12:07 am
hokie carla
ok, these a's are awful
12:11 am
cybernan
want to make that all of the vowels?
12:11 am
hokie carla
good point
12:11 am
justafreep
ai ai ai! this will be tough....
12:13 am
justafreep
ni8/9
12:14 am
broll
and the consonants too!
12:14 am
hokie carla
yeah, I don't like this one
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:17 am
hokie carla
well, I have HOET on everything but all the A's.
12:17 am
hokie carla
so HOETBATA
12:18 am
Rainiqui
Thanks Freep and Jess
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:19 am
justafreep
carla - you're dealing with A-HOets? It's gonna be fine in the long run.
12:19 am
hokie carla
it was a complete and total nicerama
12:24 am
hokie carla
oh well, I'm saving 49 for tomorrow or never. good night.
12:25 am
cybernan
just gpt to half way, but going blind
12:27 am
justafreep
night, carla
5:56 am
aslindy
hello all
5:58 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, aslindy. How are you and Lavender doing?
5:59 am
aslindy
doing ok. how are you?
5:59 am
Scrabbler
I am doing well.
6:00 am
aslindy
you are able to use the arm somewhat now, right?
6:01 am
Scrabbler
Yes, with pain on many movements so I must be cautious. I have a list of exercises to do a few times daily. I get new exercises every week at PT.
6:05 am
HarryHood
wow that corner A is giving me trouble.
6:06 am
Scrabbler
I have 6/17. How about that corner E?
6:06 am
HarryHood
I have 6/17 as well!!!
6:06 am
HarryHood
corner E is a word I always miss
6:06 am
HarryHood
the tube up the butt
6:07 am
Scrabbler
TY. I always miss that one.
6:07 am
MollyL
Charming clue Harry 😊
6:07 am
HarryHood
yes, we're very delicate here.
6:08 am
MollyL
Oops, wrong box
6:12 am
HarryHood
43 to go. gotta go give a practice AP exam - have a fun day all!
7:52 am
periwinkle
good morning all. help with lone i please
8:34 am
welki
'morning folks
8:36 am
origami
Good morning, welki
8:44 am
welki
puzzle's a bit of a slog for me
8:45 am
BzznBea
i thought so as well.
8:47 am
penquis
more than a slog here....hello all....
8:48 am
origami
Hi pen. I agree this grid is a slog.
8:49 am
penquis
hi ori....
9:06 am
penquis
finding it particularly hard to find longer words....have one 8, but no 7s and no 9....are these words I should know?....kinda doubt it....
9:07 am
penquis
ooh....found the other 8....
9:07 am
welki
the nine, well you'd be the one who 8s
9:07 am
penquis
and the 9....on a roll, lol....
9:07 am
welki
(i have no sevens either)
9:09 am
MollyL
The one 7 I have is very weird
9:09 am
penquis
figured the 7s must be weird....
9:13 am
MollyL
And there is another weird 7
9:16 am
penquis
what are the stats of your weird 7s?...
9:17 am
MollyL
fa7/44 and na7/32
9:18 am
MollyL
And the 3rd...weird. an7/36
9:22 am
Freeman
am8, please?
9:22 am
penquis
related to almonds.....like trout am8....
9:23 am
rururocks
that's nuts
9:23 am
Freeman
thanks got it
9:24 am
penquis
i knew that would elicit acorny remark....
9:25 am
rururocks
just trying to cashew off guard
9:26 am
penquis
i like to think that i am a brazilient person....not so easily attled....
9:27 am
penquis
i think that was my peanutimate remark....
9:27 am
welki
whoooo pen! those were beauts!
9:27 am
rururocks
it's only part of my marzipan to get everyone here to pun
9:29 am
penquis
ty, welki....ru thought he had my back against a wal,not so.....
9:29 am
penquis
and that was my last one, lol....
9:29 am
welki
must be some new coffee you've been drinking
9:31 am
penquis
hah....i rarely have coffee.....did have a glass of cranberry juice... ;o)
9:31 am
hurshy
so how about clues for those weird 7s?
9:31 am
penquis
finally found a 7....an 7 is just a an alt spelling of an 6....
9:34 am
hurshy
oh i got the fa!
9:34 am
penquis
yw...don't have the others....
9:34 am
hurshy
very vowelly
9:35 am
hurshy
what was the first 8 you had?
9:35 am
hurshy
oh, i thought it was the other one
9:36 am
penquis
the other is na 8/9...
9:36 am
penquis
ssorry NI 8/9...
9:39 am
MollyL
Wow, there are three different spellings of that how to prepare trout word
9:45 am
penquis
finally found the fa 7....
9:49 am
penquis
which N is NA 7?
