12:02 am
cybernan
hello everyone - just here for a short time
12:02 am
justafreep
hi, nan.
12:05 am
cybernan
oops sorry - that was an 8
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:18 am
bcguy
tks lickety
12:19 am
cybernan
as 8 x2
12:21 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs, ai 8 and 9
12:23 am
cybernan
good find rain
12:24 am
Rainiqui
Thanks, it helps that I'm French, lol
12:24 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:25 am
SueMagee
Thanks, rain.
12:26 am
cybernan
the little french I know was enough to help me find it
12:27 am
Rainiqui
And there you have it !
12:28 am
justafreep
retest
12:29 am
cybernan
just tried assiette
12:29 am
cybernan
for about the 3rd time, so time to head for bed. :)
12:29 am
justafreep
next time for sure, though, nan, so try it in the morning!
12:29 am
Rainiqui
Night Nan
12:31 am
Rainiqui
I wonder why contessa and its plural are not accepted
12:32 am
justafreep
that's a good question.
12:33 am
Rainiqui
I really thought they were an 8 and 9
12:41 am
Rainiqui
Wow - just noticed that the ai 8 and 9's English translations are in the grid as well !
12:43 am
SueMagee
Thank you,again.
12:44 am
justafreep
this grid... it has a few (of those)... but then again, too few to mention
12:44 am
Rainiqui
You're doubly welcome Sue.
12:59 am
Aloyisius
what? no contessa? grumble grumble
4:55 am
mattygroves
I don't know any French....
4:55 am
mattygroves
(Well, very little)
4:55 am
ItalianGreyhound
I think Contessa
4:56 am
ItalianGreyhound
is Italian
4:57 am
mattygroves
But the AI8 and 9 are, apparently, French :)
4:57 am
ItalianGreyhound
thx - not there yet
5:19 am
Scrabbler
Good morning IG and matty
5:23 am
ItalianGreyhound
Hi, Scrabbler
5:26 am
ItalianGreyhound
The 8 & 9 are A i words - been looking for AL by mistake
5:27 am
Scrabbler
I have ai6 and 7. Are the 8 and 9 related?
5:28 am
ItalianGreyhound
yes, longer versions
5:28 am
Scrabbler
Aha, I found them. TY.
5:40 am
mattygroves
May I have a small clue for those Ai words?
5:40 am
ItalianGreyhound
go to the right in the grid then circle down
5:42 am
Scrabbler
"tufted crest of a headdress" = ai6 and variant ai8
5:42 am
Scrabbler
Sounds like eg5.
5:43 am
mattygroves
Aaah - have the 6 and 7 - now working on extending - caller, please hold
5:45 am
Scrabbler
Feminine suffix.
5:49 am
MollyL
Matty, ends like a Marlboro
5:51 am
ItalianGreyhound
she must have it by now
5:51 am
ItalianGreyhound
maybe shes outside lighting one up
5:56 am
ItalianGreyhound
I liked my circle clue, but men are more spatially(sp) oriented
6:01 am
Scrabbler
I have a visual-spatial brain.
6:01 am
saanichcat
the ai sounds like a salad dressing
6:01 am
Scrabbler
Yes. Remove the vin-.
6:02 am
amelu0218
or a bird, in some accents
6:03 am
ItalianGreyhound
I need to caffeine up to catch up
6:21 am
mattygroves
sorry - was on a call! Looking now :)
6:21 am
mattygroves
Have it now! Thank you!
6:24 am
ItalianGreyhound
hows the snow pack there Scrab?
6:25 am
Scrabbler
Rebuilding starting today and through the weekend. The ski resort across the valley has been making snow since Monday. They want to open next week.
6:26 am
Scrabbler
Being open over Christmas-NY is crucial for revenue.
6:26 am
ItalianGreyhound
so most of the snow from the storm a few weeks ago has melted?
6:27 am
Scrabbler
Yes, within 2 weeks.
6:28 am
Scrabbler
100 left and I must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.
6:47 am
sukee
Storm on the way, freezing rain, snow, wind. Hoping it won't be as bad as they are predicting.
6:54 am
MollyL
We have that here this morning
6:57 am
hurshy
phantom: siege
7:02 am
hurshy
oh my i got the 9 and it's not even a normal word!
