Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, September 4, 2021

12:04 am

justafreep

pa7

12:04 am

webatx

pa9

12:04 am

justafreep

re7

12:05 am

justafreep

thanks, webatx

12:05 am

webatx

re8

12:07 am

justafreep

pr7/8

12:11 am

dizgrannie

te 7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

12:21 am

Gillie

de8

12:30 am

justafreep

found a de7 while looking for that 8

12:38 am

Gillie

Well, I can't find that - think I'll call it a night

12:40 am

justafreep

I think I'll be right behind you

12:41 am

dizgrannie

may I have the stats for the J plz

12:43 am

Lizlin

Sorry - don't have it.

12:50 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...je 7 - peeked at Lickety. weird word

1:01 am

ursh

the bottom right D is difficult can only find one word

1:02 am

dizgrannie

try de 5 and 7...uncurl your hair

1:02 am

dizgrannie

SORRY 6 and 8

1:03 am

ursh

haha tx diz but got them on the curl clue tx

1:03 am

dizgrannie

lol yw

4:03 am

mattygroves

I know it's still fairly early but may I have full stats for that pesky J?

5:12 am

ChrissieDee

Je7/52. I had to use morewirds

5:39 am

mattygroves

Yeah, I got it with Morewords in the end. Weird one

5:45 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Matty - its Turkish I think

5:56 am

ItalianGreyhound

I guess the DE 6/27 is to undo your curls?

6:08 am

MollyL

Nope, it's a nautical word

6:12 am

ItalianGreyhound

Thx, Molly - Ill have a look

6:40 am

FrenchToast

morning!!!!

6:41 am

BzznBea

Good morning, monkey.

6:41 am

FrenchToast

GM bzz!

6:44 am

FrenchToast

ooh! I got the 9 already.

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

Me too! Yay!

6:57 am

MLFAN17

i got the je7

7:00 am

MLFAN17

2ns xolumn e stats pls/

7:01 am

dan2bit

ep5/16

7:01 am

MLFAN17

hi dan ty

7:03 am

dan2bit

morning all

7:05 am

MLFAN17

dan do you have the third column top e?

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

Hey Dan!

7:05 am

MLFAN17

hi une

7:06 am

BzznBea

em5

7:06 am

dan2bit

em5/12

7:06 am

dan2bit

hi Une!

7:09 am

MLFAN17

bzzz clue pls?

7:09 am

BzznBea

eastern ruler

7:10 am

MLFAN17

ty

7:10 am

BzznBea

yw

7:16 am

MLFAN17

is the e word on the 4th column ep?

7:17 am

BzznBea

yes

7:17 am

MLFAN17

ty

7:18 am

dan2bit

if you can preempt, why can't you empt?

7:33 am

mattygroves

If you can have impede, why can't you have pede?

7:34 am

hurshy

phantom: tremor

7:35 am

BzznBea

you can swith those letters around for a word in the grid.

7:35 am

BzznBea

switch

7:36 am

hurshy

ty

7:41 am

Jeanius421

is the J a normal word?

7:42 am

hurshy

not in the slightest

7:42 am

Jeanius421

Caramba!

7:43 am

hurshy

do you want a clue?

7:43 am

Jeanius421

would love it :-)

7:43 am

BzznBea

It uses to double letter combos, if that helps.

7:43 am

hurshy

start like Seinfeld, end like 50's TV icon Donna

7:44 am

hokie carla

thanks, would never have gotten that

7:44 am

Jeanius421

bingo thanks to much!

7:44 am

BzznBea

Babblers must brush up on weapons of the world.

7:45 am

hokie carla

obviously

7:45 am

hokie carla

I only know atlatl

7:45 am

Jeanius421

in multiple languages apparently

7:45 am

hurshy

i know batleth, but that doesn't count because it's Klingon...

7:45 am

Jeanius421

HA!

7:46 am

welki

hi all - a balmy 35F here with fog this morning

7:47 am

hokie carla

oh my. 61 and sunny here right now.

7:47 am

BzznBea

I'm loving the cooler temps.

7:47 am

hokie carla

me too

7:47 am

hurshy

don't think i've ever heard 35F described as balmy though lol

7:48 am

hokie carla

methinks it was sarcasm

7:48 am

welki

:)

7:48 am

hurshy

iyeah

7:49 am

hokie carla

gotta say I'm not really liking this grid yet

7:50 am

hurshy

there are some nice words

7:51 am

BzznBea

I think it is delightful.

