November 06 2010
Holy Hybrids [BB283]
Meshing surnames looms as a newlywed craze. Hence Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may blend to be Crolmes – or Huise. Un-mesh these other surnames to identify the well-known contemporary couples implicated – some of whom have since come to grief. (While in the case of a few others, you wish they would!) Enjoy this most sacred occasion.
- Murdare
- Hawget
- Kerry
- Cartitt
- Dounes
- Dontian
- Benty
- Rosseres
- Spewe
- Clangle
- Lele
- Kench
- Moocher
- Adham
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK BB282 SOLUTION: Plaudit, disappears, expertise, upbraid, affable, citizenry, begat, occasion, anagrams, grappled, moniker, nosegay, rubicund
Comments
Mr X — 08 November at 09:51AM
I'm surprised you didn't include the recently seperated Coquette.
Mauve — 08 November at 11:41AM
Clangle's my fave.
and re susurrus, an 8-letter word - are there any 9-letter words that only use 3 letters?
DA — 08 November at 12:41PM
Good question Mauve - I'm sure our collective mind can nominate a few takers. Anyone?
SK — 08 November at 01:51PM
Is the challenge ANY 9 letter word, or does it have to be a name combo a la the challenge theme?
If not I nominate STREETERS
SK — 08 November at 02:01PM
Oops....can't count. Retract.....
SK — 08 November at 02:14PM
Could short exams be called TESTETTES? (clutching at straws here)
Mauve — 08 November at 03:12PM
Apart from Ceepeecee and Analalana, which are place names, and Essegesse, also a proper noun for a group of people, the only word I could come up with was
sassarara: A word used to emphasize a statement
Couldn't find any common or non-novelty words though
SK — 08 November at 04:22PM
It's a shame David Letterman isn't dating Kathy Lette...
Mr X — 08 November at 04:53PM
Berry is a pretty good current example.
Mr X — 08 November at 05:10PM
WARNING - SPOILER ALERT
Ok, here are my guesses at the occupations of the various couple members. Some are multi-talented & I've just picked one of their fields of endeavour:
1. Business/Modelling
2. Politics/Writing
3. Sport/Sport
4. Acting/Sport
5. Acting/Acting
6. Real Estate/Royalty
7. Acting/Acting
8. Acting/Comedy
9. Acting/Acting
10. Sport/Modelling
11. Comedy/Modelling
12. Comedy/Comedy
13. Acting/Acting
14. Music(?)/Sport
DA — 08 November at 05:13PM
Berry? Pranking/lip syncing
Mauve — 08 November at 06:25PM
or lip syncing with another "girl and she liked it"
Mr X — 08 November at 07:01PM
Spot on.
DA2 — 11 November at 09:43AM
Tete-a-tete?
Mauve — 11 November at 11:01AM
or Accadacca - a popular Aussie hard rock outfit
Would Letters and Numbers accept tete-a-tete? So far, that's the only commonly used word/expression anyone's been able to find, which puts sussurus in rarefied air. With what other 8-letter words? Any?
Mr X — 11 November at 11:03AM
An 8 letter one:
Deseeded