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 BER BLE CESS CUS DA DRUM DUE E EN ER FLOR FO GATE HUM I I LA LIT LON MATE MI NAI NAR NATE NI NISH NO OP RA RA RE RES TAR TER TI TIC TOMB TOR U UL UM VEM WOB

Sage Advice:

= 1. FIRE 3-9
= 2. ADJUST BINOCULARS 2-5
= 3. NUCLEAR FUEL 4-7
= 4. HAWAIIAN ISLAND 2-5
= 5. EXACT 3-7
= 6. LENGTHEN 3-8
= 7. SCHOOL BREAK 2-6
8. UNSTEADY 2-6
= 9. MONOTONOUS 2-7
10. BURY 2-6
= 11. STORYTELLER 3-8
= 12. BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK STATE 3-7
= 13. OCULAR 2-5
= 14. REMAINDER 3-7
= 15. SILVER'S NEMESIS 2-7
= 16. ___ FRISBEE 3-8
= 17. WHOOPI'S BIRTH MONTH 3-8

11. Nar rat or

6. e lon gate

7. Re cess

Bernie

1. ter mi nate

13. op tic

3. u ra ni um

14. res i due

17. No vem ber

Most excellent solves by everyone

12. Flor i da

Right on OldBroad

2. fo cus

4. La nai

9. hum drum

16 - ul ti mate

5. lit er al hi soot

15. tar nish

Hi manXman ... you, OldBroad, OrleansBelle, Flotsam, Michele and OrleansBelle are right

8. wob ble
10. en tomb

T. Fuller--When fortune smiles embrace her. hi soot

Hey Ho manXman ... nice finish