7:52 am

welki

we resisted buying a patio heater until this year, but it was nice to be able to sit outside last night without bundling up

7:52 am

hurshy

:)

7:55 am

hokie carla

it's another grid with duplicate letters leading to too many ways to go like yesterday's

7:57 am

BzznBea

I've tried tepee and teepee 20 times...

7:58 am

hokie carla

I was just thinking it had to be there

7:58 am

welki

patriot here

7:58 am

hurshy

if max verstappen doesn't win today i will be very very surprised

7:58 am

welki

and attempt

7:58 am

hurshy

well, i guess i mean win TOMORROW

7:58 am

hurshy

but also get pole position today

8:00 am

hokie carla

phantom hetero

8:02 am

Jeanius421

and mirror

8:05 am

hurshy

and typhoid

8:06 am

hokie carla

and repay/prepay

8:06 am

hurshy

and things that would end with -ment

8:12 am

hokie carla

ooh, found the 9

8:12 am

hurshy

that's one of the nice ones :)

8:14 am

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers.

8:15 am

hokie carla

well done, dan

8:26 am

hokie carla

well, I'm saving 49 for later. did not get halfway on 2 of the e's and the bottom D.

8:26 am

BzznBea

I'm off for the day. Ta!

8:32 am

hurshy

yeah it's hard to think of things for that bottom D that don't come from the upper one

8:51 am

MollyL

Wow, I can't imagine bundling up in 50 degree weather.

9:16 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

9:48 am

MLFAN17

hurshy do you mean the corner d?

9:49 am

MLFAN17

meer

9:50 am

MLFAN17

not a word

10:03 am

MLFAN17

does anyone see my new icon

10:03 am

MLFAN17

?

10:04 am

periwinkle

I see two potatoes

10:04 am

saanichcat

I see the potatoe heads

10:05 am

MLFAN17

i dont see it at all and i refreshed twice

10:06 am

MollyL

You have to hard refresh, CNTRL + F5

10:07 am

MLFAN17

just the opposite happened when i put the one i had been using i had no problems with it

10:07 am

MLFAN17

ty molly but its fine

10:08 am

MollyL

You said you couldn't see it

10:08 am

MLFAN17

i know

10:10 am

MollyL

Whatever

10:40 am

hokie carla

so which one is new? I see a mug with writing in the box, but when I click on you I see the potatoes, but it says something about Aug and this is Sept, so I don't know.

10:43 am

hokie carla

ok, just did hard refresh and now I see the potatoes here. so I guess that is the new one.

10:43 am

MollyL

Hard to tell. National Potato Day was August 19th

11:12 am

Christa

thank you MollyL.. didn't know about hard refresh.. worked great

11:20 am

Trifioso

hello friends. I am not so sure about this grid

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

hello trif

11:26 am

Trifioso

hello!
big moment just happened here - the goats are out in the yard, and a doe came in to the yard, with her two fawns, and yelled at the goats. YELLED

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

OMG i cannot imagine ANY sound coming from a deer!

11:27 am

Trifioso

it is this very, very strange honking noise, not at all a match with the elegance of the deer

11:28 am

cybernan

hello again

11:28 am

72 Temple Owl

amaxzing!

11:29 am

cybernan

does anyone have stats for a word from the corner d ? Everything I've tried comes from the other one

11:31 am

mkg

I doâ€¦â€¦â€¦.de 4 8. Uses sometimes vowel

11:32 am

cybernan

ty mkg

11:35 am

Trifioso

could I have the count for the j please?

11:36 am

mkg

Je 7 52. Weird word. Never saw it before. Double cons and double vowel in it.

11:36 am

Trifioso

thank you!

11:37 am

Trifioso

got it - great clue!

11:37 am

mkg

Yw

11:38 am

mkg

I am missing the y words. Stats please. Ty.

11:38 am

Trifioso

I only have 1 - ye4.6

11:38 am

mkg

Nm just found one of them. Ty anyway.

11:38 am

mkg

Ty tri. I dont have the 4 6.

11:39 am

mkg

Other is ya 6 24

11:39 am

mkg

Got the ye 4 ty

11:39 am

Trifioso

oh yes! thank you!

11:40 am

mkg

Anyt stats for the 8s welcome. I am sure i have a six that just needs ending.

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry, machine cut out. what did the goats do?

