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Word Chain
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03/02/23 05:49 AM
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The following clues form a word chain. The last three letters of one word or phrase form the first three letters of the next word, and the list wraps round from the last word to the first. Mostly straightforward with the odd toughie, but there may be one or two hyphenated words, alternative spellings or short phrases in there, and remember it was compiled by a Brit. Quite a few there, so feel free to grab two or three  -1. Steal purloin -2. Pig-like noise oink -3. Basis of the Rorschach test ink-blot -4. Yoga position lotus -5. Vigorous or determined contest tussle -6. Integral part of railway track sleeper -7. Tree of the genus Diospyros bearing astringent plum-like fruit persimmon -8. Country in Southeastern Europe, part of the Balkans Montenegro -9. Insulated eyelet-shaped washer grommet -10. Group of bones in the middle section of the foot metatarsus -11. Raw sea-food dish sushi -12. Con-man's accomplice shill -13. Obtained dishonestly ill-gotten -14. Run down apartment building tenement -15. Main course of a meal entree -16. Martha, US singer Reeves -17. Italian brand of luxury motor scooters Vespa -18. Astronautical EVA spacewalk -19. Having a pH greater than 7 alkaline-20. Indefensible inexpiable -21. Having had the colour removed bleached -22. Decadent, self-gratifying hedonistic -23. Lowest speed of a running motor engine tickover -24. Aromatized white wine vermouth -25. Former United Nations secretary general U Thant -26. Course of hors d'oeuvres in an Italian meal antipasto -27. Impassive, resigned stoical -28. Satirical, usually topical, West Indian song calypso -29. Inflammatory skin disease psoriasis -30. Fibre yielded by the Mexican agave plant Agave sisalana sisal -31. Condiment container salt-cellar -32. Plant of the genus Delphinium with spur-like flowers larkspur
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Word Chain
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03/02/23 09:17 AM
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29. psoriasis 30. sisal 
Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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Re: Word Chain
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03/02/23 10:46 AM
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Just realised michele - your #19 isn't quite right. Want to tweak it a smidgen?
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Word Chain
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03/02/23 03:37 PM
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That made #20 a bit easier!  (Would also have accepted inexcusable)
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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03/02/23 05:25 PM
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27. stoical 28. calypso
Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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Re: Word Chain
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03/02/23 10:10 PM
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21. bleached 22. hedonistic 23. tick over (must be British) 
The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
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Re: Word Chain
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03/03/23 05:51 AM
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An almost perfect set of answers - thumbs-up everybody! oldbroad - very close, but I think "tarsus" is more the ankle than the middle of the foot  Number 9 might help you to tweak it a frazzle... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/LXkTV1VF/whistle2.gif) That's right Cheryl - I guess you guys use some strange term like "idle"
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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