_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

A?

N?

S?

Do I see the letter "O"?

A _ _ _ _ _ A N / _ O _ S

Some well chosen letters there.

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 7, 2009, 1:32am.

Any L's

A _ _ _ _ _ A N / _ O _ S

Sorry no L

M?

I?

American Gods?

Nice to have you back Thrin. You are correct, it is American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Unfortunately, I will have to take it back to the library unread.

Your turn.

Hello there, socialpages.

How about...

_ _ _
_ _ _
_

wild guess... You and I?

I like your style Jim53, but no it isn't You and I; two of the letters from that title do appear in my puzzle, but which ones?

Well, I thought of it because I guessed the last word was I, so let's try that first please.

_ _ _

_ I _

_

T?

T _ _

_ I _

_

Is there any Rs?

Sorry, no Rs

T _ _

_ I _

_

O?

E?

T _ E

_ I _

O

No R

B?

T _ E

B I _

O

Ah. A biography of Oscar Robertson?

ETA: I happened to notice that the title and author appear in the list of touchstones at the right, even though they have not appeared in the messages. Thrin, did you do something to make that happen?

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 8, 2009, 8:50am.

Just awake so a bit groggy, but do I assume you've guessed The Big O by Declan Burke Jim53? Very strange about touchstones...... I didn't do anything to make that happen. Do you think Touchstones itself has decided to join the game?

Anyway it's your win and your turn J53.

And who is Oscar Robertson?

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 8, 2009, 6:36pm.

Oscar Robertson was a basketball player, one of the all-time greats. His nickname was "The Big O."

Since Touchstones hasn't stepped forward to claim the victory and offer a new puzzle, I guess I will.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

E?

N?

T?

S?

How about R?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ R _,

_ _ R E _ E _ _

no T, S, N

ETA welcome, Carmenere. What's round on the ends and HI in the middle?

Any As?

> 37 O H I O......My resident card would be taken away if I didn't get that one right.

Speaking of which, any O's?

no Os, I fear. A couple of As.

_ _ A _ _ _ _ R _,

_ A R E _ E _ _

no T, S, N, O

L?

_ L A _ _ _ _ R _,

_ A R E _ E L L

no T, S, N, O

W?

F?

G?

yep, you've finished off the second word, but no G.

_ L A _ _ _ _ R _,

F A R E W E L L

no T, S, N, O, G

K?

Blackbird, Farewell?

That's it, ashley21. A (so-so) basketball-themed mystery that I got from Early Reviewers. Maybe it came to mind because of the prior conversation about Oscar Robertson.

Anyway, it's your turn!

Yay! Okay here we go guys---

_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

E, please?

I?

I would like a vowel, please...............A?

R?

Yes E, A, and I.
No R.

A
_ I _ _ I _ _
_ I _ _ _ _
_ I E _ E _

Any L's?

D?

N?

A Million Little Pieces?

Geez! I should have picked a tougher one. Totally correct Jim53! Your turn!

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Is there an A?

yep.

_ A _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

and now to bed.

Good night Jim.

T?

Good morning, socialpages. Two Ts:

_ A _ T _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

S?

sorry, no S

_ A _ T _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

no S,

E?

R?

_ A R T _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ T

no S,

N?

_ A R T _ N

_ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ T

no S,

C?

Z?

uh oh, sqdancer sees it!

_ A R T _ N

C _ _ Z Z _ E _ _ T

no S,

Yep, but since I'm just heading out to the hardware store and will be spending the rest of the day performing plumbing-related tasks, I'll let someone else have it. :)

"W"?

_ A R T _ N

C _ _ Z Z _ E W _ T

no S,

ooh ooh I know this one!

Is it Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens? Not one of his best but has some memorable characters.
Jenny

That's it, Jenny. Well done. You're up!

_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I'm back. New washer hoses hooked up and running with no leaks and only one (minor) injury (dropped pliers on foot - ouch!)

socialpages, how about a "T"?

