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| Suspence |
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject: 1 |
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A guess on "C uses only the whites (on a piano) / Jail? or myself?" : Major Key / Cage or Me
On "Several Grey Labyrinth members / Quiet the priests", I keep coming back to preachers/teachers, but I'm not getting anywhere with that. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject: 0 |
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All good so far. These remain (hint added. I would have added a hint for the second one, but I don't remember the answer. ):
C uses only the whites (on a piano) / Jail? or myself?
Several Grey Labyrinth members / Quiet the priests |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:35 pm Post subject: -1 |
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Soap sphere mathematically designed / What you get if you cross the mob : Trig Bubble / Big Trouble
Sinister tool / Lift real estate? : Left Hand / Heft Land??? |
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| Gomez |
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:01 am Post subject: -2 |
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| Hongerige Wolf, for example / Score! = Dutch Town / Touchdown! |
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| Chuck |
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:33 am Post subject: -3 |
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| Birds do this, but it's sexier when dancers do it / Describes some friends wear feather / fair weather? |
wear feather, fair weather |
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| JDTAY |
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:24 am Post subject: -4 |
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| Birds do this, but it's sexier when dancers do it / Describes some friends wear feather / fair weather? |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:20 am Post subject: -5 |
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Canine fur / porcine challenges Dog hairs / Hog dares
Blond bombshell Veronica possibly will do it / trivializeLake might / Make light
Score! Get laid / and um... |
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| Zag |
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject: -6 |
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Yep.
C uses only the whites / Jail? or myself?
Several Grey Labyrinth members / Quiet the priests
Sinister tool / Lift real estate?
I'll keep adding them as long as I can keep thinking of them. Here are some more.
Birds do this, but it's sexier when dancers do it
Blond bombshell Veronica possibly will do it
Canine fur
Describes some friends
Hongerige Wolf, for example (my apologies to the obvious people if this is a mistake)
Porcine challenges
Score!
Soap sphere mathematically designed
Trivialize
What you get if you cross the mob |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:54 am Post subject: -7 |
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And Another:
Eating regimen named after King Fudd's headgear /Hush! Cwown Diet/Down, Quiet
edit: Make that Diet Cwown, Quiet Down |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:50 am Post subject: -8 |
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Finally, I got one of these.
Orson ____ ____/Collapsible bed has damage Scott Card/Cot Scarred |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:32 am Post subject: -9 |
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| Circus act/correct, grayish brown Tight Rope / Right Taupe |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:40 am Post subject: -10 |
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| Common summer occurrence / Decorate the fodder? Hot Day, Dot Hay. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: -11 |
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That leaves only
Common summer occurrence / Decorate the fodder? H___ D___
And some more. Some of these are pretty bad.
C uses only the whites
Circus act
Collapsible bed has damage
Correct, grayish-brown
Eating regimen named after King Fudd's headgear
Hush!
Jail? or myself?
Lift real estate?
Orson ____ ____
Quiet the priests
Several Grey Labyrinth members
Sinister tool |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:32 am Post subject: -12 |
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| Prime cut/Crime putt |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:30 am Post subject: -13 |
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Day trader/Tray dater
I thought I had already posted this. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:44 am Post subject: -14 |
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Common summer occurrence / Decorate the fodder?
Occupation for gamblers / Person who puts the "best if used by" values on tools for waiters
Top quality beef / Illegal golf action? |
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| Sentran |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: -15 |
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Ah, Glory Days and Dory Glaze, perhaps?
I guess that does make a bit more sense. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: -16 |
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| Glory and Dory were what I had in mind, but something different for the second part of each. Think like a Boss. |
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| Sentran |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: -17 |
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| Prom queen's nostalgia / Coating for a shallow-draft boat G____ D___ |
Glory Due / Dory Glue |
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| Sentran |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject: -18 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| Knitting material isn't straight / This is a great place to live! C___ W___ |
Cool World / Wool Curled |
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| Zag |
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:05 pm Post subject: -19 |
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All right so far. Remaining ones (with an added hint for the old ones):
Prom queen's nostalgia / Coating for a shallow-draft boat G____ D___
Knitting material isn't straight / This is a great place to live! C___ W___
Common summer occurrence
Decorate the fodder?
Illegal golf action?
Occupation for gamblers
Person who puts the "best if used by" values on tools for waiters
Top quality beef |
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| L'lanmal |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: -20 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| Adolescent angst / Quoting The Raven to your alfalfa? (Requires severe verbizing) |
Growing Pain / Poeing Grain |
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| LordKinbote |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: -21 |
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Phrased used in personal ads = WHITE MALE
Possibly will scream = MIGHT WAIL |
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| Gomez |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject: -22 |
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| Lumberjack Garb & Heartbreaker wearing Coco's scent - Flannel Shirt/Chanel Flirt |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject: -23 |
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I kind of forgot about this for a while. Here are the remaining ones, paired up.
Adolescent angst / Quoting The Raven to your alfalfa? (Requires severe verbizing)
Prom queen's nostalgia / Coating for a shallow-draft boat
That leaves these two, but I can't seem to remember them.
Edit: Oh yeah. Not my best spoonerism.
Knitting material isn't straight / This is a great place to live!
Here are some more:
Common summer occurrence
Decorate the fodder?
Heartbreaker wearing Coco's scent
Illegal golf action?
