@Teedmn: Cool suggestion, on the 15-A clue. U may think more like M&A than even M&A does. At the time of cluin it up, I was thinkin more innocently along the lines of "suit up" … or "clue up".
This theme isn't an original idea. I think a NYTPuz did this, many moons ago. But … it is just such a good theme fit, for a runtpuz. So, I hope they don't mind me moonin folks with it, again …
Looks like we are headed for about a week-long road trip real soon. M&A will try to send out another runtpuz tonite, and then be gone for a while. Thanx and enjoy the spare time,
What On Earth?! I believe when Annabel did a Rex review last Monday, she linked to that article but I have no idea how that got into my copy/paste today. And I do the Runt at work incognito in my browser so I can't go back to the solve to see what I did there.
I'm blaming it on the Runt title - "Pile of Malfunction"!
*** POSSIBLE Out for the Count SPOILER, if U have any idea what M&A is talkin about ***
@BobK. Well … M&A will begrudginly concede yer point, on 6-Across. But shoot -- the runtz were there first, and then they got slightly undercut by em, after the claim was kinda already staked out. [M&A did suggest in a Rex Parker comment that they consider doin runtz, tho. Sooo … no hard feelins.]
It has been much too long since I have posted in that department which we never called, "Words That Make U Smile!" But here we are in the Christmas season, and I have stumbled on a word which apparently has a place on both Santa's Naughty List and Santa's Nice List.
Last night I was reading in the New York Times Science Times section for 10/29/19 (don't ask!) when, in an article about bloodsucking animals, I encountered the following sentences:
"The Royal Ontario is a science and culture museum, and imaginary creatures are welcome. There are a lot of them to keep Dracula company, like the ancient UTUKKU of Mesopotamia, the Icelandic draugr and the very recent (1995) chupacabra, first sighted in Puerto Rico." [emphasis added]
Doing research online, I found that UTUKKU can be both good demons and evil demons, hence Santa's perplexity. But we can all admire the choice of vowels!
U's get no vowel respect in crosswords … they are almost always the vowel with the lowest representation, by far, in a puz -- yet they're gettin awarded only one measly Scrabble point, just like their mega-popular A and E cousins get. Soooo … M&A just about *had* to pick up the gauntlet, to show poor, ignored U some of the "multi-point" respect it deserves. U was really cryin out for a champion.
G's are kinda disrespected a little as consonants, btw. They get 2 points per appearance … but so do D's, which invariably show up much more frequently. But that ain't quite as flagrant as for U's, so I don't make as big a fuss about it, even tho I have occasionally brought up the G-snubbin issue before, on @RP's blog Comment Gallery.
Keep tryin, on the runtz. I'm told they get easier, once U get used to them. They are so small and cuddly, after all. But, please do also keep in mind our "no refunds" runtpuz policy, tho. Thanx.
"Desperate Word Square #70" Wow, 70 of those puppies, nice!
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"Parts Unknown" - 7x7 themed:
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p.s.
Thanx, mighty blogkeeper @r.alph! U oughta start solvin these puppies more again -- good for yer dance step.
"Variations on a Quack"
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"Parts Unknown" --
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Thanks.
Forgot to click "notify me."
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"Atomic Diploma" --
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"Parts Unknown". Fun, thanks!
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"Atomic Diploma" Nice.
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"Inner Piece" - 7x7 themed:
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"Inner Piece" --
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"Inner Piece" Very pieceful, thanks.
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Runtpuz pieceful recap for solution to: "Inner Piece".
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"H-Bomb" - 7x7 12 min. sorta themed:
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"H-Bomb" --
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"H-Bomb"
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"Best of Runt Puzzling" - 7x7 themed:
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"Best of Runt Puzzling" --
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"Best of Runt Puzzling" Thanks!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Goop Tunes" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Goop Tunes" --
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"Goop Tunes" Oops, I fell in the goop!
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"This N That" - 7x7 themed:
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"This N That" --
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"Casino Runtale" - 7x7 themed gamble:
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"Casino Runtale" --
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A real game of Runtian Roulette! Thanks!
"This N That" Nice, thanks!
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"Casino Runtale"
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"Bean Stalker" - 7x7 themed:
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"Bean Stalker" --
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It's bean fun! Thanks!
"Bean Stalker"
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Stumpy Stumper: "Father of Fruit" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Father of Fruit" --
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"Father of Fruit" Fun, thanks!
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"Clever Disguise" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Clever Disguise" -- Fooled me!
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Runtpuz uncleverly disguised recap of solution to: "Clever Disguise".
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M&A
"Clever Disguise" Too clever by half!