11:40 am

Trifioso

had a run in with a deer

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

oooh, details! i am waiting for my nails to dry, then must go

11:42 am

mymuseisme

re8/55 what you do to coupons

11:42 am

mkg

Ty mymuse. Got it. Great clue

11:43 am

JaxH66

de8 uncurled your hair

11:43 am

Trifioso

the goats were just hanging out in the back, and a doe wandered in with two fawns. All was well for a bit, and then I guess the doe didn't like something the goats said, because she stomped on the ground and HONKED at the goats. I legged it out there to make sure everything was okay, and the doe and the fawns legged it

11:43 am

mymuseisme

thanks Jax!

11:44 am

mkg

Ty for clue jax

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

ah, i saw two bucks last night right on a front lawn, they are very displaced due to storm

11:45 am

Trifioso

we have had more issues with displaced turtles, I think. I stopped two lanes of traffic on my way home yesterday to help one across the road, and people clapped!

11:45 am

72 Temple Owl

and gtg...been so long since i've had a real social occaion that i have to do a full beauty routine. if i can remember how!

11:45 am

mkg

I can only think straightened. But i got it. Ty

11:45 am

cybernan

ty jax - I need to get more creative with my thinking :)

11:45 am

bichon

mama deer feeding two fawns in our yard

11:46 am

mkg

Ty for all clues.

11:46 am

mymuseisme

Hi and bye TO. Enjoy

11:46 am

mkg

Watch out for deer tics!!!!!!!!!

11:46 am

72 Temple Owl

people cut through here and cursed at us as we tried to exit our own development.

11:46 am

Trifioso

I didnt' realize we lived that close, bichon, lol

11:46 am

mkg

Off for the day.

11:47 am

72 Temple Owl

one women whose house and yard were badly damaged tried to stop traffic to let a tree chipper out, and they cursed at her!!!

11:47 am

bichon

They also love to eat from our bird feeder

11:47 am

72 Temple Owl

good bye, see you later gators.

11:48 am

Trifioso

have a great day, friend!

11:48 am

cybernan

It was such a destructive storm - I hope all of you got through without too much damage.

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

i will, thank you. having power is an important step in the recovery.

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

praying for my neighbors.

11:50 am

bichon

We are very lucky to be so high up. Feel sorry for the people in NYC who drowned in their basements

11:52 am

Trifioso

I have hit a wall, and can't find a damn thing. Think I will take a break

12:03 pm

penquis

hello all....

12:04 pm

mymuseisme

hi pen

12:04 pm

penquis

hi mymuse...

12:09 pm

joym999

1950s singer, wrote The Christmas Song, for 10 points.

12:09 pm

penquis

Mel Torme....

12:10 pm

joym999

I'm giving you 15 points, penquis, because you're so quick. And a stick of butter for the lobster.

12:10 pm

penquis

the man with the velvet voice...

12:10 pm

penquis

tyvm!....

12:11 pm

penquis

i knew the answer without looking at the grid... ;o)

12:11 pm

cybernan

didn't know he wrote that

12:12 pm

joym999

He's in an awful movie about a girl's school that I saw on MST3K.

12:12 pm

penquis

it's just a piece of useless trivia taking up space in my brain....

12:13 pm

cybernan

now I"ve got the lyrics running through my head

12:13 pm

penquis

poor you...

12:13 pm

penquis

at least there are lyrics you can understand.. ;o)

12:14 pm

joym999

here's another musical piece of useless trivia -- who wrote the song "Smile?" (Smile when your heart is breaking, smile when your heart is aching...)

12:14 pm

cybernan

have no idea joy

12:14 pm

penquis

don't really know that one...someone odd like Louis Armstrong?....

12:15 pm

joym999

good guess but no

12:15 pm

cybernan

it was sung by most of the crooners

12:15 pm

penquis

i think i even saw Jerry Lewis sing it once...

12:16 pm

cybernan

so who was it joy?

12:16 pm

joym999

I think it became Jerry Lewis's theme song...my mother used to watch that telethon and that's what I remember of it.

12:17 pm

joym999

Anyway, the odd thing about that song is that it was written by Charlie Chaplin.

12:17 pm

penquis

yes, i think that is where i saw him sing it...

12:17 pm

penquis

that is odd....did not know that...

12:17 pm

cybernan

no kidding - didn't know he was a musician

12:17 pm

joym999

apparently he wrote a lot of songs.