Lumberjack garb
Occupation for gamblers
Person who puts the "best if used by" values on tools for waiters
Phrased used in personal ads
Possibly will scream
Top quality beef |
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| Zag |
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:55 am Post subject: -24 |
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That'll larn ya to be so polite, Coyote. All the ones answered have been correct, or at least what I intended when I wrote it.
These remain:
Adolescent angst
Coating for a shallow-draft boat
Knitting material isn't straight
Prom queen's nostalgia
Quoting The Raven to your alfalfa?
This is a great place to live!
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I'm not sure it counts as a real spoonerism, Coyote, but it is:
Member of the Board / Nocturnal Spirit
White Knight / Night Wight |
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| Coyote |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject: -25 |
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Quailman and ralphmerridew posted 3 of the four I'd solved, thus saving me from choosing which answer to give. Thanks guys!
Make a mistake emulating Ben Franklin / Never talk about it!
Kite flub / Fight Club
And no, I wasn't able to figure out the theme before Quailman's post.
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ETA: I note with some distress that I've made four posts in a row with no chess-like content whatsoever. So here's a little bonus 'spoonerism' I just made up. I eagerly await the howls of protest once the answer has been found.
Member of the Board / Nocturnal Spirit |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject: -26 |
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Billy Beane's story /Where Mrs. Cottontail does her Christmas shopping
Moneyball / Bunny Mall
David Adkins / Was unhappy
Sinbad / Been sad
Put some soft protection on the Londoner / The Theme of this puzzle:
Pad Brit / Brad Pitt
Grim Reaper, with a softer side / Marilyn Monroe might have done this
Joe Black |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject: -27 |
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Icarus, I wouldn't hesitate to break up a single word, especially a compound word. If 'farewell' made a decent spoonerism, I would use it. See 'stingray' above. Anyway, Coyote got that one.
Coyote, there are only 2 that I consider to be really easy, so feel free to jump in with the one or two you like the best. Have you got the theme yet? |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject: -28 |
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| He went to Washington / Apocryphal story about a nun: Mr. Smith / Sister Myth |
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| Coyote |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: -29 |
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I'm guessing it's Feel Well / Wheel Fell
Though this would work better if I could add 'off' to the end of both of them.
I've figured out four of the new ones so far, but going with the assumption that any of the ones I can actually solve must be the easy ones, I'll leave them be for now. Do I still count as a 'regular'? |
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| Icarus |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:48 pm Post subject: -30 |
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A wish for good health -- Disastrous highway event occurred
Fair Well comes to mind, but that's one word, and can't think of a highway event |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject: -31 |
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This one remains:
A wish for good health -- Disastrous highway event occurred (It was actually the cause of a disaster, not the disaster itself.)
Additional hint: F____ W____ / W____ F____
And here are some more. Some are very easy -- you regulars might want to leave the really easy ones for others. There is a theme amongst these clues, but, once you figure out the theme, it isn't fair to go look up answers based on it. (That is, you can't do what I just did in order to create them.)
Adolescent angst
Apocryphal story about a nun
Billy Beane's story
Coating for a shallow-draft boat
David Adkins
Grim Reaper, with a softer side
He went to Washington
Knitting material isn't straight
Make a mistake emulating Ben Franklin?
Marilyn Monroe might have done this. (My apologies for the off-color nature of this one.)
Never talk about it!
Prom queen's nostalgia
Put some soft protection on the Londoner
Quoting The Raven to your alfalfa?
The theme of this puzzle
This is a great place to live!
Was unhappy
Where Mrs. Cottontail does her Christmas shopping |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:15 am Post subject: -32 |
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| Nice! Just one left. Amusingly enough, it was the one that inspired me to write this puzzle. I see it every day on the water cooler at work. |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject: -33 |
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Cartilaginous fish & Command given to oversized jewellery
Stingray & Ring... Stay! |
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| Silverfire |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:03 pm Post subject: -34 |
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| Sniper's concern/Neon?: Sight Line/Light Sign? |
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| Zag |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject: -35 |
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Yep.
Here are the remaining ones, paired off, along with a little more hint
A wish for good health -- Disastrous highway event occurred (It was actually the cause of a disaster, not the disaster itself.)
Cartilaginous fish (no, not a shark) -- Command given (in vain, perhaps) to oversized jewelry
Sniper's concern -- Neon? (Consider what it is used for.) |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:11 am Post subject: -36 |
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Acne symptom/wounded taxi driver
Blackhead / Hack bled |
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| Zag |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:16 am Post subject: -37 |
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Thanks for the kind words, Coyote.
For the Walter Mitty one, the answer I had in mind was your first one, but I agree that I like the second one better.
All the others so far are basically correct. Jack_Ian's modification of Icarus's answer is what I had in mind. Quailman, I think it works better if the Chesapeake specialty is pluralized (which is still a single specialty).
These remain:
A wish for good health
Acne sufferer's symptom
Cartilaginous fish
Command given to oversized jewelry
Disastrous highway event occurred
Neon?
Sniper's concern
Taxi driver was wounded |
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| Coyote |
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:41 am Post subject: -38 |
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Place to keep your dinghy / You bring this to class.
Boat nook / Notebook
I started out trying possible matches for the second clue (bext took? wome hork? phell cone?) and actually let out an audible groan when I spotted the right match. This, of course, is the ultimate compliment for a good pun.
Thanks for posting this, Zag! I agree, it's nice to see 'regular' puzzles like this now and then. |
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