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The clues on this themeless were beefed up a bit, so giving extra solve time…
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Stomper Biter" - 7x7 12 min. themeless:
**gruntz**
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"Stomper Biter" --
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"Stomper Biter" Thanks!
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@Teedmn: Cool suggestion, on the 15-A clue. U may think more like M&A than even M&A does. At the time of cluin it up, I was thinkin more innocently along the lines of "suit up" … or "clue up".
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"Neapolitan Runt" - 7x7 themed:
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"Neapolitan Runt" --
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Grazie!
"Neapolitan Runt" Nicely layered, thanks.
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This theme isn't an original idea. I think a NYTPuz did this, many moons ago. But … it is just such a good theme fit, for a runtpuz. So, I hope they don't mind me moonin folks with it, again …
ReplyDelete"Unoriginal Runt" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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"Unoriginal Runt" --
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"Unoriginal Runt"
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"Kool Komix" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
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"Kool Komix" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTE1NTk0MzkyOTU3ODM1MQ
Very graphic! (As in "graphic novel.") Thanks!!
Stumpy Stumper: "Lock Accordians" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Kool Komix", thanks.
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"Lock Accordians" --
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Many thanks!
"Lock Accordions" (Actually only one A in Accordion even though it looks weird.)
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OK, so this one might be a biter. Kinda hard to tell, for sure.
ReplyDelete"Runt Rungs" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
… oh, and U get 12 minutes, on the "Runt Rungs" solve time.
Delete… and "accordions" does look kinda weird; well spotted, @Teedmn.
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"Runt Rungs" --
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I am all rung out [sic], but Thanks!
"Runt Rungs" Thanks.
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"Name of the Game" - 7x7 themed:
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Looks like we are headed for about a week-long road trip real soon.
ReplyDeleteM&A will try to send out another runtpuz tonite, and then be gone for a while.
Thanx and enjoy the spare time,
M&A
"Name of the Game" --
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Runtpuz clueless recap of solution for: "Name of the Game".
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M&A
"Desperate Word Square #71" - 7x7 questionably themed:
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"Desperate Word Square #71" --
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Thanks! and bon voyage!
@BobK. - Thanx. I told my puzeatinspouse about yer "great runt" comment. She thought that sounded like an oxymoron … kinda like "mini-colossus". har
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Had time to do one more. Hope it's ok…
ReplyDelete"Laundry Shoot" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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"Laundry Shoot" -- Is this what it means to be taken to the cleaners? --
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Thanks!
"Name of the Game" Thanks, and bon voyage.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NjY4MTA5NDI1NTA1NDE0Ng
"Desperate Word Square #71" Fun!
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"Laundry Shoot" Fun!
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Yike. This puppy might be a little extra-odd, even for a runt. Consider it a real-turkey runtpuz, maybe?
ReplyDelete"Algebra-Ker" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
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"Algebra-Ker" --
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Thanks?
"Algebra-Ker" I needed a few more ker-nels of intuition on this one.
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"Our Fave State" - 7x7 themed:
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"Our Fave State" --
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Happy Thanx Givin Day, U smart puzsolvers.
ReplyDelete"Viewed Another Way" - 7x7 themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Our Fave State" Thanks!
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"Viewed Another Way" Nice. Any Thanksgiving with a Runt is a happy one. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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"Viewed Another Way" --
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"Virtual Realty" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Virtual Realty" --
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"Virtual Realty" Fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjcxNTE0NTA1NDE0NjU3OQ
"Dumpster Dive" - 7x7 themed:
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"Dumpster Dive" --
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Fabulous! Thanks!
@BobK. - Thanx. I don't recall havin any real unusual trouble constructin "Dumpster Dive" -- but sometimes yah just luck out.
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"Dumpster Dive" Nice!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Steam Weasels" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Steam Weasels" --
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Thanks!
@BobK.--That there 1-A parenthetical remark was just that M&A wasn't tryin to rate it on a scale of favorites.
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"Steam Weasels" Thanks for the above note - I was wondering...
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"Get U's To IT" - 7x7 themed:
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"Get U's To IT" --
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"Get U's To IT" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTMxOTEzNTM4MTU5NjE3MQ
"Desperate Word Square #72" - 7x7 12 min. and desperate:
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"Desperate Word Square #72" --
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"Desperate Word Square #72" Nice, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTYzODk1NDY0Njg1NTUz
"We're On Your Side" - 7x7 themed:
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"We're On Your Side" --
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"We're On Your Side"
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTcyNTg0NTU1MDk0MjkyNQ
Possible biter pup? …
ReplyDelete"Backers in the Middle" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Backers in the Middle" --
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Took a good nip, but no real damage. Thanks!