.

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 12, 2009, 8:58pm.

I could like a "M"

Glad the domestic emergency was averted sqdancer. You certainly may have a T.

T _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _

An E?

T E_ _ E _ / _ _ _ _ E _ _

D?

R?

S?

T E _ D E R / _ _ R S E _ S

M?

T E _ D E R / M _ R S E _ S

A C?

T E _ D E R / M _ R S E _ S

Sorry no C

O?

T E _ D E R / M O R S E _ S

L?

T E _ D E R / M O R S E L S

Since everyone else is feeling shy ... :)

Tender Morsels

Tender Morsels it is. You're up sqdancer

_ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

.

O ?

_ _ _ _

O _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

.

F?

A?

R?

No R

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ _ _ _

.

S?

No S

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ _ _ _

.
No R, S

.

Any L's

Sorry, not even one.

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ _ _ _

.
No R, S, L

.

N?

Yes, one N

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ N _ _

.
No R, S, L

.

B?

No B

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ N _ _

.
No R, S, L, B

.

H ?

No H

_ A _ _

O F

_ A _ _ _ N _ _

.
No R, S, L, B, H

.

What about a E

Yes! Three of 'em.

_ A _ E

O F

_ A _ _ E N _ E

.
No R, S, L, B, H

.

perhaps a couple of Ts?

P?

Sorry Jim, you'll have to settle for one.

_ A _ E

O F

P A T _ E N _ E

.
No R, S, L, B, H

.

how many Cs?

Just the one.

_ A _ E

O F

P A T _ E N C E

.
No R, S, L, B, H

.

Alleynʻs GAME of PATIENCE

That's it. Your turn.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Hint: only 2 vowels; no repeated letters

R?

I?

No I. No R

E?

Is there an N?

No E. No N

O?

_ _ _ _ _ _ O

_ _ _ _ _ _ O

L?

no L

G?

T maybe?

no G; one T

_ _ T _ _ _ O

C?

yes 1 C

_ _ T C _ _ O

R?

Hard to check what letters have already been guessed at when they're not included in the updated response.

A?

I'm gonna take a guess at Satchmo?

Right, AHS-Wolfy! (and one A, socialpages)

SATCHMO, by Louis Armstrong

Itʻs AHS-Wolfyʻs

I think we'll give this one a go...

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Good luck everyone!

A?

R?

There's an A and two R's:

_ _ _ R _

_ R _ A _

S?

N?

No S and no N I'm afraid:

_ _ _ R _

_ R _ A _

No S and no N

D?

There does appear to be a D

_ _ _ R _

D R _ A _

No S and no N

T?

None of those though:

_ _ _ R _

D R _ A _

No S, N or T.

M?

That should give up the last word but can you guess the first?

_ _ _ R _

D R _ A M

No S, N or T.

hmmm... it's not snotty. But is there a Y?

I don't know why there is no Y but there you go:

_ _ _ R _

D R _ A M

No S, N, T or Y.

F?

V?

We may have our answer...

F _ V R _

D R _ A M

No S, N, T or Y.

variant spelling of: FEVER DREAM ? (by Ray Bradbury, and by half of the worldʻs literary population)

Or else it's
Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

Roland was so close but sqdancer gets it spot on. A lesser known title from one of today's great epic fantasy writers.

Fevre Dream has been on my library list for a while. :)

_ _ _ ' _

_ _ _

.

M ?

No M

_ _ _ ' _

_ _ _

.

L ?

_ _ _ ' _

L _ _

No M .

T?

_ _ T ' _

L _ _

No M .

S?

O?

W?

No O

_ _ T ' S

L _ W

No M,O.

A?

_ _ T ' S

L A W

No M,O.

KITʻS LAW by {Donna Morrisey ?

Well done, Roland. Over to you.

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _

Hint: the 3-letter word is not "the"

N?

