Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 7, 2022

12:07 am

Gillie

ru6

12:07 am

cybernan

co 6

12:08 am

harpjane

found a fish

12:08 am

SueMagee

Pa6

12:10 am

harpjane

and pigs

12:13 am

Rainiqui

ma 6, se 6

12:18 am

jessmom

ho6

12:18 am

cybernan

ma 6 x2

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

marksdolly

ty lickety!

12:19 am

marksdolly

naos

12:19 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:23 am

jessmom

to6

12:25 am

jessmom

sa6

12:28 am

ursh

top right R is ru 5 and 6

12:32 am

rastapopolous

The grand Nagus!

12:37 am

Gillie

Well, 16 left and the 7 is obviously elusive, so I think I'll call it a night

12:46 am

jessmom

gu7

1:24 am

Uneaixoise

Tx for gu7!

2:01 am

Deeha

mantua

5:03 am

ItalianGreyhound

Thank you, Dee

5:52 am

Scrabbler

Good morning, IG.

5:53 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Scrabbler

6:07 am

Uneaixoise

Morning, all :-)

6:09 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Une

6:22 am

jmcnrick

hi all

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

Hey!!

6:25 am

Uneaixoise

Taking pups out to pee in ice and snow.....back in a bit.....

6:28 am

jmcnrick

sounds fun (not)

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

Whew! Fastest they've ever peed.....13 degrees!!

6:56 am

jmcnrick

I bet. I am surprised they didn't just decline.

6:57 am

jmcnrick

It's hovering around 20 here but the snow was all but a no show.

6:58 am

Uneaixoise

7" at my house!

7:00 am

jmcnrick

we still have snow left over from earlier this week, but it looks like a half inch for my area in DC. maybe not that much

7:00 am

jmcnrick

I am happy not to shovel. But I wish they would plow

7:06 am

Uneaixoise

Gave up on shoveling yesterday.....as fast as I shoveled, the "path" filled up with snow and sleet!

7:07 am

jmcnrick

ugh I remember a storm like that here years ago. . .but then I was years younger. I shoveled so I wouldn't have to shovel twice as much later

7:09 am

Uneaixoise

Bitter cold today but no precip.....yay!

7:17 am

jmcnrick

I am happy that I upgraded the insulation in my kitchen this last fall. It has been paying off this winter. Next is ceiling fan reconfiguration--since I don't like A/C

7:17 am

jmcnrick

it's always somethinge

7:32 am

Riverdance

Good Morning from snowy NH

7:34 am

hurshy

i would think an old codger could be codgy

7:35 am

jmcnrick

hi river

7:35 am

jmcnrick

hi hursh

7:36 am

jmcnrick

maybe codgery :D

7:39 am

hurshy

it says enable wouldn't take that either :(

7:40 am

jmcnrick

oh well so much for coined words

7:55 am

BzznBea

Be thinks this grid is a bit of a stinker.

7:55 am

hurshy

you have a cold? :)

7:56 am

hurshy

(i joke because you said "be" instead of "me")

7:59 am

BzznBea

Typos may be why this one is tough.

7:59 am

hurshy

well i'm definitely finding the Cs tough for other reasons also

8:00 am

BzznBea

The G's are troublesome too.

8:11 am

BzznBea

Found a member of the Camelidae family.

8:18 am

MollyL

The Master Gardener strikes again.

8:19 am

BzznBea

Ahh, but this is not a plant.

8:23 am

MollyL

Oh, who are you, HarpJane the animal blurter?
: D

8:23 am

jmcnrick

I really don't see any such animals. But maybe it is more obscure

8:24 am

bichon

not llama

8:24 am

jmcnrick

hahaha well done bichon!

8:24 am

MollyL

You guys will never see it. I had to look it up.

8:25 am

saanichcat

thanks Bea! had to google to find it

8:25 am

MollyL

It is about as obscure as they come.

8:25 am

jmcnrick

I didn't see it after looking it up!

8:25 am

bichon

not guanaco

8:26 am

MollyL

Well there you go folks

8:26 am

saanichcat

PB full of fresh crow

8:26 am

jmcnrick

haha yes it is bichom gu7

8:26 am

MollyL

This is why we don't post our guesses without trying them first

8:27 am

bichon

doh!!!

8:27 am

jmcnrick

and hope we don't have a typo when we do try them

8:32 am

BzznBea

Step away for a sec and look what happens...

8:34 am

jmcnrick

well I have nbs now.

8:37 am

robwhy

texan...had to try it.