"Backers in the Middle" Fun!
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"High on Runts" - 7x7 themed:
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"High on Runts" --
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"High on Runts" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MzE5MTYyNTcyODM2OTMxNQ
"Twin Peeks" - 7x7 themed:
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"Twin Peeks" --
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"Twin Peeks" Fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MTk3MjA0NTgyMTE2NDg3MA
Stumpy Stumper: "Pile of Malfunction" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Pile of Malfunction" --
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"Pile of Malfunction" Thanks!
ReplyDeletehttps://cornellsun.com/2019/12/01/christmas-hat-caps-mcgraw-tower/
@Teedmn - Was your link of 12/9/19, 5:13 AM, actually a comment on the "High on Runts" puzzle? ;>) Very appropriate, in a way!
ReplyDeleteWhat On Earth?! I believe when Annabel did a Rex review last Monday, she linked to that article but I have no idea how that got into my copy/paste today. And I do the Runt at work incognito in my browser so I can't go back to the solve to see what I did there.
DeleteI'm blaming it on the Runt title - "Pile of Malfunction"!
"By-er's Market" - 7x7 themed:
ReplyDelete**gruntz**
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"By-er's Market" --
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"By-er's Market" Nice!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTAyOTQxNTk4MzIyNjUwMQ
"A La Runt" - 7x7 themed:
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"A La Runt" --
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"A La Runt" Fun, thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=Njg1NDk5NjA2OTAzNjE0NA
"Where Am I?" - 7x7 illustrated themed:
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"Where Am I?" --
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Thanks for the tour!
"Where Am I?" Thanks.
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"Out for the Count" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
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"Out for the Count" --
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*** POSSIBLE Out for the Count SPOILER, if U have any idea what M&A is talkin about ***
Delete@BobK. Well … M&A will begrudginly concede yer point, on 6-Across. But shoot -- the runtz were there first, and then they got slightly undercut by em, after the claim was kinda already staked out.
[M&A did suggest in a Rex Parker comment that they consider doin runtz, tho. Sooo … no hard feelins.]
M&A
Runtpuz illustrious recap for solution to: "Where Am I?".
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M&A
Only a few shoppin days left reminder puz …
ReplyDelete"Stuck Up Down the Middle" - 7x7 12 min. themed:
**gruntz**
M&A
"Stuck Up Down the Middle" --
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"Out for the Count" A knockout of a Runt!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzIyMzE0NjI0MTk1MDExNw
Stumpy Stomper Stumper: "Public Bull" - 7x7 12 min. themeless:
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"Public Bull" --
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Thanks, and that's no bull!
"Ort Gallery" - 7x7 themed:
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"Ort Gallery" --
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"Stuck Up Down the Middle" Very nice!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=OTA1MjMyNjM0MjAxNjQyNA
"The Rudolph Factor" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"The Rudolph Factor" --
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Thanks!
"Ort Gallery" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=MjU3MDYwNjUwMTgxNTYwNw
"Public Bull" I got the horn!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=ODI0NTM3NjUwMTU0NDk0Mw
"Who Ho's There?" - 7x7 themed:
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"Who Ho's There?" --
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NzI0MTU2NTE2NzMxMzY3
Thanks!
"The Rudolph Factor" Fun, thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NTU4NTEwNjU4OTAwNTM3OQ
"Who Ho's There?" Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzlecrowd.com:8080/CrowdSource/GetSolution?id=NDA0NzY1NjU4OTYyMTMxNw
"Gift Wrap" - 7x7 themed:
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M&A
"Gift Wrap" --
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Truly a gifted runt. Thanks!
It has been much too long since I have posted in that department which we never called, "Words That Make U Smile!" But here we are in the Christmas season, and I have stumbled on a word which apparently has a place on both Santa's Naughty List and Santa's Nice List.
ReplyDeleteLast night I was reading in the New York Times Science Times section for 10/29/19 (don't ask!) when, in an article about bloodsucking animals, I encountered the following sentences:
"The Royal Ontario is a science and culture museum, and imaginary creatures are welcome. There are a lot of them to keep Dracula company, like the ancient UTUKKU of Mesopotamia, the Icelandic draugr and the very recent (1995) chupacabra, first sighted in Puerto Rico." [emphasis added]
Doing research online, I found that UTUKKU can be both good demons and evil demons, hence Santa's perplexity. But we can all admire the choice of vowels!
"Gift Wrap" Thanks.
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"Runtpuz Christmas Dinner Guests" - 7x7 themed:
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@BobK. UTUKKU … nice specimen.
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Thanks for the dinner invitation!