7:24 am
hurshy
oh look, one of the same co7s we had yesterdya
8:04 am
hurshy
weird gr7/40
8:13 am
mael
is the co7 the one that ends in the mineral?
8:15 am
hokie carla
so many s's scattered around
8:16 am
hokie carla
having trouble with the one on the right
8:16 am
MollyL
ael, it ends in a mineral or web place
8:16 am
MollyL
co7 that is
8:17 am
Kiani
morning everyone
8:17 am
hokie carla
howdy kiani
8:17 am
MollyL
Sorry, Mael
8:17 am
mael
thanks! got it
8:26 am
BzznBea
I'm having trouble with all the letters today.
8:26 am
hokie carla
i'm actually finding that too, bea
8:27 am
hokie carla
except the top O, I grayed that.
8:27 am
saanichcat
good morning everyone!
8:27 am
hokie carla
the rest are either a struggle to get halfway or I'm not getting halfway
8:27 am
hokie carla
morning, saanich
8:29 am
Kiani
so sad ogrette isn't a word lol
8:30 am
saanichcat
great one though!
8:30 am
hokie carla
but ogress is, and it's almost here
8:33 am
Kiani
also I have breakfast on the brain and have tried to enter Scone several times now
8:33 am
hokie carla
I just had a scone and didn't even see that until now
8:33 am
Kiani
guess I'll have to settle for my mini blueberry muffins instead (still tasty)
8:36 am
Kiani
clue for the 9?
8:37 am
hokie carla
haven't stumbled onto it yet
8:38 am
ChampFit
ai 7-8-9
8:38 am
hokie carla
no wonder the A was a struggle
8:38 am
ChampFit
Sorry 6-7-8-9
8:38 am
Kiani
ick I have none of those
8:39 am
ChampFit
The 7 8 9 are alternate spellings of the 6 7. It looks French.
8:40 am
hokie carla
sounds like chances are I've never seen these ever in my life
8:40 am
mael
huh, I have the 6 and 7, let me see how I get the rest
8:40 am
Kiani
hokie I agree!
8:40 am
hokie carla
welki!
8:41 am
Gillie
They've been in the grid before
8:41 am
mael
so wait, there's an extra 7? I got the 8/9
8:42 am
BzznBea
not two ai7's
8:43 am
mael
so just 6 7 8 9? excellent
8:43 am
hokie carla
just found a 6/7 set. already looks like it has extra letters but will try to add to it.
8:43 am
mael
still missing one A from up there
8:44 am
hokie carla
ok, got them, thx
8:44 am
Kiani
I haven't the faintest idea... prolly will move to a different letter. This grid is not good to my brain this morning
8:45 am
hokie carla
the 8/9 has the ogre ending you wanted
8:45 am
hokie carla
and the 6/7 looks like the white heron that starts with a different letter
8:46 am
Kiani
crazy. tyvm!
8:46 am
ChampFit
BBL for last 34. Good luck evereyone!
8:47 am
hokie carla
bye champfit
8:53 am
mael
I have about 8000 things to do today, we're taking a quick trip with family down to the bahamas... and I don't want to go haha
8:54 am
mael
I am a grump who would rather not travel
8:54 am
hokie carla
bah, humbug
8:54 am
BzznBea
I don't like traveling either.
8:55 am
hokie carla
haha. I always like it when I get places but travel always makes me nervous.
8:55 am
mael
we were supposed to leave tomorrow but the weather is dreadful so we moved the flight to this evening
8:55 am
mael
which makes me desire to travel even less
8:58 am
hokie carla
I just keep seeing assail
9:01 am
BzznBea
I see asses.
9:01 am
hokie carla
I definitely tried asses
9:02 am
frogface
Well mine is hard to miss
9:03 am
mael
lots of butts, yeah
9:10 am
hokie carla
well, I'm calling "stuck" with 39 left. moving on to other things. TTFN. and have a good trip, mael.are you going to atlantis?
9:14 am
mael
8 adults and 6 kids haha
9:15 am
hokie carla
we went there 3 times when the boys were little. we all loved it.
9:16 am
mael
that's great to hear! it's our first time going
9:17 am
hokie carla
where are you staying? you can wait til you get back or email me if you don't want to blast it. just curious.
