January 30 2011
Sullen Mullet [BB295]
Each answer pairs two six-letter words that share their central four, in the same order. Glum fish, say is SULLEN MULLET. How many more can you hook?
1 Skinny macaw
2 Comatose chimp
3 Horse-like glance
4 Bland potatoes
5 Tender boatyard
6 ‘Amoorous’ behaviour?
7 PBL, once
8 Give symphony
[PS – care to create your own? Choose words that are at least 5 letters long, and see if you can’t wrongfoot the team in the Comments.]
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB294 SOLUTION: Asthma, isthmus, aesthetics, priesthood, Esther, calisthenics, masthead, guesthouse, posthaste, anaesthetic, prosthetic, Demosthenes
Comments
Boniface — 30 January at 10:10AM
Gritty trams and trains (6,6)
Cloak of diligence (6,6)
Foot-fault in an Olympic event (6,6)
Alec Ihm — 30 January at 01:06PM
Lapine taxi driver (6,6)
Wet cafe (6,6)
Sam — 30 January at 02:39PM
Bit stumped on yours Boniface - though led me to some other pairs - bunion junior, tarsal warsaw and discus miscue! Is one of yours a 'rabbit cabbie' Alec?
Two more:
Count Dracula! (6,6)
Smooth finish (6, 6)
— 30 January at 03:47PM
Sam - you were right with discus miscue for my #3
Nib — 30 January at 04:09PM
1. NARROW PARROT
2. ZONKED MONKEY
3. EQUINE SQUINT
4. WATERY TATERS
5, 6, 7. ?
8. DONATE SONATA
Alec Ihm-
RABBIT CABBIE
Boniface — 30 January at 04:31PM
5: Caring marina
6: Bovine loving
7: Packer racket
Alec Ihm — 30 January at 04:54PM
Here are some more.
Closes slide (5,5)
Strengthen pantry (6,6)
Weakening dog (6,6)
Hauling cocktail (7,7)
Sam — 30 January at 07:59PM
Boniface - nice misdirection, didn't even twig it was correct! Was your 'cloak of diligence' secret decree?
Sam — 30 January at 08:18PM
Alec, was your #2 harden larder, and your #4 carting martini?
2 more:
Supply power (6, 6)
Felt push (6, 6)
Sam — 30 January at 09:26PM
Parachuter left (6,6)
and inspired by crosswords past:
Bugbear O.K. (5,5)
Boniface — 30 January at 09:40PM
Sam - no, my cloak of diligence was a real cloak, not a figurative one: conchy poncho. You'll need to remember your rhyming slang to get the other one...
Boniface — 30 January at 09:57PM
Some of Alec's:
Shuts chute
Waning canine
Sam — 30 January at 09:59PM
ah, grainy brains... something for the health-conscious zombie
Sam — 30 January at 10:32PM
one more:
Measure achromatic, yellowish slate shellac (6,6,6,6,6)
DA — 31 January at 08:25AM
Amazing mouthful your last one, Sam - and still to find an answer. Though is Parachutist left = DUMPED JUMPER?
Can't believe how smoothly some of these new clues read. Count Dracula?! Can't wait for an aha.
Two in the same 'vein' I hope, one-word clues in fact:
Booklist (6,6)
Ogle (6,6)
Sam — 31 January at 08:57AM
DA - Yes to Dumped Jumper - and Count Dracula should probably be just Dracula (with a big ?). With the last long one, 'measure' is an example.
The only thing I can think of with your first single worder is if they cooked the Booker?
DA — 31 January at 09:44AM
Nothing to do with the Booker, or any one book in particular.
Is your Dracula a CASKET BASKER?
Sam — 31 January at 09:50AM
no I'm afraid, but is your booklist a hostel roster?
Sam — 31 January at 09:55AM
Dracula could also be a snake in the grass perhaps...
SB — 31 January at 10:16AM
Is Dracula a FANGED DANGER?
DA — 31 January at 10:17AM
If it's not, SK, I hereby say it has to be!
Sam — 31 January at 10:19AM
yup, got it SB
DA — 31 January at 10:23AM
Oops, sorry SB. I muddled your monogram.
Sam — 31 January at 10:52AM
DA - is your ogle a TANDEM GANDER????
— 31 January at 11:35AM
Here the four-letter sequence means an object that makes you smart:
Double-dealing pirate (9,9)
Boniface — 31 January at 11:35AM
That last one was me - new computer.
DA — 31 January at 12:03PM
No Sam, not a TANDEM GANDER, though that's a fair stab.
Boniface, I'm a little confused. Is your pirate a (9,9) or a (6,6)?
Boniface — 31 January at 12:27PM
DA, it's a (9,9) with the 4-letter sequence appearing thus: xxx1234xx
DA — 31 January at 12:43PM
Aha: chicanery buccaneer
(I liked the clue for CANE.)
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 03:30PM
A couple that are all on the same wavelength, even if they're a bit easy.
A number of upper garments (6,6)
A number of lamps (6,6)
A number of elevators (5,5)
A number of tips (5,5)
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 03:39PM
It would be good if dolphins, fish and the like were called 'aquatines', for then a clue such as this could be formed;
Crouching fish (8,8)
But, Alas, the Oxford and the Macquarie recognises no such word and for 'squating aqautine' it's back to the drawing board.
