Please post no more than 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:
BOW BUR CISM CLUB COR DEN DI DIS E E E EF ER FEN GEH GRE KNOS LIV LO LU MI MI MO NA NAN NEM NIGHT NUM O O O OND OS OX PA PIS POOL RIG RO SAC SAIR SANCT SEC SIS SIS SOS THEL TI TLE TYM WIT YA

Sage Advice:

= 1. MIDDLE EAR [3-8]
= 2. FORMAL LETTER [3-7]
= 3. CAUSE OF DEFEAT [3-7]
4. FLOOR-SHOW PET [2-9]
= 5. YELLOW SEA FEEDER [2-4]
= 6. INVIOLABLE [3-10]
= 7. RIVER BEND [2-5]
= 8. SINGER JUDD [3-5]
9. ANCIENT MINOAN CITY [2-7]
= 10. TINY BIT OF TIME [4-10]
= 11. TRAGIC MOOR [3-7]
= 12. QUIP [3-9]
= 13. MERSEYSIDE PORT [3-9]
= 14. TURKISH TITLE [3-7]
15. UNLOAD [3-9]
= 16. YANKEE GREAT [2-6]
= 17. REFUGEE [3-6]
= 18. PIRATE SHIP [2-7]
19. SUBTLE ABSORPTION [3-7]

13. Liv er pool

16. Geh rig good morning soot

1. tym pa num

2. e pis tle

7. ox bow

Hi Dan.

3. nem e sis

10. Nan o sec ond - Hi Soot

Bernie

5. Ya lu good night soot

18. cor sair

Good morning manXman, Bernie, Remi and everyone. Yes to all

11. O thel lo

12. wit ti cism good morning soot

14. ef fen di

17. e mi gre

6. sac ro sanct

Ah...I see this was a 3-syllable push by you all

8. Na o mi --- (Judd) a very sad later life and death

Yes and yes manXman

4. night club good morning soot

19. os mo sis

9. Knos sos

15. dis bur den

Tennyson--Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.

Good morning manXman

Great job by you OldBroad Marian and Michele