"Just Peachy Articles" - 7x7 themed:
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"Runtpuz Christmas Dinner Guests" Fun, thanks!
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"Just Peachy Articles" A just peachy runt!
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"Just Peachy Articles" --
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Thanks!
"Carol Texting" - 7x7 themed:
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Thanks. Reminds me of GGROBAR.
Runtpuz holiday recap of solution for: "Carol Texting".
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Runtpuz un-impeachable recap for solution to "Just Peachy Articles".
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"Carol Texting" Very nice!
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Stumpy Stumper: "Christmas Onions" - 7x7 almost themeless:
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Thanks!!
"All I Want For Christmas Is Desperation" - 7x7 15 min. sorta themed:
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Thanks!!
Still lotsa Christmas runtz in the pen, barkin to get out …
ReplyDelete"Spreading Christmas Cheer" - 7x7 themed:
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Thanks, and Cheers!
Merry Xmas to M&A
ReplyDeleteI am a Syndiland lurker on Rex's blog. M&A's daily comment is the best part of the blog. I am wonderin why U's get more respect from M&U than G's?
I have tried a few runt puzzles, most are too tough for me.
Thanks
Kirk
Hi Kirk, Keep at it and eventually M&A's rules will "make sense" in a Runty way. Solve using Down Home and we can watch your progress!
Delete@Kirk: Thanx, and Merry Xmas back at U.
DeleteU's get no vowel respect in crosswords … they are almost always the vowel with the lowest representation, by far, in a puz -- yet they're gettin awarded only one measly Scrabble point, just like their mega-popular A and E cousins get. Soooo … M&A just about *had* to pick up the gauntlet, to show poor, ignored U some of the "multi-point" respect it deserves. U was really cryin out for a champion.
G's are kinda disrespected a little as consonants, btw. They get 2 points per appearance … but so do D's, which invariably show up much more frequently. But that ain't quite as flagrant as for U's, so I don't make as big a fuss about it, even tho I have occasionally brought up the G-snubbin issue before, on @RP's blog Comment Gallery.
Keep tryin, on the runtz. I'm told they get easier, once U get used to them. They are so small and cuddly, after all. But, please do also keep in mind our "no refunds" runtpuz policy, tho. Thanx.
M&A
Thank for the welcome to your world of runtpuz's, I will have to try a few more!
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"Christmas Onions" Very apeeling :-)
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"All I Want For Christmas Is Desperation" Fun, thanks!
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"Subordinate Clauses" - 7x7 themed:
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"Spreading Christmas Cheer" Nice!
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"Subordinate Clauses" --
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Thanks!!
"spreading Xmas cheer"
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Enjoyed this one, Thanks!
"Subordinate Clauses" Thanks.
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"You Sleigh Us" - 7x7 themed:
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"You Sleigh Us" --
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"Gift of the Maga" - 7x7 themed, religiously and politically:
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"Gift of the Maga" --
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You Slay us!
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I am slower than you guys, I get more fun! Har!
THX
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Merry Christmas Eve!
M&A
p.s.
Had a typo in a clue, so had to redo that last "removed" comment.
"You Sleigh Us" Fun, thanks!
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"Gift of the Maga" Nice one!
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"Stick on the Tree" --
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Oops! I did the deleted version! But Thanks! anyway!
"Stocking Stuffers" - 7x7 themed black-square bonanza:
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May all yer fondest Christmas wishes come true. Peace on earth, good will to runtz.
"Stick on the Tree"
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"Stocking Stuffers" Thanks, very nice. And wow, congrats, @kitshef.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to all the Runt-ers!
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"Stocking Stuffers" --
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Thanks! And belated Merry Christmas!
"Talking a Blue Streak" - 8x8 12 min. themed:
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Thanks.
"Talking a Blue Streak" Thanks.
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I could talk a blue streak after trying the latest runt. Too much for my feeble brain.
ReplyDeleteStumpy Stumper: "Stereo Cow" - 7x7 themeless:
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"Stereo Cow" --
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"Stereo Cow" Definitely not MONOtonous! Thanks.
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"Hard Stuff" - 7x7 themed:
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"Hard Stuff" --
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Thanks!
The question may be: "Can this runt be solved in under two (or possibly under one?) minutes? …
ReplyDelete"Well, Duh!" - 7x7 sorta solver-friendly:
**gruntz**
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"well Duh"
ReplyDeleteUnder 2? Not for me yet, but feels like a Monday runt. Saved a few brain cells on this one.
Thanks!
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"Hard Stuff"
ReplyDeleteI found the clues harder than the answers this time. ;-)
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Thanks again!