Target word:

quote:

If the vaudeville show isn't funny, was it the ENDMAN'S FAULT ?

After five days it's time for a clue.

Clue:

quote:

The SEATTLE MINI SIX were too short on knowledge to debate the fundamentals of literary genres.

FUNDAMENTALS

Do you think Cronos had a TITAN SEX SMILE?

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Isn't TITAN SEX SMILE plus another I the same
as SEATTLE MINI SIX ?

Just checking for clerical errors before I spend too much time on it...

Hmmm... no wonder it sprang off the top of my head so easily...

jeez... let me think for a second...
I'll be right back.

My mother's sister is not from the west and she's got a real trash mouth.?? AUNT EAST DUSTBIN

I swear... the trying to come up with something witty to say (and failing miserably) is harder than the actual game!

AUNT EAST DUSTBIN

unsubstantiated

IF I'D EVER

(See? That wasn't so hard!)

IF I'D EVER

verified

DEFICITS? NA!!

DEFICITS? NA

sanctified

SUMO SHOT UP

SUMO SHOT UP

posthumous

HORAPELAGIC

HORAPELAGIC

archipelago

SS REVENGE IS SIN

SEVERING IS-NESS
INVERNISS SEIGE
VERGNIESSEN, SIS!
SVISS ENGINEERS
VIRGINS' SENSES
SEVEN ISSERINGS
REVISINGNESSES

Somehow I don't think I'm on the right track here...

hint... it ends with "iveness"

Well, it can be made into INGRESSIVENESS, though I confess it looks to me more like a string of prefixes and suffixes than a word.

How about GIANT INGVALL ?

GIANT INGVALL What the heck does that mean?
Stop gallivanting around and give us a challenging word!

Jo's usually anorexic looking but lately she's starting to put on weight?

JO'S BLOAT'S BEEN NICE

There's -ATION and -LESS and -NESS and BANJO- and ENJOIN- and...

That J keeps getting in the way.

All I have so far is JANIE'S COBBLESTONE.

If you don't object to suffixes, you'll be fine...

quote:

JO'S BLOAT'S BEEN NICE

Thanks for the clue, TrossL... First one of these I've had the pleasure of solving in 6 mos at least! Used to think I was good at anagrams until I joined Wordcrafter...

UNOBJECTIONABLENESS


SO SLIM BEAUTY

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SO SLIM BEAUTY

abstemiously

Frank's a long way off in Jamaica?
A FAR SINATRA

RASTAFARIAN

Atlas Shrugged?

UNGLOBED

BLUDGEON

Looking for presents?

MEN DIG IN SLED

Yoooooo-hooooo.

I know I didn't stump anybody in THIS crowd. Wha' happened-- I'm blown flat by the stampade to limerick game???

So far, everything I've tried has only been MISLEEDDINNG !

Yup, I gave up on it, too; is it only one (non-proper noun) word?

er um I um er...

OK, it's hyphenated. (I didn't realize. Sorry, dumb@@@ among giants here...)

it's a compound hyphenated adjective

For a moment thought I'd had an inspiration with "Middle-English" but then I had to say the H with that...

Then I tried all sorts of variants of -singed and -signed and -designed and of course got nowhere.

If you put me on a boat with a lot of junior officers I will find the MIDDLE ENSIGN.

If you fool me in a game of rummy I will be MISLED, GINNED

---------------------------------

Ignore all of the above - I see I should have been more
SINGLE-MINDED !

Whew. Nice one!

OK. Just to get us back into practice: how about a glass of

RICE MILK

RICE MILK

limerick

We all LEARN BY doing...

LEARN BY

blarney

Short black furry skirts? SABLE MINIS

BALMINESS

Around here it's more like YIGI DRIFT

No, that's not right. I take it back. There's only one i in balminess, and two in sable minis.

OK, it's LESBIANISM. I'll stick with
YIGI DRIFT.

YIGI DRIFT

frigidity

Lucky charm CASINO AMULET

EMASCULATION [edit: spelling]

I'm not sure I still have the balls to offer this next one:

COSTUME TRANCE

(as opposed to COSTUME ILANA, of course)

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COSTUME TRANCE

accoutrements

My NIECE'S LLAMA is marrying beneath her.

Ah yes. I thought "COSTUME TRANCE" had all the trappings af a tough one. Good job, arnie!
(COSTUME ILANA was another anagram of "emasculation.")

Yours is MESALLIANCE, clued by the definition.

Do you know the properties of CARBIDES? Or at least what they're widely thought to be?

CARBIDES

"ascribed"

Don't forget the TOP STAIR squeaks!

...with another R it would be PORTRAITS...

This way it's PROTISTA - phylum of one-celled animals - but is that what you had in mind?

No, I was thinking of PATRIOTS... who lost big time!

Ah, yes. The Giants wanted it more, the Patriots' line was for whatever reason over-matched, the quarterback may have been not up to snuff in other ways as well, and I think they were simply out-coached on this occasion.

It's only a game, but nevertheless there is no joy in Mudville.

Eli Manning was spectacular.... Brady lost his nerve. It was a good game.... I remember Archie Manning from college....

I don't think he lost his nerve, rather his offensive line was completely overwhelmed. He was sacked how many times, and tackled how many more after throwing? The miracle is they only lost by three points!

Be that as it may, nobody got your target so you're still up if you'd like to be. May we have the next question, please?

Nature abhors...

Smashing new outfit raises ballet dancer's self esteem:

TUTU PRIDE

TUTU PRIDE

turpitude

Boo-Boo jealous? RESENT YOGI

Funny how I've never come across "turpitude" except with the epithet "moral".

RESENT YOGI is GENEROSITY.


Let's not go into this bar; I want music but the sign says
"NO MARIACH'S"
Not even for the MARASCHINO cherries, even though they're there too.

NO MARIACH'S

harmonicas

ACE PSI MYTHS

ACE PSI MYTHS

METAPHYSICS

Never did enjoy climbing to the top of the Köln cathedral...
ACH ! STAIRS !

ACH STAIRS

catharsis

Buffalo Bill REPELS BISON

REPELS BISON

responsible

TOY SERUM IS hard to understand.

Gee, I didn't think this one would need a clue. It really shouldn't _be_ very hard to figure out!