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endymion6 #211680 07/10/2013 1:47 AM
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Y > E

PREYING


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PREYING on under-creatures.
The world was dark caves ( I > A )
PRE-YANG

Then a mulitude of cherry blossoms rose up from beneath the dank and dark soil, and Lo! The great Yang brought goodness and plentitude to this once barren World.

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PRE-YANG

...'Twas he who cited someone he thought '...blushest


ANGERLY '

P ---- > L

(Please don't react angrily to this!)

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G > B


BLARNEY


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BLARNEY

R ---- > T

Much of what is said there, as with the lady who owned the B&B speaking to me in 1970, is spoken


TENABLY

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T-->O

BALONEY

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BALONEY

Y ---- > A


about this lovely place..HELAS! Instead, lend me an ear

...and we'll all continue to frolic amid the bottom-feeders

ABALONE


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A ---> T

NOTABLE


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I think that proposition is

O-->E

TENABLE

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TENABLE

T ---- > D

Suddenly, and magically, we're all


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ENABLED

drop the D

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NEBULAE smile

e>y

If you're made it all the way down it's time to
UNBELAY and explore the bottom of the pit.


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(or, "Frederic, save us!...")

...I would if I could but I am...

drop the Y

UNABLE

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The difference between BALEFUL and
BANEFUL is one we should UNTABLE
Is it a false fable or just an UNFABLE?
Someone please tell me as I am (minus F}
UNABLE

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BANEFUL


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N --> L

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i'm sorry but I don't understand your riddle.
add a letter
subtract a letter
change a letter

when did we start all the riddles, plays on words, etc.
and for what purpose?
I don't want to be a spoil sport but I've been here a long
time and enjoy playing.


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BALEFUL

- U


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BEFALL

F-->I

LIABLE

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LIABLE

L ---- > V


VIABLE

Thanks!

endymion6 #211734 07/13/2013 12:13 PM
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VIABLE

L-->R (a left/right switch)

BREVIA


Thinking out loud: alternatives are
-- BLOVIA which should exist (plural noun, derived from BLOVIATE) but doesn't
-- BIVALVE - it would be difficult to move on from there except for LIVABLE which is pretty much the same as VIABLE)

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I > E


BEAVER


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BEAVER

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...of an old passion...


BEREAVE

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- - - +G


BEVERAGE


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BEVERAGE

E-->I

VERBIAGE

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BEREAVING


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BEREAVING

A toughie !

Thinking out loud:
-- anagram: BEAVERING
-- add another E and get BEE VINEGAR (mix in honey and ferment)
-- E-->D gives ADVERBING (You can verb a noun, can't you? Here, just make "questionable" into "questionably")
-- drop the V and get a BRAIN EEG (oops, two words, violates the Roolz)
-- A-->O OVERBEING (God only knows if that's allowed)

But my Final Answer is

V-->U

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AUGERGINE ???

Aren't you the shoe guy?

No matter; can you do an indian moccasin U --> D
REBEADING in red white and blue for under five dollars?

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Discard INBREEDING and GINGERBREAD for one reason or another

...started with

D-->G AGING BEER

and E-->N BARGAINED

but wound up with

B-->E GRENADINE instead.

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I > S

ENDANGERS


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GRANDEES


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GARDENS


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GARDENS where the elite stroll

That's easy for you to say.
But my gardens have G --> W

III WARDENS III

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SNARED


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SNARED

R-->C

ASCEND

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...and lighting yourself to bed with ...

CANDLES (+L)


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CANDLES snuffed out
minus D

CLEANS the scene 'til dawn.

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CLEANS


...after consuming too much, means I'll be going up even more on the...


N ---- > S


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