Hab, I guess I am just a dim bulb..and should realize you always BOLD your answers. Blame it on all the rain...

While you are working on Nancy Drew:

MRS. ANNIE M

is mannerism. But reminds me of Wizard of Oz.. Auntie Em!

Just to carry forward to this page, for clarity:

from KHC:
"I give you the newest of Nancy Drew.. she left Bess and George behind, one too many times.
NANCY TRIAL"

I look at this game all the time, and hardly ever get it! But is this one . . .

TYRANNICAL?

VIPER POSSE

VIPER POSSE

oppressive

FUN: E.C. TRAUMA

manufacture!

DAN! NICE SCENT Male perfume has gotten so good

NICE SCENT, DAN

incandescent

INVITE NOVA

INVITE NOVA

innovative... !

CRUD RUINS JEEP... from 4-wheeling in the mud.

CRUD RUINS JEEP

jurisprudence

PEEVED C.I.T.

Ah, Hab, you solved my jumble too easy.. I thought it would be difficult..

PEEVED C.I.T.

deceptive... yes?

GET REOILS!... "Get Real!" in New Jersey...

...plus a P and another T makes POLTERGEIST !

Hab, I checked to make sure that neither included or excluded letters.
Hint: Think Harry Potter!

sortilege? Boy, talk about obscure words!

DIJON HEM When you kiss it, it might as well taste good!

Sortilege, you say? Never would have gotten it, HP hint or not. Glad I'm not the only resource !

Dijon Hem is DEMIJOHN.


How about O, BE MAJOR - five sharps in the key signature

Edit: Rats. Misspelled it. Now corrected, I trust.

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O, BE MAJOR

Jereboam... Give me a big ole bottle of champagne!

HI, PINTO BRIO

HI, PINTO BRIO

prohibition

AS DUELIST

lassitude

A BUNCO FOIST

OBFUSCATION !

What does an Arab use to tie his robe in the desert?
TUAREG CORD

corrugated!

How did we go from IX to I?

NATO UNDID VIII

Is INDIVIDUATION a word? Meaning undergoing differentiation, I suppose. And I don't mean mathematically.

Ya gotta be flexible.

ITALY RIVETS

individuation is a psychological term, primarily in Jungian philosophy, which refers to an individual who is fully integrated.

Meanwhile, Italy rivets is Versatility!

MOUNTAIN COMIC

COMMUNICATION. If I understand you correctly, that is.

CRY INDIA, LLC - Let's commercialise Mahatma Gandhi's life story and make a bundle?

Cylindrical

SIMIAN? OR SOUP? Weird menu

That was fast !

parsimonious

Let's try

POISE, FRIEND

you fast; me lucky.

Personified!!!


This one has three words: Careful how you ride that horsie!

NUDE POMMEL

add I and make a

LEMON MUD PIE (or a MUD PIE MELON)

Mum pond eel
Pond mule me
Dump me Noel
Pound me, Mel
Meld upon me (o my Canasta partner)
One mud empl.

Me plum done.

don't stop writing yet.... (that's a hint)

NOM DE PLUME

Right.

COGNITION That's the scramble. In a way it's an "antigram" rather than an anagram, which should be self-describing.

COGNITION

incognito... Hab, is that you??

And there should be lots of INKY ARM GERM around masquerades and festivals..

INKY ARM GERM

Merrymaking!

Go back thirteen spaces or so -

JEREBOAM not to be ocnfused with Jim Beam, of course.

Jamboree!

When cooking, be particular and

USE ARGO (it's a brand name corn starch)

Well, it's not "carouse," but Garouse is there...

It's a prickly problem, isn't it?

Ooh, that's a good one! Especially coming from the middens of North Iowa

SEGUARO

No opera today. Just as well, because
IAGO'S DULL

Today at the Met is a celebration of choreographer Mikhail Fokine, 1880-1942.

Les Sylphides
Petrouchka
La Spectre de la Rose
Polovtsian Dances

will be offered.

My yard is full of many varieties...

Gladiolus

The wind is up and they are singing again!

DAMN! HANG CRIB (two words)

MARCHING BAND

(I had "charming band" before, and "Chairman BDNG" first but then I ran out of vowels.)

Change again:

SHIPMATE ROOMS

yes, Hab. You got it right. But do you know why I chose Marching Band as a jumble? This was in response to your comment about someone in No. Iowa choosing seguaro as a word.

Dunno about that. The only reason I know about seguaro cactus is from a 35-year-old Text Adventure program called the Lost Dutchman's Gold mine...

And I'm not sure I see the how the marching band gives you knowledge of cactuses. Unless Iowa marching band took you to cactus country?

no, silly. Actually I wasn't trying to connect the two. Marching Band was my North Iowa clue. I come from Mason City, IA. We have a famous footbridge here. Do I need to provide more clues?

SHIPMATE ROOMS... cruisin', are we?

metamorphosis

LITERAL CRAP

Just my provincialism showing, I guess. My flaw.

LITERAL CRAP = CATERPILLAR

Now TRY B.U. LEFT

Hab, my choice of marching band was because Mason City is the home of Meredith Wilson. Is it now making sense?

Now I gotcha. Boys' band. He'd never get away with that today. But still my provincialism was showing.

TRY B.U. LEFT

The monarch butterfly emerges...

NETTED PROM.. the entire gymnasium was covered and everyone on their best behavior.

NETTED PROM

deportment

and if you HAVE BRIO what do you call it?

I have some cheese-o for the wino..

HAVE BRIO

behavior

Doc Marten is now making commodes. Have you seen the

MARTEN TOILET AD??

That's a tough one, with so many common letters. So far I have

T MARIONETTE LAD
and TAMOR DILETTANTE

which isn't very far at all amd misspelled besides...

quote:

MARTEN TOILET AD

Tatterdemalion (I thought it was the latest in bird houses, not shoe commodes)

Start of an interesting soup recipe...

ICE NINE TERN...

speaking of ICE NINE...

RENT ICE NINE

internecine

(nephews may participate, too)

NUISANCE U. SOONG - return address of Korean spam?

NUISANCE U SOONG Whew!

Let me see if I can spell this:

consanguineous... Are we related?

I have two, and it is true:

CATS SNORE