9:50 am
MollyL
One of the bottom ones
9:50 am
penquis
ok, ty...
9:58 am
penquis
well i need a break...bbl to finish...bye all....
10:00 am
rururocks
finally got that an7
10:01 am
MollyL
Did it make you listless and weak?
10:02 am
dan2bit
in a british way
10:03 am
rururocks
no just pale and wan
10:03 am
MollyL
I hate it when I get wan
10:05 am
rururocks
it takes wan to know wan
10:13 am
dan2bit
wan does the punning start?
10:13 am
rururocks
down to 4 n's now.. just don't see them
10:16 am
rururocks
found two
10:17 am
rururocks
is the ni 8 a normal word?
10:17 am
rururocks
oh god
10:18 am
rururocks
got it
12:15 pm
hokie carla
howdy folks
12:53 pm
periwinkle
hi carla, hello all
1:01 pm
periwinkle
help with ni8/9 please
1:04 pm
MollyL
Peri is a ni8 for Periwinkle
1:05 pm
periwinkle
ah, ty Molly
1:05 pm
periwinkle
got them both
1:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in
1:48 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
argh, almost nbt but stuck on the top row A
1:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
NM, found one. nbt woot
1:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
finally found a 7
1:53 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom ceramic
4:43 pm
LeslieAnn
fa7? my last
4:45 pm
LeslieAnn
resorted to a2z. f + three different vowels + same ending as fi6. hagd all!
5:00 pm
Nef
Hi all. I’m not enjoying this grid!
5:01 pm
periwinkle
Hi, Nef, me either
5:02 pm
Nef
Good to know I’m not the only one! Thanks for commiserating with me peri.
5:12 pm
Nef
Finally! NBT. I haven’t found any words
5:13 pm
cybernan
hello everyone - got to half way last night before falling asleep
5:13 pm
Nef
Ithat are longer than a 7 yet. And I’m onmy iPad so it enters my chats before I finish them.
5:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
nef
5:28 pm
cybernan
clue for the na 7 that comes from the bottom, please?
5:33 pm
MollyL
Starts like your short user name, three letter word for loud noise end with a vowel
5:34 pm
cybernan
ty molly - a new one for me
5:34 pm
cybernan
just the the i that is not the ni now
5:42 pm
cybernan
no - have the ni 8-9, looking for the other 8 please?
5:43 pm
MollyL
am8/50, a way to prepare trout
5:44 pm
cybernan
there is another way besides dredging it in flour and frying it in butter?
5:45 pm
MollyL
Has to do with nuts
5:45 pm
cybernan
ty got it -- too fancy for me :)
5:46 pm
MollyL
😊 Me too
5:48 pm
cybernan
that's the "biggies" done --- may have to list soon
5:52 pm
cybernan
Three Irishmen are sitting at a table across the street from the local brothel when they see the methodist minster knock on the door and go in.
5:54 pm
penquis
back to finish...
5:54 pm
penquis
hello all...
5:55 pm
cybernan
*Would you look at that and him so pure preaching from his pulpit every Sunday!"
Next they see the local rabbi come along, knock on the door and enter. "And there goes anotherone, so pious in his funny hats"
A little while later they see their own priest going into the brothel. "That is just so sad -- one of the girls must have died"
5:55 pm
Bugsaw
pen and I arrived back in time to hear a joke and there is no ending!
5:56 pm
cybernan
Sorry I didn't get the whole story in at once...
5:56 pm
Bugsaw
oops, I spoke too soon
5:58 pm
Bugsaw
good one, worth waiting for nan
5:58 pm
cybernan
Just a little comment on prejudice that I hope will also make you smile
5:59 pm
penquis
yes, good one....
5:59 pm
penquis
having trouble with my cursor....
6:06 pm
Bugsaw
smiling is good. This grid is grim
6:12 pm
cybernan
32 and throwing in the towel - off to the list
6:12 pm
penquis
29 and close to listing...
6:17 pm
penquis
i still have three fours i can't find....listing at 27...
6:21 pm
cybernan
ki
s6 please?
6:22 pm
cybernan
nm - monkeyed it
6:22 pm
Bugsaw
like a theatre but starts with k
6:34 pm
penquis
can't find mylast word.....yi 5?
6:35 pm
penquis
found it...i am done....
6:36 pm
Bugsaw
great = I couldn't figure out how to clue it
6:36 pm
cybernan
grats -- 3 more here
6:36 pm
Bugsaw
41 for me I am in and out
6:36 pm
penquis
ty....not a grid i liked at all....
6:39 pm
penquis
anyone need anything before i go?
6:39 pm
cybernan
ac 5/12 please?
