Create solutions for the clues by using the available syllables. A question mark after a clue denotes word play or trickery is afoot. The number of syllables in an answer is followed by the number of letters for each clue. Syllables are used only once.

After the 19 clues are correctly answered, their first and last letters, reading down, will reveal the puzzle's Sage Advice a message many of us used to see on our computers in days past.

Example: Syllable puzzle [4-12] (solution: syl + la + cros + tic)



Starting Syllables: AC AG AN BAL BER BILE BLE BLE CAN CATE CEM CEP CIF CUL DAY DE DE DER EA EARTH ED EN ER EX EY EYE GLE HON I IM IM IZE LI MO MOON NAT NI O OLE OUS PER POS RAL RAV RI SAND SHY SI STER TA TER THOU TI TI TION TRAC TURE U U VATE VO WARE YES

= 1. EASILY MANAGED [3-9]
= 2. VACATION [3-9]
= 3. DISCOURSE [4-11]
= 4. MAKE INEFFECTIVE [4-10]
= 5. KEEN OBSERVER [2-8]
= 6. BOISTEROUS [4-10]
= 7. FIXED [3-8]
= 8. SALVAGE [4-11]
= 9. CERAMIC POT [3-11]
= 10. SUBTLE [5-13]
= 11. UNSCRUPULOUS [2-7]
= 12. NOT PROCESSED [3-7]
= 13. EVERGREEN [3-8]
= 14. LARGE NUMBER [2-8]
= 15. LITTLE PASTA CASE [4-7]
= 16. TEACH [3-7]
= 17. FARMING [4-11]
= 18. HOLIDAY MONTH [3-8]
= 19. SHORT TIME AGO [3-9]

16. ed u cate

17. ag ri cul ture

Hi Dan.

9. earth en ware

19. Yesterday (yes ter day)
Have a safe trip soot!

Good morning Remi, Gerry and Michele...have a wonderful day

4. De ac ti vate - Hi Soot

Bernie

10.im per cep ta ble

14. thou sand

18. De cem ber

Hi Dan.

15. rav/i/o/li

13. ole an der

2. hon/ey/moon

Hi ya Remi and Bernie

Spot on everybody!!

11. shy/ster

madMan

12. nat/u/ral

7. Immobile (im mo bile)
Hope you are having a great trip soot!

9. trac ta ble

Hi Dan.

5. ea/gle/eye
6. vo/cif/er/ous

Thanks Gerry...will be heading back home tomorrow

Hi Remi...I am thinking you meant #1

Right on you three

8. can/ni/bal/ize

3. ex/pos/si/tion - with a slight excess of esses

There seems to be something wrong somewhere.

With the first letters I get: The device is not ready.

I can't do anything with the last letters.

In your instructions, did you mean to say 'first letters only'?

You've got it Remi on both accounts

It is first letters only

And you got those

Good solves manXman and Lex