DA — 31 January at 03:48PM
Ditto for 'squating', Alec. This game has plenty of near misses.
A few of yours cracked: 30 shirts, 80 lights, 50 lifts...and 'ninty hints?...Another hard-luck story.
Welcome by the way. Hope you enjoy the Storms and more.
No takers for Ogle (6,6), or Booklist (6,6)? I'll reveal all tomorrow.
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 04:03PM
Thanks, DA.
Its a great website.
Alec
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 04:24PM
Is booklist a 'worded border'?
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 04:33PM
Billet fillet?
DA — 31 January at 04:41PM
May well be harder than I imagined. As an extra clue, I was first musing a clue to do with sound.
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 04:42PM
Poster roster?
Alec Ihm — 31 January at 04:53PM
So the two words rhyme?
Or is it something harder?
Sam — 31 January at 05:53PM
could ogle be a GOGGLY BOGGLE?
JT — 31 January at 05:57PM
aha! Big clue, DA... hence, volume column.
A blue clue: angry genitalia (6,6)
JT — 31 January at 06:01PM
aha! Big clue, DA... hence, volume column.
A blue clue: angry genitalia (6,6)
DA — 31 January at 06:43PM
Bingo, JT. Well done. And a genial no to GOGGLY BOGGLE, Sam. (You seem to have been mentally ogling all day!)
JT, does one PESTER TESTES to attain angry genitalia?
DA — 31 January at 06:47PM
Yup, just got it. On the other side of the ledger. Best left there.
Boniface — 31 January at 06:55PM
Hmm. I think I get that one JT. Not as blue, but how about:
Aphrodisiac procedure (6,6)
SK — 31 January at 07:10PM
That would be OYSTER SYSTEM Boniface. Nice one.
Sam — 31 January at 07:17PM
True DA, it's been fun - though at the moment my brain is resembling a mashed cashew - someone put me out of my misery!
SK — 31 January at 07:27PM
And as a follow-up to JT's angry genitalia (being all the rage), how about 2 others...
Hit genitalia (6,6)
Lifted genitalia (6,6)
(Note- both answers are more colloquial than scientific)
JT — 01 February at 12:49AM
... and, whilst we're tiptoeing around the wrong side of the ledger, one (promise!) more bluism:
Burnt genitalia (6,6)
Nib — 01 February at 01:52AM
Angry genitalia = RAGING VAGINA?
Nib — 01 February at 01:53AM
Burnt genitalia = SINGED MINGES?
Nib — 01 February at 02:01AM
State Knight (6,6)
Shaken President (6,6)
Oiled bosom (6,6)
SK — 01 February at 07:24AM
A 5 letter sharing-
Survive the sword (7,7)
DA — 01 February at 08:19AM
OUTLAST CUTLASS - very nice.
As for Nib, how your genital answers outlasted the spam filter, I can only wonder.
JT — 01 February at 10:45AM
Presumably "oiled bosom" is greasy breast? Am leaving the other anatomical clues alone for now! Some G-rated material follows:
Reddish clam (6,6)
Exhale (6,6)
Sink ship (6,6)
Status quo (6,6)
Indian war (6,6)
Shout poem (6,6)
Frog pest (6,6)
Understand sadness (6,6)
Nasty vege (6,6)
Cheap club (6,6)
Boniface — 01 February at 10:51AM
Russet mussel
Create breath
DA — 01 February at 10:54AM
I'll have a crack at some:
Exhale: CREATE BREATH [lovely example]
Frog pest = VERMIN KERMIT
Understand sadness = FATHOM PATHOS
Nasty veg = SADIST RADISH
Superb list, JT. Some very tricky tangents here, and excellent surface sense as well.
DA — 01 February at 11:04AM
Status quo = NORMAL FORMAT - brilliant
JT — 01 February at 11:28AM
... just rereading my list, I need to retract "shout poem" from circulation (but kudos if someone happens upon an unexpected answer).
I'm just not sure why I thought "holler sonnet" was valid :)
Sam — 01 February at 05:07PM
JT: Sink ship - LESSEN VESSEL?
Indian war - BOMBAY COMBAT?
DA — 01 February at 05:53PM
Cheap club = BUDGET CUDGEL
And for those boggling over ogle -
- see below -
[spoiler alert]
xxx
SURVEY CURVES
Sam — 01 February at 09:03PM
d'oh - thanks DA.
Some more spoilers for some of mine:
smooth finish - SATINY PATINA
supply power - AFFORD EFFORT
felt push - GROPED PROPEL
bugbear OK - BOGEY ROGER
measure achromatic, yellowish slate shellac -
GALLON PALLOR SALLOW BALLOT WALLOP
Nib — 02 February at 01:39AM
A fine allo display, Sam.
Cheap club = BUDGET CUDGEL?
State Knight-
HAWAII GAWAIN (of the Round Table)
Shaken President-
BARACK MARACA
Apologies for the anatomical mentions, DA.
Was it the result of a Wilted Filter, perhaps?
Nib — 02 February at 01:40AM
...Really need to read over already solved answers. >.<
Nib — 02 February at 02:01AM
faquir, Jaques, sequel, sequin, Pequot, diquat, piques, liquid, liquor, loquat, roquet,
Couldn't find anything beyond EQUINE SQUINT.
Bennelong politician rising to power. (6,6)
Ursa Constellation? (6,6)