12:18 pm

joym999

He was one of those multi-talented types that make the rest of us look useless. :)

12:20 pm

MollyL

The music was written by Chaplin. The lyrics were added by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons.

12:21 pm

cybernan

I wonder if Chaplin wrote the scores for his own movies

12:22 pm

MollyL

He did Nan.

12:23 pm

MollyL

Interesting thing about Chaplin, he could play by ear but could not read music.

12:24 pm

penquis

same thing with Fred Astaire....he played the piano totally by ear....

12:28 pm

joym999

stats for the I word?

12:28 pm

joym999

I mean words...

12:28 pm

joym999

any of the 3 of them

12:28 pm

penquis

ir 4/5 and im 5/16....don't have the third one...

12:29 pm

joym999

ty

12:29 pm

penquis

yw...

12:29 pm

Cosmo Kramer

ir6/27 is the 3rd one

12:29 pm

joym999

that i5,16 is suspect

12:30 pm

penquis

ty, Cosmo...

12:30 pm

joym999

ty cosmo

12:30 pm

cybernan

im 6/27 is the other one

12:30 pm

joym999

im or ir???

12:31 pm

cybernan

there is no ir 6

12:31 pm

penquis

yes, im 6...

12:31 pm

penquis

actually a real word, lol....

12:33 pm

joym999

hmmm...do the 5 and the 6 have the same first 3 letters?

12:33 pm

penquis

yes...

12:33 pm

joym999

just found it

12:36 pm

cybernan

reached my limit of concentration - back later for the last 11

12:36 pm

penquis

bye, nan...

12:45 pm

joym999

are there any PHs?

12:46 pm

penquis

i haven't found any yet...

12:50 pm

joym999

I'm hungry so see yall later

12:51 pm

penquis

bye...

1:52 pm

cybernan

me 6/24 please? first one that follows doled (out)

1:53 pm

Uneaixoise

Ends in not mom

1:53 pm

cybernan

ty une - that did it for me *!*

1:56 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted before I leave?

1:56 pm

rururocks

would someone clue the tr 7

1:57 pm

cybernan

a really big rowboat

1:58 pm

cybernan

*think ancient Greece or Rome

1:59 pm

rururocks

you lost me .. no idea whatsoever

2:00 pm

cybernan

Latin 3 + most of what comes before brulee

2:00 pm

rururocks

thank you.. i've seen that before, but didn't know it was a boat.. thank you nan

2:00 pm

cybernan

yw

2:01 pm

cybernan

you obviously didn't read Mc

2:01 pm

cybernan

McCullough's First Man in Rome Trilogy

2:02 pm

rururocks

no.. i haven't .. :D

2:05 pm

rururocks

finally finished the r's

2:05 pm

rururocks

way behind today

2:06 pm

MollyL

That would be Colleen McCullough author of "The Thorn Birds"

2:06 pm

MollyL

Not to be confused with David McCullough, another author.

2:06 pm

cybernan

no - thorn birds was in australia. She also wrote a trilogy set in ancient Rome

2:07 pm

cybernan

The first man in Rome was the first of the trilogy

2:07 pm

cybernan

on my way - hagd everyone

2:07 pm

MollyL

Yes Nan, I know The Thorn Birds was set in Australia. I was making a comment about which McCullough author you meant.

2:08 pm

rururocks

i've never read either McCullough

2:16 pm

cybernan

Colleen McCullough wrote the Rome Series I was talking about: First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown and Fortune's favourites covering a couple of decades and about the Caesar Family. That was followed up by 2 other books: Caesar's Women and Antony & Cleopatra

2:17 pm

cybernan

I've never read anything by DAvid McCullough

2:26 pm

MollyL

David McCullough writes American history fiction

4:09 pm

eieios

Clue/stats for the 9?

4:09 pm

eieios

I can't decide if the grid is tricky or if my attention is just too divided.

4:17 pm

montreal13

PA9/66

4:17 pm

montreal13

pt of previous PA7...

4:18 pm

eieios

Thx, got them. ðŸ˜Š

4:18 pm

montreal13

yay â˜º

4:20 pm

eieios

Clue or stats for the j?

4:21 pm

montreal13

JE7/52 - weird one double consonant and double vowel...

4:22 pm

eieios

Got it, thx!

4:22 pm

montreal13

â˜º

4:23 pm

eieios

Struggling with the r's. Are they weird or twisty?

