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#88363 01/07/2004 1:28 PM
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six letters - gimlet


Son of the son of Gloin?

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#88364 01/07/2004 2:09 PM
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6--dolmen
7--railmen




#88365 01/08/2004 2:20 AM
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work in progress - please feel free to add, below, and I will amalgamate

| O | D | R | A |
| T | L | I | G |
| C | E | M | S |
| U | N | O | H |

five letters: agile, clime, drags, gismo(?), grime, lemon, oleos, shone, sidle, smelt, smile, uncle

six letters: dolmen, garish, gimlet, girdle, nuclei, oldish, ragmen

seven letters: melodia (see http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0533611.html), railmen



#88366 01/18/2004 12:08 AM
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| E | L | F | A |
| N | O | P | B |
| U | S | I | T |
| G | E | C | R |

five letters: bison, cries, crisp, louse, noise, pious, poise, posit, scion, spice, spoil, trice, tries

six letters: bisect, flense, optics, script, triple

seven letters: section, unspoil, baptise 1/18/04




#88367 01/19/2004 12:03 AM
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E L F A
N O P B
U S I T
G E C R

five letters: bison, cries, crisp, ensue, louse, noise, pious, poise, posit, scion, spice, spoil, trice, tries

six letters: bisect, flense, optics, script, triple

seven letters: section, unspoil, baptise

(C'mon, gang, I know I'm not the only one playing with this!)


#88368 01/19/2004 1:05 AM
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It's not that you're the only one playing this, it's just that you've posted almost all the words that I've found, and more.

Anyway, here's a couple you've missed:

FLOPS and TRIPS


#88369 01/19/2004 3:41 PM
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Just under the wire: wofa, I'm assuming you had optic, since you listed optics. Did you get apse?
5: ensue, scrip

Must take exception to spoil, I'm afraid. Guess I'll have to allow baptise since this is an international board. I'll try to watch for Brtispeak spellings in the future.


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I sure spioled that one, didn't I.

I've been leaving out the four-letter-words as too numerous to post, in general. (Also fives as four-plus-s. Guess it's the pedant in me.) Apse is a goodie. Maybe I"ll go back and see if I can find any more good-fours.


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pice

Did you say you had an eight? Or was that unscript?

Edit: ignore same. I just looked at the original thread and there it is.


#88372 01/19/2004 11:43 PM
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I actually agree to leaving out the fours, making the fives as the beginning so that:

a) You won't have a long list of words to post
b) Makes it JUST a little tougher

I'm pretty sure there would be a LOT of threes and fours, and boy, would WE have a list to go through! haha.....


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Original puzzle is here: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=131196

three little girls...if you multiplied their ages by each other the product would be thirty-six.
possible ages are
36 – 1 – 1; sum is 38
18 – 2 – 1; sum is 21
12 – 3 – 1; sum is 16
9 - 4 – 1; sum is 14
9 – 2 – 2; sum is 13
6 – 6 – 1; sum is 13
6 – 3 – 2; sum is 11
4 – 3 – 3; sum is 10

The sum of their three ages is the same number as my apartment number
If there’s still uncertainty, the sum must be 13, because that's the only sum with more than one possible set of three addends. So the ages are either 9-2-2 or 6-6-1.

The oldest little girl has blue eyes
There’s an oldest! That means the ages can’t be 6-6-1 because the two six-year-olds are the same age (measured in years, anyway) and nobody could accurately be called “oldest.”

HOW OLD ARE THE GAY CHICK'S LITTLE GIRLS?
That leaves only nine, two, and two. QED.

Nein, ja? Ja!

#88374 07/03/2004 4:57 PM
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Amemeba's third wrong answer is correct:

None, pigs can't talk.


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original puzzle is here: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=142045

the 5x5 grid with no blacked out squares.

Across clues:
1. Hit
6. Judy's partner
7. Make holes
8. Funny magazine
9. Drink

Down clues:
1. Vegetables
2. Sheep
3. Chickens
4. Oceans
5. Often dropped


P U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H
P U N C H

Down answers:
1. Peas (Ps)
2. Ewes (Us)
3. H'Ens (Ns)
4. Seas (Cs)
5. Hs


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