Crambo's word rhymes with "knavish tricks"
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1rodneyvc
Struggling to clamber back into a 21st century mind set, Crambo's new work has slightly technical flavour.
5Citizenjoyce
How about a field of medicine related to care of the elderly?
6rolandperkins
Feeling an obligation (however irrationally) to make all three syllables rhyme, and so asking "how does "geria-" rhyme with "knavish"?
Or could I be wrong about the rhyme scheme?
Or could I be wrong about the rhyme scheme?
7rodneyvc
#2 Congratulations - you've delivered the first suggestion
#3 I encountered some very impressive mosaics on a visit to Bath
#4 Ahh... Pink Floyd. I think I might still have a schoolboy cassette copy of at least Dark Side of the Moon!
#5 The name (in English translation) of the oldest character in the Goscinny and Uderzo comics. Park Asterix outside a Paris is definitely worth a visit.
Not: bricks, geriatrics, obstetrics, mosaics
#3 I encountered some very impressive mosaics on a visit to Bath
#4 Ahh... Pink Floyd. I think I might still have a schoolboy cassette copy of at least Dark Side of the Moon!
#5 The name (in English translation) of the oldest character in the Goscinny and Uderzo comics. Park Asterix outside a Paris is definitely worth a visit.
Not: bricks, geriatrics, obstetrics, mosaics
9rolandperkins
It uses a long (or stressed) followed by
A short (or unstressed): Thatʻs why
They call its lines __ __ __ __ __ __ __
(They can be, but arenʻt necessarily, archaics.)
A short (or unstressed): Thatʻs why
They call its lines __ __ __ __ __ __ __
(They can be, but arenʻt necessarily, archaics.)
10rodneyvc
#8 Gauss's "Queen of the sciences". I have learned of her kingdom, but not plumbed its depths!
#9 I thought that long followed by short were trochaics, and short followed by long were iambics. Two longs are clown feet!
Not: bricks, geriatrics, iambics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
#9 I thought that long followed by short were trochaics, and short followed by long were iambics. Two longs are clown feet!
Not: bricks, geriatrics, iambics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
11rolandperkins
On 9, 10: Yes. "Trochaics" was the guess (See last item in the "Npt" List.)
"I thought that long followed by
short were trochaics. . ." (10)
Me, too. AND thought that that was what I wrote in 9. The
dicitonary gave me the opton of "Stressed" rather than long
and "unstressed" rather than short. Cancel these options and youʻve got what you "thought".
"I thought that long followed by
short were trochaics. . ." (10)
Me, too. AND thought that that was what I wrote in 9. The
dicitonary gave me the opton of "Stressed" rather than long
and "unstressed" rather than short. Cancel these options and youʻve got what you "thought".
12defaults
Component A is produced in location K, the upper half of component Z is produced in location C and the lower half in location Y, the panel screen printing has been outsourced to a facility in D, final assembly is done in location G and then we need to get it all into location B for inspection and gluing the "Made in USA" labels. That takes a precisely synchronized system of cargo planes and trucks.
13rodneyvc
#12: What a complicated process. Sounds like a logistical nightmare!
Not: bricks, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
Crambo's word is touchable.
Not: bricks, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
Crambo's word is touchable.
14defaults
Does Crambo's word also touch — eg. with a whip — while dressing minimally in black leather and high heeled boots?
15Jim53
49er fans will get this one quickly: these taper-holders are often given as gifts, and can be made of wood, glass, or other tangible materials.
16rodneyvc
#14 Absolutely not, mistress! But, in the end, there's a bit of you I like.
#15 Are butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers baseball fans?
Not: bricks, candlesticks, dominatrix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
#15 Are butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers baseball fans?
Not: bricks, candlesticks, dominatrix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, mathematics, mosaics, spondaics, trochaics
17Jim53
// Baseball fans? The original "Candlestick makers" certainly were, building the park to lure the Giants from New York. Now, alas, the team has moved to more spacious accomodations, leaving only the gridders in the 'Stick. //
New guess: a large antelope?
New guess: a large antelope?
187sistersapphist
Don't open that ____. If you touch the Host, the priest will be furious.
21rodneyvc
#17 I'm on the long pointy horns of a dilemma here - this suggestion almost prompts another clue.