8:38 am

zoozzoom

Well it does accept a version of it.

8:39 am

BzznBea

Found a sloth.

8:39 am

BzznBea

Had to say that for Molly.

8:39 am

jmcnrick

hehehehe

8:40 am

BzznBea

Mr. X is getting a work out today.

8:41 am

jmcnrick

yes, I was surprised to the see that

8:42 am

jmcnrick

and HOET is in the grid

8:42 am

zoozzoom

It is about time. That letter has been lazy for far too long when in previous grids.

8:45 am

zoozzoom

Are the two Rs hard to find words or am I just being blind today?

8:45 am

hurshy

they were easy for me because i had recently been shopping for this item

8:45 am

jmcnrick

they are hard to find for me. . . but I am not the best player

8:45 am

hurshy

it's like a sort of a shawl type thing, i think it must be like a spanish or portuguese origin

8:46 am

hurshy

ru5/12 and pl

8:46 am

BzznBea

Where did you but them, hursh?

8:46 am

jmcnrick

spanish kicked me over the edge. . . nbt

8:46 am

BzznBea

buy

8:47 am

zoozzoom

Ah thank you, Hurshy!

8:48 am

zoozzoom

I think I tried every combo apart from that haha.

8:48 am

hurshy

i was looking on ebay, ended up finding something at Savers that worked for me for only $3

8:49 am

hurshy

see i had tried on a really good one at savers and not bought it and then was kicking myself ever since. so the one i got is fine but i sure wished i had bought the other one when i had the chance. shopping for it online was less good because i couldn't tell how thick/heavy they were

8:51 am

zoozzoom

I like to buy my products in the shop so I can see them. The only thing I will buy online without looking at it in person are books.

8:55 am

zoozzoom

A woman saw a picture of hand made table and chairs online and thought they were a bargain price so paid for them When she received them she was shocked to see they came in a little box. She had purchased dolls house furniture haha! Bless her.

8:59 am

jmcnrick

you have to read the details. I just missed buying a box rather than the object it used to hold.

9:03 am

zoozzoom

There are loads of examples like that on youtube. Some are quite funny. Glad it is not me though.

9:06 am

godthaab

What is HOET?

9:07 am

zoozzoom

Half On Each Tile.

9:07 am

godthaab

Thanks!

9:12 am

zoozzoom

I am down to 17 left and still no 7 lettered word.

9:13 am

BzznBea

That 7 is the camel relative.

9:13 am

jmcnrick

gu7 zooz

9:15 am

zoozzoom

Oh! Okay. Was going to say all I can think of is llama haha

9:20 am

zoozzoom

Nope still not getting this one lol will try a little longer.

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

hrllo

9:24 am

mkg

Zoozzoom, i love the story of the furniture! Wonderful. I also like to see what i am buying in person.

9:24 am

72 Temple Owl

um, let'd try this again....hello

9:24 am

jmcnrick

hello

9:24 am

mkg

I dont know the camel relative. Cant think of an animal starting with gu.

9:24 am

zoozzoom

Hello T Owl! â¤ï¸ðŸ¦‰

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

hey zooz...did you check out that band yet?

9:26 am

jmcnrick

gull

9:27 am

zoozzoom

Finally got the GU7 thank you!

9:27 am

wvteach

good morning all

9:27 am

zoozzoom

Fireworks for me.

9:27 am

72 Temple Owl

yay!

9:27 am

mkg

But gull is not in grid. Struggling. Any clues for what happens after the gu? Ty. All clues welcome

9:27 am

jmcnrick

whoohoo zooz!

9:28 am

jmcnrick

it is just an animal that starts with gu

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

HI JE

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

HI TEACH

9:28 am

zoozzoom

I saw pictures of them but did not hear any music from them. Gives me the name again and I will see if they are on youtube. Please.

9:28 am

jmcnrick

hi teach!

9:29 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Teach!

9:29 am

wvteach

googled the camel relative

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

the band is wet leg, the song here is chaise longue

9:30 am

wvteach

beautiful snowy morning - especially since I do not need to go outside

9:30 am

zoozzoom

Same here, Teach went to nhpbs.org in the end to find the word.

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

lol a local place name is an actual enable word!

9:30 am

zoozzoom

Ah okay. Will go and check them out now. Thanks.

9:31 am

72 Temple Owl

yes, the sun is shining brightly, the air is clean, the snow is fluffy and the neighbor cleared the driveway...

9:31 am

72 Temple Owl

i have a few other bands i am liking now, i will tell you when next i see you.

