5. Szechuan

Thank you, Marian!

Oldbroad,
I really like China Mieville's books. He has an off-center and often unexpected way of looking at things that appeals to me. I haven't read Un Lun Dun yet, so I'll be interested in what you think of it.

I'm nearly finished with Glass Houses, the 13th Gamache mystery by Louise Penny. She's my current addiction because her characters have become friends, and they keep calling to me to find out what happens next.

2. The Storming of the Bastille

3. names bold James Bond

22. Bot ti cel li

Good Sunday morning. Cloudy and a bit cooler today. Maybe even a thunderstorm or two this afternoon. I actually got a lot of work done outside yesterday when it wasn't so hot. Might try to tackle that natural stone walkway today.

Fogfighter, no skunk or pig drama at the Ranch last night! Just three happy horses and one happy Zebu getting their 10:00 pm rations! I did have to lug 5 gallon buckets of water to several stalls in the old barn which doesn't have automatic waterers. But an easy night!

Good morning manXman and Remi ... you, Michele and FilDil are spot on

10. frit ter

14. Fal staff

Hi Dan.

2. Indiana Jones good day soot

Thanks, Marian!

1. Cer van tes

Change one letter in each word to form the correct name of inspirational characters many of us acquaint ourselves with on a recurring basis

Example: Clara Sable = Clark Gable

Please post no more than one answer each day.



= 1. atticut cinch
= 2. indians bones
3. names bold
= 4. sick elaine
5. wall kyne
6. alarice starving
= 7. rocks bilboa
8. allen riplex
9. jeffefson smite
10. j. r. laurence

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 all of the numbered clues are correctly answered, their first and last letters, reading down, will reveal the puzzle's Sage Advice:.

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



Starting Syllables:
A A AD AH AL AL AP AU BA BA BAR BOT CEL CENT CER CI CON COT DATE DI DON DOS E E E ED ED EN ER ER ES ES FAL FICE FRIT GAT GRAPH HA I IC ISH ISH LES LI LIB LIC LON LU LUM LUTE MIR MIZED NI NUT O O O O OB OR PE PI RAN RE REL RES RI RICE SA SAL SAR SID SO STAFF TER TES TI TO TO TO TOMB U U VAN VIG ZEL

Remaining Syllables:
A A AD AH AL AL AP AU BA BA BAR BOT CEL CENT CI CON COT DATE DI DON DOS E E E ED ED EN ER ER ES ES FICE GAT GRAPH HA I IC ISH ISH LES LI LIB LON LU LUM LUTE MIR MIZED NI NUT O O O OB OR PE PI RAN RE REL RES RI SA SAL SAR SID SO TI TO TO TO TOMB U U VIG ZEL

Sage Advice:

= 1. SPANISH NOVELIST [3-9]
2. WEST INDIAN NATION [3-8]
3. BECOMING PASSE [4-11]
4. LOAN SHARK'S INTEREST [3-8]
5. BUILDING [3-7]
6. ARTIFICIAL [4-9]
7. FILBERT [3-8]
8. CELEBRITY'S SIGNATURE [3-9]
= 9. ANISE-FLAVORED TREAT [3-8]
= 10. SQUANDER, WITH "AWAY" [2-7]
11. MINOR PROPHET [4-7]
12. IDEAL ISLE [4-6]
13. LEFTOVER [4-8]
= 14. SHAKESPEAR'S FAT KNIGHT [2-8]
15. STRETCHED [4-9]
16. GRADUATES [3-6]
17. PICKLE PREPARATIONS [3-8]
18. CYNICAL [3-8]
19. FAN [3-7]
20. DETERMINED [3-8]
21. WAS FRUGAL [4-10]
22. "THE BIRTH OF VENUS" PAINTER [4-10]
23. ORANGE FRUIT [3-7]
24. LATIN MUSICAL STYLE [2-5]
25. BURY [2-6]
26. POLITICALLY PROGRESSIVE [3-7]
27. EXPLAIN [4-9]