Good morning everyone...work this week kept me 'very' occupied...it's good to see you all.

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 AR ARD AU BAN BARB BASH BOT CHES DANT DENT DI DIF DO DOC EI EL ENCE FI GAT GI HAL I JAH JEW KI LAS LE LI LIZ LON LU MIS NERV NOU OB OP OR OUS PEN QUEUR REICHS RHU ROW RY SI STER TAG TER TI TIC TRA TRINE TUDE TUR U UL VERSE WA WI WIS

Sage Advice:

= 1. TRINKETS 3-7
= 2. PINK CELERY 2-7
= 3. SPECTATORS 3-8
4. CHEWY CANDY 2-6
= 5. TIMID 3-9
6. FACADE 2-7
= 7. POST MEAL DRINK 2-7
= 8. ORNAMENT? 2-7
= 9. PRAISE SHOUT 4-10
= 10. WOODY VINE 4-8
= 11. PHANTOM 3-7
= 12. DIRECTION SIGN 2-5
= 13. TIREDNESS 3-9
= 14. CHAMELEON 2-6
= 15. CHINESE GOOSEBERRY 2-4
= 16. JITTERY 2-7
= 17. HOPEFUL 4-10
= 18. RIVER TO THE OHIO 2-6
= 19. MUSIC GROUP 3-9
= 20. HEAVY OVERCOAT 2-6
= 21. GERMAN LEGISLATIVE BODY 2-9
= 22. PRINCIPALS 2-8
= 23. RIVER TO THE CONGO 3-6
= 24. EUROPEAN FLATFISH 2-6

23. U ban gi hi soot. hope you rest well this weekend

2. rhu barb

16. nerv ous

19. or ches tra

Hi Dan.

13. lassitude (las si tude)
Hi soot nice to see!

Gerry

3. Au di ence

Bernie

I am manXman ... I am Hi Remi and Gerry Everyone is spot on

24. tur bot

21. Reichs tag

18. Wa bash

14. Lizard (Liz ard)
Hope you had a great day soot!

Gerry

9. hal le lu jah

Thanks Gerry Wishing you and the gang a great day too!

Good solutions everyone!

15 - ki wi

17 - op ti mis tic

5. dif fi dent

1. jew el ry

22. doc trine

Good solves everyone ... have a great evening

10. Wisteria (wis ter i a)

Gerry

7. li queur

20. Ulster (ul ster)

Morning soot!

Gerry

11. ei do lon

8. pen dant

12. ar row

Hey Ho Gerry and good afternoon

You, OldBroad, manXman and Michele are correct