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Sage Advice Syl•la•cros•tic - 09/19/20 02:25 PM
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 AL BAR BER BLE BOB CAL CE CEL CO CO DER DER DI E E ED EM ER EX GAN GO GO IC ING ISM KE LENT MA MI MO MUL NI NU O OR OR QUIV RANT RE REN RI ROC ROC SI TER THING TIDE TION TO TY U UM VEN VISH WAR YAR
= 1. RABAT'S SITE [3-7]
= 2. CHIHUAHUA CHUM [3-5]
= 3. AMBIGUOUS [4-9]
= 4. JUSTIFIED [3-9]
= 5. SUPERB [3-9]
= 6. AFRICAN WIND [3-7]
= 7. DOODAD [4-11]
= 8. SKULLCAP [3-8]
= 9. CARBON-BASED [3-7]
= 10. AUTHOR ECO [3-7]
= 11. LITERARY STYLE [3-7]
= 12. NIGHT [3-8]
13. FINE POINT [3-6]
= 14. BAN [3-7]
= 15. HINDU DEITY [2-6]
= 16. SCHOLARSHIP [4-9]
= 17. TRANSLATION [3-9]
= 18. CATASTROPHIC [3-8]
= 19. PRESCRIBE [2-5]
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 AL BAR BER BLE BOB CAL CE CEL CO CO DER DER DI E E ED EM ER EX GAN GO GO IC ING ISM KE LENT MA MI MO MUL NI NU O OR OR QUIV RANT RE REN RI ROC ROC SI TER THING TIDE TION TO TY U UM VEN VISH WAR YAR
= 1. RABAT'S SITE [3-7]
= 2. CHIHUAHUA CHUM [3-5]
= 3. AMBIGUOUS [4-9]
= 4. JUSTIFIED [3-9]
= 5. SUPERB [3-9]
= 6. AFRICAN WIND [3-7]
= 7. DOODAD [4-11]
= 8. SKULLCAP [3-8]
= 9. CARBON-BASED [3-7]
= 10. AUTHOR ECO [3-7]
= 11. LITERARY STYLE [3-7]
= 12. NIGHT [3-8]
13. FINE POINT [3-6]
= 14. BAN [3-7]
= 15. HINDU DEITY [2-6]
= 16. SCHOLARSHIP [4-9]
= 17. TRANSLATION [3-9]
= 18. CATASTROPHIC [3-8]
= 19. PRESCRIBE [2-5]