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 AG AI AL AM AP BAR BIG BIRD BOW CIS CO DIS DOCK E EGG EN ER EST GA GOW GRAM HAD HAI I IC IG IM JA KIL KU LA LER LIN LITH LITH LO LONG LOW LU MA MAT NA NANCE NAR NEW NO NO NOG O O ON OU OUS PE PE PROMP QUISH RE RI RIL RIS ROC SI SO SUS TA TER TI TI TIZ TU U VI WAP WIT YADH YEL ZO

Sage Advice:

= 1. SMALL HOT PEPPER [4-8]
= 2. GREEK LIQUEUR [2-4]
= 3. COD TYPE FISH [2-7] <`}}}}}><
= 4. YELLOW FLOWER PLANT [3-9]
= 5. 1,000 GRAMS [2-8]
= 6. SPONTANEOUS [3-9]
= 7. MYSTERIOUS [4-9]
= 8. ABANDON SOMETHING [3-10]
= 9. NIXON'S VP [2-5]
= 10. 1998 WINTER OLYMPICS SITE [3-6]
= 11. BRITISH LAWYER [3-9]
= 12. UNCLEAR [4-9]
13. DISAGREEMENT [3-10]
= 14. CLEVEREST? [3-8]
= 15. VERY OLD STONE TOOL [3-6]
= 16. COCKTAIL SNACK [4-9]
= 17. PERUVIAN FRUIT TREE [4-9]
= 18. SHORT JAPANESE POEM [2-5]
= 19. WINTER DRINK [2-6]
= 20. RED SEA COUNTRY CAPITAL [2-6]
21. LAYERS OF DIRT DEPOSITS [4-7]
= 22. ROBIN'S WEAPON [2-7]
= 23. LARGE DEER [3-6]
24. HINGED FLAP [3-7]
25. WILD CANARY [3-10]
= 26. HOT MEDITERRANEAN WIND [3-7]
= 27. LORD FARQUAAD [2-7]

9. Agnew

Just finished watching a 5-parter on PBS America about the Watergate scandal - unbelievable!

6. im promp tu

7. am big u ous

Hi Dan.

5. kil o gram

2. Ou zo

3. Had dock - Hi Soot, have a great weekend

Bernie

4 - ja la pe no

10 - Na ga no

Have a super weekend everyone

8. re lin quish

Hey Ho Remi ... Wishing you a great weekend too Marie & Bernie

Remi ... try again on # 7 ... it isn't ambiguous

All other solutions are spot on

11. Bar ris ter

Bernie

There was a typo in my answer it should have been #1 for ja la pe no, not #4

12 - am big u ous

23 - wap i ti

4. nar cis sus

Ha!! Totally missed that Marie

Everyone is spot on on this round of solutions ... well done

Happy Mother's Day to all our moms!!!

26. Si roc co

Bernie

7. en ig mat ic

16. ap pe tiz er

18 - hai ku

27 - Lith gow

Good solves Bernie Marie OldBroad and Michele

20. Ri yadh

Bernie

22. long bow

174. ta ma ril lo

Hey Ho Bernie manXman and OldBroad ... all three of you are spot on

19. Egg nog ?

Bernie

14. wit ti est

15. e o lith