3 Ns

_ N N _

_ _ _

_ _ N _

n.b. I left out the subtitle of this, because it is very long.

E?

a rare "No E" bunch of letters

A?

3 A's

A N N A

_ A _

_ _ N _

D?

n o D

How about a R?

no R

A N N A

_ A _

_ _ N _

you are mean....how about a P?

Sorry, no P

Will you stop it already....How about a M?

1 M

A N N A

M A _

_ _ N _

Y?

one Y

A N N A

M A Y

_ _ N _

there's got to be another vowel

O?

one O

A N N A

M A Y

_ O N _

wow you gave me a M!! That was awfully nice of you.

Could be the name of a girl right? Let me try a ummm "G"

1 G

A N N A

M A Y

_ O N G

Anna May Long

No. --No L

I had the wong letter many a time but I may have the right answer this time

Anna May Wong

Right, callmejack!

Anna May Wong, by
Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Please begin

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 17, 2009, 6:30am.

oh my I forgot all about this. Not often am I right.

let me see

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

oh my I forgot all about this. Not often am I right.

let me see

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

N?

E ?

R?

S?

T?

Oops I left you guys hanging. How rude of me! sorry about that.

_ _ _ T _ _

_ _ R _ S T _ E

_ _ R T _ _ N

_ _ _ R _ T' _

_ _ S T

_ _ S E

C?

H?

A?

Msg (216):

Please enligten on the clues.

P?

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie?

Only thing wrong with Christieʻs C: P L C as the solution is that it covers words 3-6, but not 1-2.

And a possible minor thing: I canʻt find the title in "Search", but that may be the fault of this keyboard, and because it has an apostrophe. Iʻve been told that apostrophes by me appear on other peopleʻs screens as some weird rectangular symbol. In "Search" there were two that I couldnʻt find -- as "Authors" -- and both of them had apostrophes in the surname: The great Sean OʻCsey, and the great (?)* Edwin OʻConnor. But I can get to them through a title of theirs and then clicking on the name just
below the title. Anyone know if all this is just a peculiarity of my keyboard?

* I may be stretching a point here.

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 23, 2009, 4:59pm.

>223 - but the first two words look like Agatha Christie :) So I think Jim is right.

No idea for the keyboard though :(

Yes Jim...You are correct. Sorry about the wait guys. It's been crazy here.

Thanks, jacx. I hope things calm down for you soon.

Here's our new one:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

S ?

Nary an S, I fear.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no S,

N?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ N _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no S,

L?

_ _ L _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ N _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no S,

# 226...Jim53...I am hoping the opposite actually. I am exited and happy that I am this busy.

I would like to have a M please

Well, in that case, I'm delighted too. Being busy and happy is good stuff.

_ _ L _ _ _ M

_ _

_ _ N _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no S,

Thank you so much for giving me my M. Now could you give me a R?

With such politeness, you get more than one ;-)

_ _ L _ R _ M

_ _

_ _ N _ _ R

_ R _ _ _

no S,

T?

_ _ L _ R _ M

_ T

T _ N _ _ R

_ R _ _ _

no S,

K please, Jim.

yes indeedy, two of them.

_ _ L _ R _ M

_ T

T _ N K _ R

_ R _ _ K

no S,

A?

C?

_ _ L _ R _ M

A T

T _ N K _ R

C R _ _ K

no S,

E?

I?

OK, we're about there...

_ I L _ R I M

A T

T I N K E R

C R E E K

no S,

Since I'm going to be away from keyboard for the rest of the evening, I'll just leave Annie a "P"
:)

You could always start a new one in the morning.

P I L _ R I M

A T

T I N K E R

C R E E K

no S,

PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK

That's it. You're up, Roland.

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

Hint: OF the 4 3-letter words: none is "the" or "and" (But there may be t, h, etc. in them or elsewhere.)
_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

an R please

no R! (Must be 1 of the few letters that there isnʻt)

aha! #254 could be a clue..........is there a Q?