4:23 pm

montreal13

missing a bunch of Rs, struggling with Ps...

4:24 pm

eieios

Yeah, i don't even have hqlf of those

4:25 pm

MollyL

R's and P's and the J, oh my!

4:25 pm

eieios

Well, 14 on one amd 11 on the other.

4:37 pm

montreal13

FW ! quick clue needed, anyone ?

4:40 pm

hurshy

tr7 please

4:40 pm

montreal13

ok, must go - good luck and see you all tomorrow - poof

4:40 pm

hurshy

if i'm not too late

4:40 pm

montreal13

old roman boat hurshy

4:40 pm

eieios

Latin 3 and most of brulee is he w it was clued earlier.

4:41 pm

hurshy

ah thanks!

4:41 pm

montreal13

â˜º ok bye for now

4:42 pm

eieios

I have a de8 and an re8. What are the other two? Please.

4:42 pm

MollyL

For the non-genius folks...tr + word for anger + not you but __

4:51 pm

eieios

Okay, no help for the 8s. How about the top row e or the second column e?

4:55 pm

joym999

top row E is EM5,12. I don't have any second column Es or the other two 8s.

4:58 pm

eieios

Thx, joy.

4:59 pm

MollyL

A forever word

5:01 pm

eieios

Thx, molly. Still looking for the em as well

5:04 pm

MollyL

ep + first three of what comes before a word that ends in podge

5:05 pm

eieios

I always miss that one for some reason. Thx

5:07 pm

eieios

Now just missing one e from the thrd column. I have the bird, the sword and the mistake....

5:08 pm

eieios

And the corrected mistake.

5:13 pm

eieios

Phantoms = tremor and mermen

5:14 pm

eieios

I can't believe there are still 42 words left to find....

5:57 pm

periwinkle

25 left here

6:05 pm

penquis

hi peri....24 here....

6:07 pm

MollyL

It's neck and neck between Peri and Pen. Who will cross the finish line first? The crowd gasps in anticipation!

6:08 pm

penquis

well true confession....i just listed... ;o)

6:09 pm

Q

what does "just listed" mean?

6:12 pm

penquis

i am using Lickety's list (link below the grid)....he gives you the first two letters and the point count for every word...

6:13 pm

mich_pdx

86 left, I'll "show?"

6:13 pm

penquis

show??

6:15 pm

mich_pdx

come in third place in a horse race

6:15 pm

penquis

ah yes....i used to to the races with my father...

6:15 pm

penquis

sulky races...

6:16 pm

mich_pdx

O

6:16 pm

mich_pdx

I've listed, too

6:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

question: does it cost amything to go pro now?

6:17 pm

penquis

there is no pro, i don't think....not sure...

6:18 pm

mich_pdx

DK, I went pro in 2006, it was a bargain!

6:21 pm

MollyL

No charge for the game now. Hasn't been in a while.

6:21 pm

penquis

i am down to one pesky P....

6:24 pm

mich_pdx

get it yet, pen?

6:25 pm

penquis

nope...

6:26 pm

mich_pdx

How does Dr God make money on this? No ads...

6:27 pm

MollyL

He doesn't anymore.

6:28 pm

mich_pdx

Then we're lucky this is still going, because he has to host it on a server.

6:29 pm

penquis

i am done....

6:30 pm

penquis

yes, and occasionally it crashes....luckily not too often...

6:30 pm

mich_pdx

woo woo woo, pen! Congrats

6:31 pm

penquis

tyvm....i enjoyed this grid...

6:51 pm

penquis

heading out...goodnight all...

6:51 pm

mich_pdx

Good night, pen - have a good one :)

7:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

if there is no charge,, i don't understand why people don't have pro profiles.

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

why everyone does not, i mean

8:17 pm

RoundBarn

TRIO

8:17 pm

RoundBarn

TRIO

8:41 pm

dan2bit

OR MAYBE A QUARTET?

8:50 pm

mich_pdx

I agree, TO (if you're still here)

9:17 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Yeesh

9:20 pm

ItalianGreyhound

just wondered if anyone was here

9:22 pm

MelJewell

mh

9:27 pm

mich_pdx

yep, plugging away at the list :)

10:27 pm

MollyL

You have to actually set up a profile to have one. I would imagine a lot of people don't know how to do it.

10:33 pm

mich_pdx

firewords!

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