January 23 2011
Listh [BB294]
At first glance you may think STH is a rare cluster in English, but below are the clues for ten such words and names. Breathing disease, say, is ASTHMA, while ESTHER is a book in the Bible. With no lisping involved, can you identify the resth?
1. Narrow neck
2. Study of beauty
3. Clergy
4. Gym class
5. SMH, say
6. B&B
7. ASAP
8. Number
9. Peg-leg and 10. Noted orator
Did you unearth any more?
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Comments
Nib — 23 January at 10:13AM
I can't get SMH or Number.
(I believe the orator is a cynic?)
1. Play possum out here without e'er recovering?
Nib — 23 January at 10:14AM
2. Personal experience sold in second hand store?
Sam — 23 January at 10:32AM
Not sure of number either, but for the SMH - think titles
Your number 2 is firsthand?
JD — 23 January at 10:42AM
Number used in an operation?
Sam — 23 January at 10:42AM
following your style Nib:
Twitter gaff?
Sam — 23 January at 10:45AM
oh, thanks JD!
Nib — 23 January at 11:42AM
Twitter gaff = misthought?
Still haven't got number, JD. You're killing me here.
3. Mantlepiece?
Sam — 23 January at 12:14PM
no, Nib, though misthought is a good one - not that it helps, but I encounter a lot of twitter gaffs at work! Number is used in the same way DA sometimes uses flower...
Boniface — 23 January at 02:07PM
1. Posthumous. An aesthetically pleasing clue.
Twitter gaff = posthole
Here's my 2 bobs' worth:
Shtum outrage? (5)
The molten sun's exploded! (5,2,6)
Nib — 23 January at 03:11PM
OK, I got Number within a second after that hint. :P
I just happened to see this spoken word video before I read this thread, "S for Lisp" by overnight celebrity George Watsky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GvTLfV8fls
Sam — 23 January at 03:34PM
Yes Boniface, your first is musth?
Boniface — 23 January at 03:38PM
Sam - that's right. Shtum/musth are very unlikely anagram pair!
Sam — 23 January at 04:04PM
Might be a bit of a stretch, but:
Poem for tacet gesture hath pitch (3: 3, 7, 3)
Sam — 23 January at 04:25PM
Foul fog at Heathrow, missing warmth
Boniface — 23 January at 07:45PM
Sam, I think you meant 5:3,7,3, but if not, that's my evener!
Your other is misthrow.
SK — 23 January at 10:21PM
Local town sort...she puts out (6,5)
Sam — 24 January at 09:41AM
yes to misthrow, but the other is a bit of a cheat and a 'stretch', as the 'sth' is over two words...
Boniface — 24 January at 11:53AM
Sam - same with my clue:
The molten sun's exploded! (5,2,6)
Sam — 24 January at 11:59AM
now I get it, was struggling with that one - Mount St Helens!
SK — 24 January at 12:10PM
Mine "cheats" as well....but it seemed that all the good single girls...er sorry, words...were taken.
Nib — 24 January at 06:48PM
Cheat:
Author sounds keen for edging direction. (6,9)
Boniface — 24 January at 10:30PM
Nib - E.H.
I know it looks crude, but it's not really:
Upset the plot and bugger the screw! (5-6)
Sam — 25 January at 08:43AM
Boniface - nice, loses thread - stuck on your town SK, and what was your clue for 5: 3, 7, 3 Boniface?
Sam — 25 January at 09:07AM
Surrendered missed beater (4,5)
Boniface — 25 January at 11:55AM
Sam - Lost heart.
Actually, my answer was cross-thread but yours may fit as well.
Here's my poem one, now with a minor tweak to the lettering:
Poem undoes a batsman in front of the Street Crew? (5: 3, 10)
Nib — 25 January at 07:04PM
My 'mantlepiece' was asthenosphere.
Boniface — 27 January at 04:28PM
My answer to Poem undoes a batsman in front of the Street Crew? (5: 3, 10)
Noyes: The Highwayman
Sam — 28 January at 05:38PM
Didn't get either of those Nib and Boniface, but my poem was from T.S. Eliot - Gus: The Theatre Cat
Alec Ihm — 29 January at 05:26PM
Tally up after this, playing bridge (7)
Directly unused? (9)