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: AL AL BO BOW BRA DOM DYL EL EN ER EX FOR GE GER HAI I I I KU LI LIB LIC LIN MI MUM MUM NA NA NENT O OP OP PO RAN STAM TAX TI TREE TRESS UG URB



Sage Advice: <<<This Is All That's Left To Do>>>



= 1. BEYOND THE SUBURBS [2-5]
= 2. JAPANESE POEM [2-5]
= 3. ADVERSARY [3-8]
= 4. CONSERVATIVES'S OPPONENT [3-7]
= 5. ___ JUMBO [2-5]
= 6. JOINT [2-5]
= 7. STAYING POWER [3-7]
= 8. SINGER JUDD [3-5]
= 9. IDEAL [3-7]
= 10. BEFORE TAKEOFF? [2-4]
= 11. MILITARY STRONGHOLD [2-8]
= 12. HIGH SCHOOL MATH [3-7]
= 13. SIMPLE AND CAREFREE [3-7]
= 14. DELAY [2-6]
= 15. JAMAICAN FRUIT [2-4]
= 16. NO SPECIFIC PATTERN [2-6]
= 17. MAIN COURSE [2-6]

4. lib er al

8. Na o mi

Hi Dan.

5. mum bo

3. Op po nent

Bernie

7. stam i na

11. for tress

Hi Remi

Good solves by you manXman Bernie OldBroad and Michele

2. hai ku

9. op ti mum

15. ug li

12. al ge bra

1. ex urb

6. el bow

10. tax i

14. lin ger

17. en tree

16. ran dom

13. I dyl lic

Good morning everyone ... you finished off the clues

All that's left is the Sage Advice:

E Holmes: Not failure, but low aim is a crime.

OldBroad ... Merry Christmas