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 A AF AL AL ATE BEL BLE BORD CANT CIT DA DENT DIS E ENT ER ER ES EV FI FI GAS GEN GON HEX I I I I ICE IN IN JO LAR LATCH LIG LOCK LOOF MA MAR MEN MER MISM NAV NE NIF NOV NU O ON OP OUS RA RE REA RO SAC SIG SIM SMOR SON TA TAR TER TI TO TO TO UN VEL VIT

Remaining Syllables:
A A A A AF AL AL ATE BEL BLE BORD CANT CIT DA DENT DIS E ENT ER ER ES EV FI FI GAS GEN GON HEX I I I I ICE IN IN JO LAR LATCH LIG LOCK LOOF MA MAR MEN MER MISM NAV NE NIF NOV NU O ON OP OUS RA RE REA RO SAC SIG SIM SMOR SON TA TAR TER TI TO TO TO UN VEL VIT

Sage Advice:

1. LAVISH BUFFET [3-11]
2. COOL [2-5]
3. SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN [3-6]
4. UNLIKE [4-10]
5. HOSTILE [4-11]
6. OPEN, AS A GATE [2-7]
7. MODERATE [4-10]
8. MACARTHUR, E.G. [3-7]
9. LOVE APPLE [3-6]
10. SIX-SIDED FIGURE [3-7]
11. COUNT [4-9]
12. SPLENDID [3-9]
13. TORONTO'S PROVINCE [4-7]
14. CHEERFULNESS [3-8]
15. BEGINNER [2-6]
16. TRIFLING [5-13]
17. CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL [4-10]
18. WRITTEN SWORN STATEMENT [4-9]
19. SPANISH GALA [3-6]
20. MUSICAL PROGRAM [3-7]
21. FIT TOGETHER [3-9]
22. APPARENT [3-7]
23. ROMAN FIDDLER [2-4]

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