Sage Advice Syl•la•cros•tic

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: preceded by its author's name.

Example: Syllable puzzle [4-12] (solution: syl + la + cros + tic)



Starting Syllables: A A AL AM BER BU BUSH CA CAL CISM COT DAR DLING DO E ED EN FEN GEANT GI GIB HEL HU I I ISH LA LAS LE LI LO LOOF NAR NEE NI NIL O O OP OYS PET POR PRO REL REP RI RI SER SO TA TER TI TO TU TY VA VANT WHIP WIT YO

Sage Advice:

= 1. SOFT CHEESE [3-7]
= 2. LUCKY BREAK [5-11]
= 3. STANDOFFISH [2-5]
= 4. DATE CHART [3-8]
= 5. HOWDY! [2-5]
= 6. CLEVER REMARK [3-9]
= 7. PEARL MAKER [2-6]
= 8. EXACT COPY [3-7]
= 9. TO THE POINT [3-8]
= 10. BOO BOO'S CHUM [2-4]
= 11. ROUNDUP ROPE [2-5]
= 12. ASPIRIN ALTERNATIVE [4-9]
= 13. ICE-CREAM FLAVOR [3-7]
= 14. NEWSPAPER OPINION [5-9]
= 15. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER [2-8]
= 16. ATTACK FROM HIDING [2-6]
= 17. ___ DA VINCI [4-8]
= 18. HAWAIIAN ISLAND [3-4]
= 19. ANNOYING [2-8]
= 20. BABBLE [3-9]
= 21. RACING HOUND [2-7]

6. wit ti cism

20. gib ber ish ?

4. cal en dar

5. hel lo

7. oys ter

17. Leonardo (Le o nar do)
Have a Happy Safe Day soot!

1. ri cot ta

14. ed i to ri al

8. Rep li ca - Hi Soot

Bernie

3. a loof

2. op por tu ni ty

12. I bu pro fen

21. whip pet

Thank you Gerry ... and thanks for the coffee

Hi ya Bernie

You two and the rest of the gang are all spot on

9. rel a vant

13. va nil la

10. Yo gi

18. O a hu

11. las so

19. nee dling

15. ser geant

16. am bush

Hey Ho Michele, OldBroad, manXman and Remi

Y'all took care of the difficult task

Now we just need some elbow grease to pull all the pieces together for the author's Sage Advice

Roach - Worry lives a long way from rational thought.