9:17 am
mael
have a great weekend everyone, I'm off to pack! the royal (I think? my husband booked it)
9:18 am
mael
I'll let you know, hokie :) hopefully the air travel is smooth all around
9:18 am
hokie carla
oh, we stayed there once, it's right in the middle.
9:18 am
hokie carla
me too!
9:59 am
rururocks
I wouldn't be complaining about a island vacation
10:33 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:34 am
rururocks
good morning nan
10:37 am
welki
hi ru, nan (nan, the co 7 is in the grid again today)
10:38 am
rururocks
hi welki
10:39 am
cybernan
there muse be more than one then, welki. The one I have hasns't been in any grids recently.
10:49 am
cybernan
don't imagine that having both the ai 7-8 and the bird it comes from in the same grid would happen very often
11:02 am
rururocks
nothing like lickety to show you what a dummy you are by missing really easy words
11:03 am
cybernan
haven't listed yet, but will soon
11:03 am
cybernan
missing one r to finish that column -- probably an easy 4
11:12 am
cybernan
ae 8 please?
11:13 am
cybernan
or the ce 8?
11:15 am
rururocks
ae 8 is an admirer of fine art
11:18 am
cybernan
that gave me the beginning, no ic, so will have to try and monkey the end
11:19 am
rururocks
kind of sounds like a olympian
11:24 am
cybernan
missing the ce 8 and the 2nd co 7 now
11:30 am
rururocks
gotta run.. big day for me.
11:30 am
rururocks
gotta run.. big day for me.
11:30 am
Uneaixoise
Missing ce8 too.....
11:30 am
rururocks
the last co7 ends with a place
11:30 am
rururocks
ce8 is a disease of being penniless :D (funny clue)
11:31 am
cybernan
ty again
11:31 am
rururocks
good luck you guys
11:32 am
cybernan
thanks ru
11:41 am
cybernan
I can't see that the last se 5/10 is there
11:42 am
cybernan
oh - see it now
11:48 am
penquis
hello....
11:49 am
penquis
hi nan...
11:53 am
cybernan
clues for thoe te 7-8 sets please?
11:54 am
penquis
don't have it....will look....
11:56 am
cybernan
te 7/36 and te 7/28, both followed by 8's
11:56 am
penquis
found it....hard to clue....let me think....
11:56 am
cybernan
found the first set
11:57 am
penquis
has an adjective ending (and pl)....ends up in the top left corner of the grid....
11:57 am
cybernan
got both, ty
11:58 am
penquis
there are two sets of te 7/8?
11:59 am
cybernan
the te 7/36 = beginning of awful and ends with french self-catering vacation unit
12:00 pm
cybernan
or beginning of awful + army joe + alien
12:01 pm
penquis
that doesn't seem to work...
12:02 pm
cybernan
no double letters, pen
12:02 pm
penquis
wasn't using double letters....hm......
12:03 pm
cybernan
alien that wanted to go home?
12:04 pm
penquis
yes....and the army joe like the little toy soldiers?....
12:04 pm
cybernan
sorry not alien -- dring with jam and bread
12:05 pm
cybernan
can you tell I've gone cross-eyed with this one
12:05 pm
penquis
yes....still working on it...
12:06 pm
penquis
doesn't your clue have 8 letters?....
12:06 pm
cybernan
yes - the toy soldiers, then the drink with jam & bread
12:07 pm
cybernan
te + consonant + army joe + note that follows la
12:08 pm
penquis
got it...ty....still fuzzy headed here....
12:09 pm
cybernan
didn't know if you would know the french word for vacation rentals or not -- only reason I knew it is because we travelled to France and stayed in them so many times: ****s-de-france
12:10 pm
penquis
it rings a bell now....we stayed in several Chambres d"Hote....not sure if I spelled that right....
12:11 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!*
12:11 pm
penquis
congrats....
12:12 pm
cybernan
yes -- those are hotel rooms or suites whereas the other are vacation homes or villas (like air bnb's)
12:13 pm
penquis
ours were more like B & Bs....breakfast included....
12:14 pm
cybernan
we usually parked in one place for a week or more and did day trips from our little house. Stayed at la Campanille or Logis de France when on the road
12:16 pm
penquis
i did a road trip in France with my brother and siter-in-law in the '80s...we had no reservations, just a map and an outdated tour book.....we lucked into the Chambres d"Hote system and stayed in a few of those....in Normandy and Brittany...