9:39 am

72 Temple Owl

pung

9:41 am

zoozzoom

They seem quite good! I am listening to it's too late. The videos are rather unusual I kind of like that. What other bands were you thinking of sharing?

9:45 am

72 Temple Owl

i need to think. i am in the midst of performer reviews for the festival in August, so a bit muddled. i will say i like the new music from my morning jacket.

9:46 am

72 Temple Owl

the video for chaise longue is really interesting. i heard them interviewed about their music.

9:47 am

72 Temple Owl

the acts i have reviewed so far- local tier- have not been very memorable. some singer wongwriters, a pop S/S with lots of tv song placements...

9:49 am

72 Temple Owl

but here is something to amuse you. wet leg appears on my acquaintance boilen's best of 2021 list.

9:50 am

72 Temple Owl

tinyurl.com/2p895ysn

9:52 am

zoozzoom

Just watching an interview they did right now. They seem rather shy and you can see they are not used to being interviewed lol. Will check out the tinyurl in a sec. Thanks again.

9:52 am

72 Temple Owl

you're most welcome. it's nice to tqalk with a fellow music lover.

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

in the interview i read, the one told how the other asked her just to dance for the video. it's hilariously self conscious

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

the videos have a kind of post modern vibe.

10:01 am

zoozzoom

They seem to be very grounded which I like. I hope they do not lose that.

10:03 am

72 Temple Owl

what a strange and wonderful video! thank for sharing.

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

there is a broadcast of a bowie birthday tribute here you can see on line at noon our time. it's about 11 right now

10:04 am

hurshy

phantom: expanse

10:05 am

zoozzoom

Okay so 5pm for me then.

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

normally i would be there for it but covid forced a rerun. here is the link:https://xpn.org/events/free-at-no\non

10:07 am

72 Temple Owl

i did not attend this one so i am looking forward to seeing if they live up to the hype.

10:09 am

zoozzoom

Candy Volcano yes?

10:10 am

72 Temple Owl

yes.

10:10 am

72 Temple Owl

i've looked for live videos but all i find on youtine are teasers and promos.

10:12 am

72 Temple Owl

but it sounds like it will be good music to clean by.if such a thing exists :/

10:13 am

zoozzoom

Nah I will forget about the cleaning and just enjoy the music haha!

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

the snow plow just came through, so i will have to undo their mischief to my driveway

10:14 am

zoozzoom

Oh Yuck! Good luck with that.

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

let's hope they are good. i work at nearly all of these shows and only a few wow me

10:15 am

72 Temple Owl

nah, this is an easy one, and it's that brilliant blue sky after storm weather.

10:15 am

72 Temple Owl

need to move. see you!

10:18 am

zoozzoom

Thanks for the recommendations, T owl toodle pip!

10:26 am

mkg

Hi all. Back for more. Would love stat and clues for one of the 6s. Ty

10:26 am

Sophie512

good morning all

10:27 am

Sophie512

sorry mkg just got here and no 6s yet

10:27 am

doseffing

ma 6/24 ... a team's pet

10:27 am

mkg

Ty! Got it. Great clue. Ty.

10:28 am

Sophie512

thanks dos

10:28 am

mkg

I have given up on they gu animal 7. But if anyone has a clue that is good i am open to it.

10:28 am

doseffing

...just google "camel relative" ...

10:30 am

mkg

Ty. Great clue doseffing

10:31 am

Sophie512

got it, 7 letter gu animal is what I googled thanks again

10:31 am

doseffing

... how about "the name of a Silicon Valley organization producing bird droppings" .... Might that have worked for a clue?

10:35 am

mkg

Gee sophie, i tried that and didndt get it.

10:35 am

mkg

But got it from camel relative. Ty.

10:36 am

mkg

Still missing so many tiles. Any clues for the o word second column o? Ty

10:36 am

Sophie512

mkg.... took me to crossword puzzle words

10:36 am

Sophie512

hang on I have that one

10:36 am

doseffing

... ox 4/9 ....

10:37 am

Sophie512

animal

10:45 am

cybernan

ty for the gu bird droppings clue dos - well done :)

10:45 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:46 am

Uneaixoise

Hey, Nan!

10:46 am

hurshy

wheeee i love how pretty the snow is

10:46 am

doseffing

... I didn't have the nerve to give it so I just repeated the clue that I got it from originally ...

10:48 am

doseffing

... well 3o kilometers north of here they got 20-25 centimetres of it yesterday ... I'm sure that they'd love to send you some to make it really pretty ...