#18 A sound-alike of this was the name of an independent movie theatre where I grew up. Choc Tops at interval. Yum.
#19 Another, almost Asterix, evocation - this time of Getafix the Druid
Not: bricks, candlesticks, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mosaics, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
#18 A sound-alike of this was the name of an independent movie theatre where I grew up. Choc Tops at interval. Yum.
#19 Another, almost Asterix, evocation - this time of Getafix the Druid
Not: bricks, candlesticks, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mosaics, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
22rolandperkins
Its outstanding ability was coming back to life
After cremation. And, during the strife
Of bringing Philoctetes to Troy from Lem-
-nos, they found a senior who wouldnʻt hem-
and-haw about the assignment; and who had
the name of the above-mentioned bird. Sad?
-Not entirely, as it turned out; any way the old
Guy was left out of Sophoclesʻs play. Iʻm told
Though, that he was second only to Nest-
-or as a wise Senior. I ʻve done my best.
After cremation. And, during the strife
Of bringing Philoctetes to Troy from Lem-
-nos, they found a senior who wouldnʻt hem-
and-haw about the assignment; and who had
the name of the above-mentioned bird. Sad?
-Not entirely, as it turned out; any way the old
Guy was left out of Sophoclesʻs play. Iʻm told
Though, that he was second only to Nest-
-or as a wise Senior. I ʻve done my best.
23Citizenjoyce
Could Crambo refer to presidential candidates from the last cycle who tried to portray theselves as persons of independent or unorthodox views?
24rolandperkins
__ __ __ __ __ __ s are controversial, impromptu groupings; a word sometimes pronounced as if it rhymed
with ". . .tricks". More often (and more correctly?) , however, as if it rhymed with "reeks".
with ". . .tricks". More often (and more correctly?) , however, as if it rhymed with "reeks".
25Jim53
This sort of array of numbers can represent a linear transformation, or perhaps a new way to look at reality.
26rodneyvc
#20 Sorry Jim - I didn't spot you popping in - our posts must have coincided. You made me think simultaneously of leotards and rods, and Perelandra! Bizarre!
#22 As Glen Campbell sang: "By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising" - was that really a classical reference?!
#23 I never knew James Garner ran for president - I thought that was Ronald Reagan!
#24 To misquote Groucho: I don’t care to belong to any clique that will have me as a member.
#25 And another Jim has popped in! Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill
Crambo's word sounds plural but isn't.
Not: bricks, calisthenics, candlesticks, cliques, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, matrix, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mavericks, mosaics, phoenix, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
#22 As Glen Campbell sang: "By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising" - was that really a classical reference?!
#23 I never knew James Garner ran for president - I thought that was Ronald Reagan!
#24 To misquote Groucho: I don’t care to belong to any clique that will have me as a member.
#25 And another Jim has popped in! Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill
Crambo's word sounds plural but isn't.
Not: bricks, calisthenics, candlesticks, cliques, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, matrix, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mavericks, mosaics, phoenix, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
28rolandperkins
You have to be at least 70 to remember:
"The Tom __ __ __ Ralston Straight-Shooters
are ON the (radio) AIR!" (M -- F, 15 min. per episode)
"The Tom __ __ __ Ralston Straight-Shooters
are ON the (radio) AIR!" (M -- F, 15 min. per episode)
30rodneyvc
#27 The kiwi is one of the Apteryx species - I've just learned something, even though I was born there
#28 I'm afraid I'm too young to remember
#29 A calyx is the collection of usually green sepals that protect the petals when the flower is in bud.
Not: Apteryx, bricks, calisthenics, candlesticks, cliques, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, matrix, mix, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mavericks, mosaics, phoenix, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
Crambo's word was: calyx
I was starting to wonder whether I'd been stingy with the clues, but no, congratulations darsu - over to you.
#28 I'm afraid I'm too young to remember
#29 A calyx is the collection of usually green sepals that protect the petals when the flower is in bud.
Not: Apteryx, bricks, calisthenics, candlesticks, cliques, dominatrix, fix, geriatrics, iambics, logistics, matrix, mix, obstetrics, oryx, mathematics, mavericks, mosaics, phoenix, pyx, spondaics, trochaics
Crambo's word was: calyx
I was starting to wonder whether I'd been stingy with the clues, but no, congratulations darsu - over to you.