12:16 pm
cybernan
any clues wanted before I leave?
12:17 pm
penquis
no, thanks....still have 82 to find....already found the 8/9 combo....
12:18 pm
cybernan
ok -- good luck :)
12:18 pm
penquis
thanks...bye....
12:27 pm
sukee
Everything is coated in ice here
12:28 pm
penquis
expecting some snow here tomorrow....but here on the coast, it will be minimal....over a foot predicted for parts of my state....
12:28 pm
sukee
We are expected to get snow today also, up to 20 cm.
12:29 pm
EvaNadine
kiddoes here got a 2-hour delay for anticipated ice...but all we got was rain, rain, and a lot more rain.
12:41 pm
penquis
well i am taking a break.....bbl to finish....bye all....
1:24 pm
periwinkle
hello all
2:27 pm
mkg
Hi all. Clue for A in first column please. Ty.
2:29 pm
ch1212
mkg, do you have the a4/4? it's the only one i have.
2:43 pm
mkg
No. But which a 4 4? I have two but not from that A.
2:44 pm
mkg
Ae and al and as all are 4 4 but from other a.
2:48 pm
ch1212
mkg, double your first letter ... or, what vioxx said
2:58 pm
mkg
I got it. Ty ty ty
2:59 pm
mkg
Missing two more: the fourth column E words and the 4th row R word. Would love clues and stats. Ty
3:01 pm
ch1212
should er4 x 2
3:01 pm
mkg
Ty. Got them.
3:05 pm
mkg
And now i need the 9. Any clues welcome and stats.
3:05 pm
ch1212
Listening to the radio ... the first time I heard "Victoria's Secret" it was hilarious. The 30th time it was mildly humorous. Now it's just annoying. lol!
3:09 pm
ch1212
Time for a run to the post office and grocery store. bbl!
3:15 pm
mkg
Any clues for the ai 9?
3:17 pm
mkg
Any clues for the ai 9? I am desperate.
3:28 pm
dcseain
plural of ai8
3:28 pm
dcseain
thank you.
3:33 pm
moolingwa
hey all
3:34 pm
dcseain
related to the baby eagle(s).
3:34 pm
moolingwa
hey seain, happy Friday
3:35 pm
moolingwa
er Thursday
3:35 pm
moolingwa
getting ahead of myself :)
3:35 pm
mkg
I dont know this term. Doubt i have ever seen it.
3:35 pm
dcseain
:) I'm going to go to happy hour and dinner with friends tonight.
3:36 pm
dcseain
I googled it, it's a headdress of feathers. like late 19th century British it looks from the drawings.
3:36 pm
moolingwa
sounds like fun
3:37 pm
dcseain
in the right direction, mkg.
3:38 pm
mkg
Well i dont know the word. I will google.
3:39 pm
dcseain
ends like a small cigar :)
3:40 pm
mkg
I got it!!!!!!! Wow. Ty
3:40 pm
mkg
Blessed be morewords
3:40 pm
mkg
And blessed be dcseain
3:40 pm
dcseain
the baby eagle(s) are also in the grid today.
3:44 pm
MollyL
Isn't the eg5/6 a word for herons?
6:54 pm
Gillie
Yes, I think maybe dcseain was thinking of eaglets.
6:56 pm
Gillie
Don't think I've seen gr7 before, but I finally managed to google it.
6:56 pm
Gillie
*monkey, not google!
7:26 pm
periwinkle
te8 please. if it is related to the te7 before it I do not have that either
7:26 pm
periwinkle
I don't have either te8
7:28 pm
periwinkle
found the first te8
7:30 pm
periwinkle
got the 2nd too
7:52 pm
HarryHood
which T are they from?
8:18 pm
HarryHood
got them.
8:25 pm
melonheadjujube
Just popped in for a minute. Not up to a huge grid, so I'll exite happy with nbt. Hope all are well!
8:34 pm
hokie carla
rehi. not sure I want to bother looking for my last 37.
8:35 pm
HarryHood
just finished with the list.
8:35 pm
hokie carla
huzzah
8:36 pm
HarryHood
indeed.
8:36 pm
HarryHood
have fun!
8:36 pm
hokie carla
sure 😜
11:18 pm
NANCY
TE 7-28 AND TE 8-40 PRETTY PLEASE