10:48 am

hurshy

phantom: gamut

10:49 am

hurshy

well we've got our own already haha

10:51 am

doseffing

... ah well ... I missed it ... but I'm between two snow belts that got nailed...

10:53 am

Sophie512

we have 19 degrees this morning, so don't think any of the 7 inches we got will be melting soon

10:54 am

cybernan

hovering on the melting point here which could make things dicey with 2 feet of snow on the ground.

10:56 am

doseffing

... yeah ... sorry Sophie ... checked the weather network for Nashville and you're not losing much snow for the next two weeks ... sorry

10:57 am

Sophie512

thanks, dos, as long as the electricity stays on, my doggo and I should be fine :)

10:59 am

doseffing

... do you use the electricity for heat or just to run the motor on a gas furnace? ...

11:07 am

cybernan

tough grid - stuck at 41

11:09 am

doseffing

... down to 32 but can't argue with the tough grid assessment ... ah well ... time for lunch ... luck to all who continue the struggle ...

11:11 am

hurshy

20 here, yeah, stinker was the right word

11:18 am

Sophie512

dos, good question, I just moved here in July.... but I do have a gas bill, so.....

11:20 am

Sophie512

downsized to a townhouse, my poor dog wants to run around in the snow, but there's not a big back yard like she's used to.....so instead of the zoomies, it's just more of a ZT.

11:30 am

cybernan

is there a leash rule in your complex Sophie?

11:35 am

aslindy

hello all

11:38 am

bichon

hi aslindy, nan

11:39 am

cybernan

hi bichon

11:42 am

Shirlockc

clues for the lone R pls?

11:48 am

cybernan

ru + part of a yellow tropical fruit

11:48 am

Shirlockc

thx cyber, i have too many of those tropical fruit right now

11:49 am

Shirlockc

will need to freeze for bread

11:50 am

Sophie512

hi Nan, yes, and a main street right beside us

11:56 am

bichon

Sophie, National Figure Skating Championship in Nashville

12:01 pm

cybernan

ga

12:06 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* off to find a new icon -- guess those who were around for the great splenda discussion yesterday aren't here!

12:09 pm

Sophie512

Nan, I was, sorry,,,,,,, just noticed what your icon was.... very cute

12:09 pm

bichon

Splenda discussion, I missed it?

12:10 pm

Sophie512

it was similar to one of the words, but there are so many sweeteners that some got confused

12:11 pm

bichon

A diabetic's best friend

12:15 pm

Sophie512

20 left, taking a break.... thanks for all the clues and chat.....Bichon, I will see about watching the skaters, thanks

12:24 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with U words please

12:24 pm

mael

hi all

12:25 pm

periwinkle

found un5/12

12:26 pm

periwinkle

tough grid for me

12:35 pm

cybernan

ough grid for everyone I think. Hagd :)

12:37 pm

brid

UN4/6 = un + country code for "down under"

12:41 pm

brid

it's also plural.

2:29 pm

Sophie512

I have one GO word left, 5 letters?

2:30 pm

Sophie512

never mind

2:31 pm

Sophie512

messed around on the keyboard and got it, thought I had tried it before

2:42 pm

Sophie512

have a bunch of SC and P words left....don't help me yet.... let me struggle for a while

2:46 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

3:07 pm

bichon

sa 5/18, pls

3:10 pm

bichon

nm

3:43 pm

joym999

Hi everyone! How yall doin?

3:49 pm

joym999

I am stuck on the MA6 -- not the pet, the other one

3:49 pm

joym999

nm just monkeyed it

3:50 pm

Meatball421

always thought manx was a cat, try it every time

3:51 pm

origami

That is a proper noun Meatball. From the Isle of Man.

3:51 pm

origami

Hi joy

3:51 pm

Meatball421

oh?

3:58 pm

hokie carla

Why can't I see the R's??

3:58 pm

joym999

OTOH there is a U.S. state in the grid that should be a proper noun, but it's acceptable because it's also the name of a type of barbeque or something. Weird.

3:58 pm

joym999

Because they are weird, carla.

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

but other proper nouns with non-proper noun meanings are accepted

4:00 pm

jmcnrick

*gives hokie new glasses*

4:01 pm

jmcnrick

they are ridiculously hard hokie

4:02 pm

jmcnrick

do you need a clue?

4:17 pm

joym999

I need a clue for the MU5

4:17 pm

ch1212

type of sweet wine minus the last letter

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

ty ch!

4:20 pm

joym999

thanks ch

4:24 pm

joym999

also the SA6

4:25 pm

ch1212

it's a musical instrument from the middle east if that helps...

