that's just asking to be killed yourself.

6:46 pm

ty, jacula....same to you!

there's only 23 words but I only have 11

6:48 pm

Hey Jacula can I ask if you've been in touch with Haz? is she ok?

6:50 pm

i am missing five out of six AT words... :o(

6:50 pm

Hi all. Missing bottom corner e word. Please send stat. Ty

6:50 pm

Hi ruru. I haven't been in touch with her lately, but will do soon. Did see her here on the chog quite recently.

6:50 pm

et4/4

6:50 pm

I have no AT words. Sorry

6:50 pm

mkg - bottom e is the babble volcano.

6:51 pm

Ty

6:51 pm

there are 5 at words that all go together

6:51 pm

ty! Never remember it.

6:51 pm

Got it

6:51 pm

Athies

6:51 pm

Athis

6:51 pm

Oops sorry.

6:51 pm

they have to do with repenting and making up for one's actions

I have 3 ATs

those 3

6:52 pm

there are 5 tho

6:52 pm

Got the at words. Ty

6:52 pm

you need the person(s) who

6:52 pm

oh....forgot there was a third A....lol....ty....

ah, my other was at4, unrelated

now I just need 9 L to gray bottom row

so hurshy, what was my missing K? was too confused earlier.

6:54 pm

i am only missing five L words but I am still missing other bottom row words...

6:54 pm

is the DA 8 a weird word?

yes, but we've had it before - it's a pl but the sing is not in the grid due to no Y

6:55 pm

hmm...ty...

6:55 pm

oh, um, let me see

I guess it's not weird if you're catholic

6:56 pm

got it...

6:56 pm

mine was a ka5/18 that came after the measures of diamonds or gold

ok, will look. looks very likely it.

got it, thx

6:59 pm

is the DE 10 an ordinary word?

6:59 pm

thanks Jacula.. haven't seen her in months.. just wanted to know she's ok.. people take breaks from this game I guess

not to me but some of the older players said it was very common at one time

a poem read at graduations and on posters and tee shirts. but I've never seen it before.

7:01 pm

got it...thanks.

np

7:01 pm

ruru - I think she's still playing but perhaps not posting on the chog much. I'm the same these days.

I got out of my pjs after noon...is it too early to get into pjs? it's been at least 7 hours of clothes.

7:02 pm

i don't think she's playing that much

7:03 pm

Hi. Haz has given up on Babble - she has a pretty full life

7:04 pm

oh.. that's kind of what I thought lyn... that's fine just hope it wasn't a health issue

7:05 pm

hoped that is

7:06 pm

Has she lynxxx? I'll ask her next time I write or ring.

7:06 pm

I meant given up on Babble, not about the full life.

7:07 pm

Right, I'd better dive back into the grid as I still have 122 words to find. *s p l a s h ! *

really have no idea where 6 more L's or 8 more D's could be

7:09 pm

do you have the la 6 that is related to wool?

I found an LA7 after I posted that but I don't think I have a 6 related to wool

think I got it now

thx

7:12 pm

yw...just found my last L....

wow, nice

71 left!

7:14 pm

i take that back....have all the LA words...missing one LI and three LU words...

7:14 pm

72 left here...

I have 8 LU and 4 Li

7:16 pm

10 LU & 5 Li

7:16 pm

only missing LU now...

just found an LA and thx lynxxx

so looks like I have all the LA now

7:17 pm

done with the Ls...yea!

7:17 pm

finished! wow

huzzah, dan!

7:17 pm

congrats!

7:17 pm

thanks lickety and all cluers

7:19 pm

congrats, dan...

7:21 pm

just found three OA words without looking at the grid....been playing too long!

ha! I had one oa4 all day and just got the anagram a few min ago

7:31 pm

i am struggling through the RE words right now....and have skipped quite a few words before that...

really no idea on my last 3 L's.

I still have 5 R's left, probably all RE

7:33 pm

do you have the la 5/7 combo?

7:33 pm

and the four praising words?

yes, I found out thanks to lyn that I need 1 Li and 2 LU

so I guess I have some idea, just no idea on what those could be

7:34 pm

the LI 7 is an unfamiliar one for me....

7:35 pm

the last seven LU words start with the same three letters....

ok, I do not have an li7

7:35 pm

*i feel like Will Shortz sometimes*.....

ha!

ok, now I know the 3rd letter of my LUs

7:36 pm

you can find them....

thought I was onto something with lunear 🤣 too long playing today

found 1!

was hoping for a combo but doesn't seem like it

would you mind cluing the odd li7?

7:39 pm

sure...li + email gone out + vowel....

ugh, we've had that before, thx

bottom row gray!

only 67 to go 😭😭😭

7:41 pm

48 here...

7:41 pm

is the re 6 and 7 after the apartment fees a combo?

yes, think town in CA

in tom petty song

7:43 pm

i am clueless....

we have it quite a bit I think

it's a grayish green

but tom sings - she's a good girl, living in re6

7:44 pm

i am missing seven RE words... :o(

7:44 pm

I have one left an re 7 which follows the re 8-50 can anyone put me out of my misery?

