Happy Mother's Day to all of our moms! You all are extraordinary women!




Please post only one or two answers each day.

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 A A AR BE BE BEL BID BRA CA CHIEF DEL DI E E EM EN EP ER GREN HOLD I I IF IN IST LENT LISH LISK LO MA ME MENT MI NAR NECK NEV NI NI NI NIP O O O O O OB OM PIT RA RO ROW ROY RU SER SO SOM TA TAPH TENT TER TES TION TURN UM UM VER YUC

Remaining Syllables:
IST LO SO

Sage Advice:

= 1. TYPE STROKE [2-5]
= 2. AGAVE PLANT [2-5]
= 3. METALLIC ELEMENT [4-8]
= 4. SHADE [2-5]
5. CONCERTO PLAYER [3-7]
= 6. KIND [4-10]
= 7. MODEL [4-7]
= 8. INTERCEPTION? [3-8]
= 9. OLD OR NEW [3-9]
= 10. ADORN [3-9]
= 11. BULGARIA NEIGHBOR [4-7]
= 12. INDEBTED [3-8]
= 13. COMMEMORATIVE INSCRIPTION [3-7]
= 14. SLEEPER'S BANE [4-8]
= 15. BEOWULF'S MONSTER [2-7]
= 16. CERTAIN SCARF [3-11]
= 17. STONE SHAFT [3-7]
= 18. SUNBURN SOURCE [4-9]
= 19. DRY WATERCOURSE [3-6]
= 20. SHORT OF BREADTH? [2-6]
= 21. ENDS [3-7]
= 22. ALL-POWERFUL [4-10]

20. Nar row

Bernie

15. Gren del

10. em bel lish

11. Ro ma ni a

Hi Dan.

Hi Remi ... have a great evening : o )

Yes to all

17. o be lisk

Good one OldBroad
Have a wonderful night

1 - ser if

6 - be nev o lent

12. be hold en

3. ru bid i um

19. ar roy o good morning soot Thanks soot. Corrected now

Good morning manXman ... have a great day ... the "1" in your post before the "9" was invisible

Yes OrleansBelle, Marian, Michele and manXman

13. ep i taph

14. in som ni a

and a correction to my previous entry : ob e lisk

18. ra di a tion

16 - neck er chief

Good solves everyone

9. Tes ta ment

Yes it is Michele

22. om nip o tent

2. yuc ca

Most excellent OldBroad and manXman

8. o ver turn good morning soot

7. e pit o me

4. um bra