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[Zag]

OK then.

Fun giblets are raised if I ed...

Fungible tsar era is edified

[Zag]

Fun giblets are raised if I edit scrap.

Fungible tsar era is edified? It's crap!

[Suspence]

See, I told you that was a spoiler.
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[jbvntx]

I'm picturing zag wanting to finish solving the puzzle before posting, but worried that someone else would finish while he was still working on it, then computing a statistical analysis to determine the optimum moment for when to go ahead and post a partial answer, while maximizing the expected value return function.

Fun giblets ... not yet ... are raised ... almost ... if I ed ... NOW!
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[Zag]

LOL. Close.

In fact, once I got fungible, the rest came pretty quickly up until ed. As soon as I was stuck for more than 30 seconds or so, I posted, and that was the first one.

[Suspence]

Here's another:

Nightclub passages, one nasty bird hoax (6)
Find a crop, then consume way too much of it (4)
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[Suspence]

[Zag]

... which gave away TSAR. I did see the reason.

[Elethiomel]

Neither fungible nor giblets were in my vocabulary until now, so I certainly would have struggled with this one. But yeah, in general I suck both at making and solving these. And that probably comes down to vocabulary in both instances, now that I think about it.

[novice]

[Zag]

I tried for a little resonance in this one. OK, it just worked out that way, but I like it.


Oyster hunters, I merely comforted a group whining over a fight. A story: adventurer staying at my house feels sick. (15)

Alkaline used for distraction: A calm, dignified vial in grand, though deadly, story. An adventurer dead. (13)

[Zag]

Hint: Replace "oyster hunters" with "scuba users."

[novice]

Oyster hunters, I merely comforted a group whining over a fight. A story: adventurer staying at my house feels sick. (15)

Divers, I only eased a team pul...

Alkaline used for distraction: A calm, dignified vial in grand, though deadly, story. An adventurer dead. (13)

Diversion lye: A sedate ampul...

[esme]

Oyster hunters, I merely comforted a group whining over a fight. A story: adventurer staying at my house feels sick. (15)

Divers, I only eased a team puling re a tiff. A tale: pic

Alkaline used for distraction: A calm, dignified vial in grand, though deadly, story. An adventurer dead. (13)

Diversion lye: A sedate ampul in great if fatal epic.
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[Zag]

Good so far. The next word (starting with 'pic') is an unusual one. You might have better luck working on the other sentence (actually just a phrase). Checking your word counts might help.

[esme]

I was thinking about picador/ dora but I couldn't get the end to work yet.
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[Suspence]

It should be PICARO - "a rogue or adventurer"

Oyster hunters, I merely comforted a group whining over a fight. A story: adventurer staying at my house feels sick. (15)
Divers, I only eased a team puling re a tiff. A tale: picaro guest
1 word left

Alkaline used for distraction: A calm, dignified vial in grand, though deadly, story. An adventurer dead. (13)
Diversion lye: A sedate ampul in great if fatal epic. A rogue st...
.5 words left
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[esme]

Oyster hunters, I merely comforted a group whining over a fight. A story: adventurer staying at my house feels sick. (15)
Divers, I only eased a team puling re a tiff. A tale: picaro guest ill.

Alkaline used for distraction: A calm, dignified vial in grand, though deadly, story. An adventurer dead. (13)
Diversion lye: A sedate ampul in great if fatal epic. A rogue still.
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[Suspence]

A quickie:

Leaving behind everything (3)
A group atop humans will collapse (6)
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[Elethiomel]

Abandonment of all.
A band of men to fall.

[Zag]

Abando -- n -- ment of all.
A band o -- f -- men to fall.

[Suspence]

atop <> of
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[Sentran]

I think Elethiomel had the right of it, but with a typo.

Abandonment of all.
A band on men to fall.
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"Speaking of double negatives, I haven't read greylab yet today." - Lifeinmomland

[Elethiomel]

Yeah, typo. I meant ON.

[DejMar]

Cry beyond the end of every realm having the love of beauty within a pile of rocks on a hilltop. (8)

That manner of devotion extends beyond any other functioning overlord. (6)

[jbvntx]

Here's a start...

Cry beyond the end of every realm having the love of beauty within a pile of rocks on a hilltop. (8)
HOWL OVER EACH ESTHETE xxx yyy A TOR


That manner of devotion extends beyond any other functioning overlord. (6)
HOW LOVE REACHES THE TEzzz IMPERATOR;DICTATOR;OPERATOR
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[Oscar]

Cry beyond the end of every realm having the love of beauty within a pile of rocks on a hilltop. (8)
HOWL OVER EACH ESTHETIC KINGDOM IN A TOR


That manner of devotion extends beyond any other functioning overlord. (6)
HOW LOVE REACHES THE TICKING DOMINATOR
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[DejMar]

Good work jbvntx, nice finish Oscar!

As this was my first signmaker for this thread, how did it fare?

[Oscar]

Hi, Dej Mar.

It was an excellent signmaker, very literate and well-constructed. If anything it was almost *too* well-constructed, since both versions flowed using close synonyms of the given text. Signmakers that are harder to solve tend to result from synonyms that have to be crow-barred into place!

That's not a criticism, just an observation.

[bonanova]

I'm new to sign makers. I think I see what happened here, but is there a simple definition of what they are?
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[Suspence]

Sure...

[Suspence]

How about an in-sentence signmaker? Here's a weak one for now, but we can probably come up with better:

Maternal grandpa suffocates dads. (4)
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[jbvntx]

mothers pa smothers pas?


or is that "two a parent"?
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[Suspence]

I was going for MOTHERS FATHER SMOTHERS FATHERS, but that works too.
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[Suspence]

Still not high-quality, but another:

Parent places a call to a humble flying insect, who is making mistakes gradually. (6)
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[novice]

[Suspence]

That audacious impropriety washed one band in artistic 1930's style dance. (9)
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[esme]