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Clue #2
The author's name is not in the onnicle, but his opus and three of its main characters are.
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PEANUTS!
Lucy and Linus (van Pelt), and Brown, Charlie
Very sly.
Onnicle: The neurotic Mr. Watson only felt completely secure if carrying a Lexan© dermal implant, Viagra©, ham biscuits (at least two, no particular brand) and his former girlfriend’s silver bellybutton ring.
Clue: …And if he knew help was a phone call away.
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A.G. Ding-a-ling!
Onnicle: Joe told his friend: you can't scuba down a full fathom, assuredly: the guage showing how much air is still contained is on empty.
Clue: shed some light on the subject.
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Thomas A. Edison!
When novice fisherman Gerard Le Roux (incongruously tow-headed) almost landed a dolphin with hook and line on a Saturday excursion, the charter-boat captain admonished, “Watch it, Le Roux, that’s a protected species!”
Clue: Austrian by birth, this historical figure made his reputation elsewhere.
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ADOLF HITLER
My sons Alfred, Eric and Harry all play ball in the soccer league. Their eccentric coach, Francois, is much opinionated and egotistical, but I like him. He treats the boys well and fairly, and doesn’t seem to mind my occasional butting in.
You see, I am the quintessential “soccer mom,” giving my time and energy to shuttling the boys to their games, attending school functions, and making impromptu trips to the skate park, mini golf and Water World. Their father is an avid fan, but I think I’m number one. In a flat second I can be ready to go -- gear on, keys in hand, eager for the major vicarious rush of fierce competition!
The author and his opus are contained in the onnicle.
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FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN!
Imptomptu number 1 in a-flat major (a matter of opinion, of course.)
Jimmy opened his new lounge every night, nine o’clock. Now, parading an unusually lissome model could conceivably attract rough trade. Nevertheless, each young guy emerging or re-entering got everything he asked. Rhinestone rings (implying sensuality or not) rarely incited new guests - or staff - to a real riot.
Clue: Initially, dancing to their music made lounge-owner Jimmy (who refers to himself as a fat slob) eat less, but he soon recovered from that!
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FREDERIC FRANCOIS CHOPIN!
Imptomptu number 1 in a-flat major (a matter of opinion, of course.)
I could have said "the composer and one of his opera..." but I thought that sounded somewhat stuffy. I was in no way implying that Impromptu No.1 in A flat major is Chopin's best work. I happen to like the Nocturnes in C minor, F# minor and B major the best. Hiding one of those in an Onnicle would have been more of a challenge! 
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You did just fine  . That was a tough one!
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Are we having trouble with fat-arse Jimmy and his lounge of questionable repute? There is a second - and very straightforward - clue hidden in the clue that accompanied the original post.
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I got it Yesterday, but I Should Have Know Better than to think I could construct a new one Any Time At All without Help.
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Ditto, Beck. You did a great job; I just haven't had time to construct a new one.
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Spit it out, guys. Somebody will come up with a new one!
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Onnicle: Really, everyone’s quite unenthusiastic. I even miss inventing new puzzles. Are co-solvers extinct?
Clue: At first we wrote and solved, but now we may have to say this about “onnicles.” [sniffle.]
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Requiem in pace.
Onnicle: In the corner of the bar, swilling brew, Ol' Fenton, the burglar chief, celebrated a good winter, his best ever, excepting only his very first outing back in 1934.
Clue: Sleuths: verbophile, amanuensis; creator.
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Beck: if I am not mistaken, at first regularly encountered questions involving ecclesiastical sentences can, almost tragically, include nasty parsing and crude endings.
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Of course, you're right! What the heck was I thinking at quarter to midnight on a Friday? I was a req, just not the write one!
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Fortunately, you managed to pick up the pace.
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Whew - a tough one, Sackbutiator.
Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and creator, Rex Stout.
Onnicle: His voice trainer made Steven sing a two-hour-long, bona fide lesson every day in preparation for Christmas services.
Clue: Perhaps this is what he sang
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Adeste Fideles. Smooth! You can call me Sack, if you like, or any other subset.
Onnicle: Choosing a spot under an enormous tree three feet from the intersection, banishing depression, rancor, nervousness, and any sensation of cold, Steven sang his carols.
Clue: Perhaps this is where he sang after services.
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street corner!
(I give him more credit than that.)