7:44 pm

re+chalk board

7:45 pm

not me...

7:45 pm

ty, book...

7:45 pm

yw

7:46 pm

just back to find 28 more prob all plurals lol

7:47 pm

oh tyvm. fireworks. Happy New Year to all. Hope it is a better n

7:47 pm

one than this one

7:47 pm

need 47 here....messaging with my brother, watching a football game, clueing and trying to find words.... :oP

7:47 pm

congrats!

well done, nancy. and same to you.

7:47 pm

congrats Have a Happy New Year

pen, I am watching football and I made a cake, now stirring up a glaze.

7:48 pm

41 left

and I'm occasionally switching over to spelling bee

7:49 pm

LOL...

7:49 pm

hello again, peri....

and y'all are way ahead of me. hey peri.

7:51 pm

hi all

7:55 pm

can someone please clue the sr 6?

oh, I did earlier, let's see. sr + tv commercial + short laugh

7:56 pm

ty...

7:57 pm

is the st 10 related to the st 7 before it?

7:57 pm

half of it is

7:57 pm

first 5 the same, ye

7:58 pm

ty, dan...

7:58 pm

got it!.....

it means crickets chirping. I'm sure that will help. 🤣

7:59 pm

use the end of your ad7.36

7:59 pm

yes, found it, ty...

8:00 pm

dan's hint did the trick....

ok, 10 4s left, can I find those at least?

8:04 pm

i think you can!....mine are done....and you usually find yours before i find mine...

8:06 pm

i finished going through the list and I have 13 to find now....

doh, there's a frog plus 2

8:07 pm

can someone please clue the ae 7?

do you have ae6?

if so add a vowel toward the end

8:07 pm

no....just the first ae word...ae 5....and then the ae 4....missing the two in between....

8:08 pm

if you have ae 6 add an extra vowel in the middle of the other two at the end

8:08 pm

i don't have the ae 6....

hurshy said it was greek mythology. basically ae6 is 2/3 vowels

8:10 pm

ae & if gittery or shaky you are ***v***

ae + abbrev for the region you live in + not them

8:10 pm

ae 6 ends in you and I

8:11 pm

got them...ty all.....

now I'm singing lady gaga

8:13 pm

fw

8:13 pm

congrats...

woot woot

8:14 pm

not familiar with aus avbvreviations I guess

what do you mean?

I was clueing for pen

who lives in ME

8:15 pm

"region you live in?" oh, for pen....

8:15 pm

well in that case, I just had to look at her avatar!

exactly!

8:15 pm

yup....the region is New England....

8:15 pm

to figure out where she lives!

8:15 pm

377 to go

8:16 pm

my brother made a lobster linguini tonight....wish I was there!

8:16 pm

10 here...

60 herre

I always get double r when I type here.

8:17 pm

we had crab last year on NYE,

8:17 pm

he also ate some raw Maine oysters....i would have skipped that part of the dinner...

8:18 pm

I really want RADISH to be in the grid

8:18 pm

i like crab, too....

yuck

I want radius, jane

8:19 pm

is the Di 7 an ordinary word?

oh, NTPN - gluten free company (in US at least)

not unless you're like a scientist

8:20 pm

sorry, no idea...

udis

di + most of the word for being able to speak another language well.

8:21 pm

now I want to know the radius of a radish.....

8:21 pm

damn ADHD....

quite a conundrum

8:22 pm

ty, carla....

np

8:24 pm

i have four left....all RE words....

57 left. still 6 4s left

8:25 pm

are you still playing without a list?

yes

8:25 pm

i am not that masochistic.. ;o)

8:26 pm

you're assuming she's not still enjoying it!

I just don't like to go through that many on the list. would rather not finish.

8:27 pm

i just buzz through as quickly as i can, skipping words along the way and then go back to those...

8:28 pm

looking again for those Tom Petty words.... ;o)

sorry, I messed up the lyric earlier - it's a long day, living in re6

8:30 pm

don't apologize...you could sing all the lyrics correctly and I still wouldn't know the town...

it's twisty, down, backward, up to the right

sounds like what flood waters do with a different vowel at the end

8:33 pm

found it...ty....

well done!

8:35 pm

i am done!!....whew!

I bet some of my 4s were already entered. you know how big grids eat words.

8:36 pm

yes, happens all the time....

I gave you a preemptive hoorah because I thought those others were your last 2. 😁

8:36 pm

i think i will make myself a Holly Jolly drink....

sounds good

8:38 pm

and done. Happy New Year Everyone!!

8:38 pm

woo hoo peei

nice, HNY to you too!

8:39 pm

peri

LOL, I didn't even notice the peei

8:39 pm

byeee see you next year

8:40 pm

congrats, peri!

8:43 pm

I finally have a letter greyed out....

8:44 pm

found an amphibian

8:45 pm

well i am off with my Holly Jolly to check out the Bee....bye all....Happy New Year!

bye pen. just made it to amazing.

8:48 pm

just peeked so far....doesn't look good... :o| .... bye....