I would like a W

No Q *
. No W

*None of the traditionally "difficultʻ letters, so

No Q, X or Z

How about an upside down "W"?

_ one M

M _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

How about a traditional T?

How about a Sexy S?

no s (The absence of common letters continues to amaze me.)

T yes

_

M _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ T

_ _ _

_ _ _

T _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

One more, a slightly uncommon P?

one P, one L

_

M _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _,

_ _ _

_ _ _,

_ _ _

T _ _ _

P L _ _

_ _ _!

Not sure of the punctuation used in the publication, and I wouldnʻt trust "Searchʻs" rendition, but the title is a complete sentence (in fact a compound sentence) and the above is the punctuation I would assume.

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 26, 2009, 2:39pm.

I would like to see a Lovely L

callmejack et al. :

SEE 265

Ooops...who said I could read anyway.

Okay fine...I will now ask for a K for my son Karl.

no K

Where are my As? :)

_

M A _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

_ I _

_ _ _ _

P L A _

_ A _!

on I SEE 271

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 26, 2009, 3:04pm.

I?

on I: SEE 271

The only I is the middle letter of Word 6

It was not there when I asked. ;)

E?

N please?

I
M A N A _ E _

_ _ _ _,

_ _ T

_ _ _

_ I _

T _ E _

P L A _

_ A _ !

TO Anniemod (272, 274:

Sorry I left out an I when I was inserting the I of word 6. Word 1 is I

G?

2 Gs

I

M A N A G E _

G _ _ _,

_ _ T

_ _ _

_ I _

T _ E _

P L A _

_ A D!

B?

I

M A N A G E _

G _ _ _,

B _ T

B _ _

D I D

T _ E _

P L A _

B A D!

Here goes.........I managed good, but boy did they play bad by Jim Bouton

oops forgot the !

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 26, 2009, 3:57pm.

*CORRECT, Carmenere!
I Managed Good, but Boy did they Play Bad! by Jim Bouton

Take it over, please

* The quote which comprises the title is from minor league manager Rocky Bridges, explaining to Bouton how his first year of professional managing went both "good" and "bad".

Thank you so very, very much, rolandperkins.

Here goes.............
_ _ _

_ _ _

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:

_ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

E ?

A?

S?

T?

My goodness, the three of you have found a goldmine of letters.

T _ E

A _ E

_ _

E _ T A _ _ _ E _ E _ T:

_ _ E _

_ _ A _ T _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ S

_ A S

_ E _ _ _ _

An N Please

H ?

G?

Maybe a couple of Ws?

Getting Close.............

T H E

A G E

_ _

E N T A N G _ E _ E N T:

W H E N

_ _ A _ T _ _

_ H _ _ _ _ S

W A S

_ E _ _ _ N

Hmmm.. a Q, please? And if it goes where I'm thinking, did you omit an N from that word?

Thanks, added the missing N and your Q.

T H E

A G E

_ _

E N T A N G _ E _ E N T:

W H E N

Q _ A N T _ _

_ H _ _ _ _ S

W A S

_ E _ _ _ N

THE AGE OF ENTANGLEMENT WHEN
QUANTUM PHYSICS WAS REBORN ?

Very good, rolandperkins.

It's all yours.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _

_ _ _ _

Any Fs?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ F

_ _ _ _

Any Es?

A?

I?

_ E _ I _ _ E _

_ _ I _ _ E

_ F

T _ _ E

one t

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 28, 2009, 12:55am.

T?

one t

SEE 305

O?

_ E _ I _ _ E _

_ _ I _ _ E

O F

T _ _ E

Any Rs?

Perhaps an M?

Pericles, Prince of Tyre by old Bill what's-his-name?

Right, Jim53!

Take it over, please

OK, here's one I picked up recently at my library's bag sale.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

E ?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no E,

R ?

oh fer two, I fear

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

no E, R,

L?