4:26 pm

ch1212

clue for ho6 please?

4:27 pm

joym999

ho6 is something you eat at the ball game

4:27 pm

ch1212

oh for .... lol! Duh. Thanks, joy.

4:28 pm

joym999

still not getting the SA6

4:29 pm

ch1212

first 4 letters of the man in red's name then vowel + consonant

4:30 pm

joym999

ty for spoon feeding me ch!

4:31 pm

ch1212

We all need a little spoon feeding now and then :)

4:31 pm

joym999

I'm glad you didn't spoon feed me that HO6, though, because I do not like them. ðŸ˜Š

4:33 pm

joym999

And that's FW for me!

4:34 pm

ch1212

congrats!!

4:52 pm

hokie carla

oh, I think I do need a clue, jmc, thx. (for R words)

4:53 pm

jmcnrick

think bat poop

4:53 pm

hokie carla

thx

4:53 pm

hokie carla

just tried that with a P stuck in

4:54 pm

jmcnrick

yw. took me forever and several clues.

4:58 pm

Sophie512

I'm still stuck on 3 5 letter words.....bbl

4:59 pm

hokie carla

still have 29 left here

5:00 pm

hokie carla

and no HOET

5:00 pm

Sophie512

and you'll still pass me up, Carla

5:03 pm

hokie carla

HOET!

5:04 pm

Sophie512

one P word left

5:06 pm

hokie carla

I have 3 left + 24 other words

5:08 pm

Sophie512

wow, that was an accident

5:08 pm

Sophie512

got it

5:08 pm

Sophie512

any help before I quit Carla???

5:09 pm

hokie carla

good job! no idea what I need. oh, what's the 7 stat?

5:11 pm

Sophie512

gu

5:12 pm

Sophie512

7 for 44 pts

5:12 pm

hokie carla

ok, will look, thx

5:12 pm

Sophie512

want another hint?

5:13 pm

hokie carla

seems like you're hinting i'm going to need it. sure.

5:13 pm

Sophie512

earlier chat would help

5:14 pm

hokie carla

ok

5:14 pm

hokie carla

just realized I lied about the HOET. only have 8 C's

5:16 pm

hokie carla

ok, now HOET

5:22 pm

Sophie512

do you have the gu 4

5:23 pm

hokie carla

I decided to go to the list

5:24 pm

dan2bit

there are 2 x gu4

5:25 pm

hokie carla

I have both but thought she meant gu7

5:28 pm

Sophie512

the 7 is an animal, I was hinting about similar spelling....sorry if I gave too much away Dan and Carla

5:29 pm

Sophie512

God Bless. Take care. See ya'll tomorrow.

5:30 pm

hokie carla

good night. did not give away anything.

5:36 pm

hokie carla

ok, I hate to ask for a clue for a 5 but I can't even find go5 with a word lookup website

5:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty sophie i got it with the stats

5:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

builds off gu4/7 though not related

5:45 pm

hokie carla

oh, was looking at the wrong G for the GO5

5:45 pm

hokie carla

much easier

5:56 pm

penquis

hello all...

6:04 pm

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers

6:04 pm

penquis

congrats, dan....

6:39 pm

MollyL

morwords has the go5

6:39 pm

penquis

ty, but i already have it.. ;o)

6:44 pm

MollyL

That was for Carla

6:45 pm

MollyL

Word lookup is not the best choice for finding a difficult word

6:46 pm

penquis

i am done....

6:48 pm

penquis

heading out....have to go shovel out my car....bye all....

6:59 pm

MollyL

Wow, late to be car shoveling

9:06 pm

harpjane

hello 62 to go

9:07 pm

harpjane

what are the stats for the lone C?

9:21 pm

Alycia

co6/36 I believe

9:23 pm

harpjane

thanks

9:23 pm

harpjane

oops, that's not it

9:24 pm

Alycia

co4/7 ... ? I'm so bad at figuring this out sometimes

9:27 pm

harpjane

yes, that's it!

10:25 pm

harpjane

13 left

11:17 pm

Jacula

Just popped in 'cos insomnia rules. Did the grid hours ago so can clue if needed.

11:23 pm

Jacula

Alycia - co4.7 are toothed wheels that make things move.

11:32 pm

Jacula

29 mins to go, so ask for clues now or forever hold your peace! :)

11:39 pm

Jacula

*Can hear Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence.* :(

11:40 pm

Jacula

Will just go off and make then eat breakfast and come back to the new grid.

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