8:51 pm

found another duck

hmm, I think I just have one duck

8:52 pm

ei5 and te4

hmm, do not have the te4 unless it has another def.

8:54 pm

its a color

ok, then i do

8:54 pm

normally i would be alittle tighter with clues....

it's late

8:55 pm

and it's a huge mf

yep

52 left. that's almost 90%. maybe I will just look at the list now.

is there a definition for the ST10 ?

yes, to produce a sound like a cricket chirp

is a normal word?

not one I've ever heard. ends in not early.

9:26 pm

may i clue? Happy New Year everyone.

please :-D

happy new year to you, rose! you're a year ahead of me now.

9:27 pm

lol.... i'm the spirit of what is to come.

😁

cripes I got it. Never heard that word in my whole life

9:29 pm

st 10. st + take a ***e in your car + vowel + not early

9:30 pm

* giggle* if you only knew how many times we all have heard that, or said it ourselves.

I'm going to start using it in convo

9:32 pm

like ?? the child st10d like a cricket by the hearth.

sure

9:33 pm

can i please have a recording and pics when you do?

haha

9:34 pm

my goodness we are having a cool change...outside temp has dropped a whole degree... to 38C !! did i tell you how much i love my A/C?

ok, pretend I'm an american and tell me what that is in F. 🤣 or I can google.

9:36 pm

100F

oh lawdy me, 100.4F. I'm glad you have AC too!

it was 70F here today

but we're supposed to be in winter

9:40 pm

clue for re 7 28 - right after the 8 50???

re + a clean ____

9:42 pm

I've been working on this beast on and off all day and I'll be lucky to get it half done, but I hope you're all having a nice New Year's Eve. Happy New Year, my Babble friends, and may 2022 bring us the end to this horrible pandemic.

9:42 pm

same to you joy

9:43 pm

thank-you Joy

thanks, joy. back atcha.

9:44 pm

hello friends, and happy new year

hey trif, HNY

9:46 pm

thanks. I am so glad to see 2021 end, you can't imagine.

9:46 pm

ohhh, got it - thanks carla!

can't believe I missed na6 after the week I've had

9:51 pm

that doesn't sound good carla

I'm just highly susceptible to motion sickness and have been having vertigo which is making me sick

9:56 pm

Hello, and Happy New Year. I hope that this year will be much better than the last 2!

9:56 pm

hi nef\

hey, HNY!

9:56 pm

Awful. I used to get really bad motion sickness in every kind of vehicle before I started taking ginger pills. Even with the ginger, though, I can barely step foot in a boat.

9:57 pm

How are you, Harp?

I'm fairly okay in vehicles, joy. boats not so much. anything else involving motion, not so much.

9:57 pm

good, lying low. husb just got out of the hospital a few weeks ago for a collapsed lung, i sprained my knee. So we're a sorry bunch!

9:58 pm

I hope you can keep your feet on the ground, or in an unmoving bed, for a while.

oh no, jane! hope you all are better soon.

thanks joy

9:59 pm

Oh, harp; so sorry to hear that! At the same time, this is a good time to lie low!

9:59 pm

That's bad, Jane, when you're both sick at the same time. You can't even take care of each other. I hope you're both improving.

10:01 pm

We are, but in the meantime we figured out how to get all our yard work and shoveling done for the season. We really need to come up with some long range plan for getting old....

10:02 pm

My injury was almost a month ago, and its' probaby 80% improved. No surgery needed which is good!

10:07 pm

if any of you have some prayers and/or positive vibes left in your kits, could i please have some? two nephews who we spent Boxing Day with, including hugs, have tested positive. their dad, my bro has a sore throat and a headache. Hubby and i had our boosters two days ago without knowing we may have been exposed.

10:09 pm

oh, hopefully you weren't! thinking about you all.

10:09 pm

I'm sorry to hear that, granny. Turning on the positive vibes and the prayers both, and I'll turn the volume up to 11 for you.

10:09 pm

Most vaccinated people who get omicron are asymptomatic, so they say.

10:10 pm

thank-you, i'm worried because we can't get my bro on his phone.

10:11 pm

my bro and both nephews were double vaxxed.

10:11 pm

they'll probably be fine then. Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you.

10:12 pm

hopefully they'll be fine then

10:12 pm

I've got 300+ words and I'm going to call it quits, since it's time to exercise.

10:12 pm

252 left here

10:13 pm

4 left here.

10:13 pm

gooooo carla.

10:18 pm

2 left here - need help with RE 6/21 and RE 7/32 combo

10:18 pm

well, there were a lot I should have gotten before the list but I am finished

10:19 pm

a town or city in CA mentioned in Tom Petty's Free Fallin', teach

10:23 pm

thanx - ** finito **

10:24 pm

WTG WVTEACH !!!

10:25 pm

oh oh oh.... WTG HOKIE CARLA !!!

10:27 pm

found an ermine

10:51 pm

Asks

10:52 pm

Oops,

10:52 pm

Oops! Sorry!

11:27 pm

found a bunny

11:46 pm

Good morning all - happy new year

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