S ?

no L, but Roland avoids the hat trick with a key letter.

_ _ S S _ _ _

S _ S _ _

no E, R, L,

M?

I think there is an A in there, yes?

yes and yes

M _ S S _ _ _

S _ S A _

no E, R, L,

I'll take a guess (see if a touchstone exists) with Missing Susan?

That's it, Wolfy. It's by one of my favorite authors, but I had never heard of it, so I was delighted to scoop it up at the bag sale.

umm a

Thanks Jim, here's the next.

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _

e?

I wasn't going to be evil (like some people) and not include an e. In fact you can have a few...

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _

_ _ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ _

F ?

Scraped in with the last letter:

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _

_ _ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ F

S ?

You can also have one of those:

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ E _

_ _ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ F

I ?

Going up in 1's:

_ _ E

_ _ I _ _ S _ _ _ E _

_ _ _

_ _ E

_ _ _ F

Any "T" s.

Any "H" s.

Note: know the "keyword" first.

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, okt. 30, 2009, 2:44am.

A couple of T's and lots of H's:

T H E

_ H I _ _ S _ _ H E _

_ _ _

T H E

_ _ _ F

Are there a couple of Ps in that second word?

There could be...

T H E

P H I _ _ S _ P H E _

_ _ _

T H E

_ _ _ F

THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE WOLF ?

Hmmm. Last word is tough. Presumably not "golf." I guess we'll have to fill in the other words and see what appears. Could we have an L please?

Roland grabs the prize.

_ _ _

_

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _

_ _ _ _

Is there an H?

H __ __

__

__ __ __ __ __ __

__ H __

__ __ __ __

D?

H __ __

__

__ __ __ __ __ D

__ H __

__ __ __ __

I?

__ __ __

I

__ __ __ __ __ D

__ H __

__ __ __ __

W? (and please put the first H back)

Sorry, yes 2 Hs altogether

H __ W

I

__ __ __ __ __ D

__ H __

__ __ __ __

How about some Es, please?

H __ W

I

__ __ __ __ E D

__ H E

__ __ __ E

S please Roland.

Jenny

no S!

L?

H __ W

I

__ L __ __ E D

__H E

__ __ __ E

O?

I guess we'd better see how many Ts there are.

one O

H __ W

I

__ L __ __ E D

T H E

__ __ __ E

Considering that your last one was also a sporting title, I'll take a guess at How I Played the Game ?

RIGHT, AHS-Wolfy:

How I Played the game by Byron Nelson

Please take over

Next up is...

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _

_

_ _ _ _ _ _

L ?

Not far from Christmas and I get to say No L:

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _

_

_ _ _ _ _ _

how about an N?

You get 1 N:

_ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _

_

N _ _ _ _ _

No L

O ?

The ubiquitous E, please?

There's a couple or three O's but only one E:

_ _ E

_ _ _ _ _

O _

_

N O _ O _ _

The Diary of a Nobody?

Correct. Thought those O's might give it away. But at least I can go to bed without leaving you all hanging around waiting for an answer.

__ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Hint: Youʻd be smart to guess vowels, usually, but not for this one; there are only 4 uses of vowels altogether, and only 3 different vowels.

How about an N?

__ __ __ __

__ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ N __

T please

__ __ __ __

T __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ N T

M?

__ __ __ __

T __

__ __ __ __ M __ N T

E please?

R?

O?

R __ __ __

T O

__ __ __ __ M E N T

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, nov. 3, 2009, 7:47pm.

A?

D?

NO A (See the hint in #375)

Rush to Judgment?

No, donʻt -- er --I mean YES, RIGHT!,
Rush to Judgment by Mark Lane

Please take it over.

OK, I'm gonna leave y'all with this and hit the sack, so leave me some guesses and I'll fill 'em in in the morning.

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_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _

Az üzenetet módosította a szerzője, nov. 3, 2009, 9:48pm.

An R if you would