Onnicle: Hurry up, Ricardo! Run, in case anybody now entering Kenner asks to recover in nearby Arabi!
Clue: At first she didn’t seem so bad, but we should have known better.
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You still out there, Sack?
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Hurricane Katrina
Yeah, here, but reeeeeally busy. Tonight it's dinner with friends; maybe I'll have time for creative thought afterward.
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Sofia, the dromedary, was outfitted with a rig a sherpa would be proud of and her owner, Anwar, saw to it that she was well cared for. He sat tall, in new chaps, while they would go slowly through town as the women, like fat hens, clucked and cooed.
Clue: 7 european capitals
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Sofia Rome Oslo Athens Warsaw Riga Tallinn Whew, that part was easy, the posing part wasn't. Forgive the below. Remember, this is my first try.  Longing for a bit of swashbuckling, wearing tight-fitting jeans and a low cut blouse, while waving about a kitchen utensil verve-ly, was the would-be pirate ____ ____ ______. 
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Long Jean Silver(?)
Grandpa Ulf Torkelson said, “Pass me another bun, ya?” nearly every meal for as long as his marriage lasted.
Clue: This fellow kept a babe on the side, so of course he got the axe.
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PAUL BUNYAN Global Warming or Erotomanic Predation; both animals excrete
a deep oodle of crap.Clue: Both animals are dumb but dangerous. Bonus clue: Both animals are one in the same.
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Ha!
Al Gore; sex poodle.
On a slow night at Palatka’s biggest used car lot, one salesman said to another, “Shoot, nobody’s shoppin’ here tonight. Let’s mosey over yonder - away from these here lights - and have us a gander at all them stars. Eric or Nellie can handle any customers that come in.”
Clue: A well-known popularizer of science. Also, briefly, the institution with which this person was affiliated.
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Tough one, Beck, but yuk yuk, I like wise guys. CARL SAGAN and (just who in the hell would know that he went to) CORNELL. Stupid Advice: In bad times it is dumber to economize.Hint: Less phoneyski than Chomsky.
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Was it outrage or generating laughs from strangers? Whatever drove this comedian, it wasn’t just his car. (Linking “drove” and “car” would have been recognized by UMBERTO ECO as approaching syllepsis, but not quite.)
Clue: None needed!
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GEORGE CARLIN
For sneering scuttlebutt in yon Timbuktu, a tip: Toe the line through the use of impromptu lip service.
Clue:
I love you in the moonlight
In the morning we'll fall in love
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TINY TIM and his highly-regarded magnum opus, TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS!
As a poor, anemic kid, he dreamed that one day he’d be chauffeured in a Rolls or a Jag (German luxury cars, it seems, were not his style.)
Clue: It all came true, and he’s still rolling today!
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Oh, TINY Tim! I was wracking my brain, thinking Tim who? Duh!
Ok, Mr. B.: MICK JAGGER.
"Roberto Clemente threw the ball 'ard", according to the BBC announcer. Mr. C. took some exception to this, bellowing, "I am a Titan" icily. "When I throw a ball, it blazes".
Clue: Not terribly well-known, but what he discovered is. It's included as is. More or less.
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ROBERT BALLARD, who discovered the TITANIC!
The obnoxious teacher would poke and jab each student who did not earn sufficient “attaboys” for the day’s lesson.
Clue: I wish they all could be Ca…, er, good students
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BEACH BOYS Getting a bit liberal with your clues, aren't we Beck. Besides, you and Jackie are dating yourselves, and I not sure that that is legal. Come, let us move into the hot new now of the 21st Century... An innocent lad - young, pretty, not very bright, but betting against the conventions of the day - has now gotten her 15 minutes of fame in the androgynous world of pop music. Clue: In desperation I've edited out two extraneous phrases and edited in a descriptive clue or two. Please? 
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...you and Jackie are dating yourselves... Come, let us move into the hot new now of the 21st Century... This from someone whose username is from 1981? Ha!
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Gosh, Beck--did we go out and I missed it? 
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I don't think that's possible!
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In desperation I've edited out two extraneous phrases and edited in a descriptive clue or two. Please? See post #190357 on page 3! We're way ahead of the gagame! OK, JJ - you asked for it: Though it may seem a tad short, such a riddle is best!Clue: H-21. Espy the answer, if you can!
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MATA HARI Ray 'n Randy; Together At Last (Ray Charles and Randy Owens in Concert at the MET 1984)
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