6:39 pm
Bugsaw
I am blind to ma 5, 12
6:40 pm
Bugsaw
ac has an Italian sounding ending
6:40 pm
cybernan
nm - found it
6:40 pm
penquis
what comes down from heaven in the Bible....
6:40 pm
penquis
i clued the MA word...
6:40 pm
Bugsaw
thank you pen. I was afraid it was an easy one
6:41 pm
cybernan
ae 5/12 please?
6:42 pm
penquis
ends with two vowels...
6:42 pm
cybernan
that does it for me -- tough grid
6:42 pm
penquis
congrats...
6:43 pm
penquis
heading out.....goodnight all....
6:44 pm
cybernan
good night pen and bugs -- on my way as well
6:45 pm
Bugsaw
enjoy your day
8:01 pm
mkg
Hi all. Would love clues for any 7s, 8s or the 9. Ty. With stats please. Ty. Just starting
8:05 pm
Sophie512
Just started a little bit ago. None of the big ones yet. Sorry.
8:09 pm
Sophie512
ni 8 70 followed by ni 9 90
8:10 pm
gemini_J13
I have 1 7, fa 7/44
8:10 pm
Sophie512
just got those 2 common words compound
8:14 pm
Sophie512
AM 8 50
8:21 pm
ItalianGreyhound
is that an oldies station?
8:22 pm
Sophie512
Ha! Could be.
8:22 pm
ItalianGreyhound
I think Wolfman Jack was on AM 850
8:23 pm
ItalianGreyhound
that dates me
8:23 pm
Sophie512
I know who you mean!
8:39 pm
ItalianGreyhound
I just dodged big storms here in N. Texas - headed your way maybe (Nashville?). hope not
8:42 pm
ItalianGreyhound
that was for Sophie
8:42 pm
Sophie512
oh goodness not more.....a city close to Memphis got hit Friday night
9:05 pm
Sophie512
12 left
9:18 pm
Sophie512
Fireworks! Clues???
10:13 pm
mkg
I am doing so bad. Have no 7s 8s or the 9. All clues welcome
10:17 pm
mkg
Sorry i didnt get sophies clues for the ni 8 or 9. Any clues welcome. Ty. Also didnt get am 8.
10:18 pm
mkg
Is the ni 8 and 9 two words? I have an ni 4
10:19 pm
mkg
Have three ni 4s. Hmmm
10:19 pm
Gillie
The ni9 extends ni8, which is a compound word.
10:20 pm
mkg
Ty. Cant see that ni 8. Any meaning?
10:20 pm
Gillie
Something that your friends call you by
10:21 pm
mkg
Got it. Ty gille
10:21 pm
mkg
Got the 9 too. Ty. Just need a sev en now.
10:21 pm
mkg
And missing a ton of tiles. Ugh.
10:22 pm
Gillie
oops - sorry
10:22 pm
mkg
Clue for top corner e word please with stat. Ty
10:23 pm
mkg
Ty. Any meaning?
10:23 pm
Gillie
Injection of fluid in your rear
10:24 pm
mkg
Ouch. Got it. Great clue.
10:25 pm
mkg
Well no blanks except the 7s. So would love a 7 clue. Ty.
10:26 pm
Gillie
There's an7/36 - an6 with an extra vowel
10:26 pm
mkg
One 7 and i can go to sleep. Will someone help? Need stat and meaning. Ty
10:28 pm
Gillie
Also fa7 - a material popular with the ancient Egyptians
10:28 pm
mkg
Got second 8 . Wow.
10:29 pm
mkg
Material like linen? Hmm not farina. Hmmm. For cloth or for what please? Edible?
10:30 pm
Gillie
Statuettes
10:30 pm
mkg
Wow. Ok. Nothing coming to mind. So like clay right?
10:31 pm
Gillie
Yes - glazed pottery
10:32 pm
mkg
But starts with fi???????? Clay has different kinds but cant think of an fi one.
10:32 pm
Gillie
Starts with fa
10:33 pm
mkg
Ok ty. Thought it was fi. But still not seeing it. I see ceram but not a word. And no other c letter. So confused.
10:33 pm
mkg
And enamel not in grid.
10:35 pm
mkg
Is this a word we all know or not? Ty
10:35 pm
mkg
Porcelain not in grid.
10:36 pm
Gillie
It's not unusual. There's also an7 (an6 with an extra vowel) - means lacking in energy due to a mineral or vitamin deficiency
10:37 pm
mkg
I got it. Googled it. Lots of vowels but i never heard of it before. Wow. Ty.
10:38 pm
mkg
Got the an. Ty ty ty
10:38 pm
mkg
Great clues.
10:38 pm
mkg
Enjough for me tonight. Ty so miuch gillie.
10:38 pm
mkg
And good luck to you with the grid.