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Started by plainglazed, Jan 09 2013 04:21 PM

Best Answer plainglazed, 24 January 2013 - 11:49 PM

and that'll settle it.

 

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#31 plainglazed

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 03:02 PM

thanks for the explanation, Wilson.  neither of the above but one is quite close. 


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Posted 14 January 2013 - 09:50 PM

Spoiler for I'll guess 7 as the close one...


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Posted 14 January 2013 - 09:55 PM

nope, 4 was the close one.


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Posted 14 January 2013 - 10:03 PM

Spoiler for maybe a different system for 7 then....


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Posted 14 January 2013 - 10:10 PM

sorry no, want to say more but better not.


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Posted 15 January 2013 - 02:11 AM

Spoiler for hey Thalia. I read 3 as.....

Ohh. So less focus on definition. Hmm. . 


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Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:42 PM

hey Thalia - dont know about less focus on definition.  The fifth is actually four different definitions of the same word.  There are certainly mere discriptive clues.  But generally these are two line What-Am-I's.  Of course with a little wordplay most of which is a more literal meaning vs the idiomatic meaning/common use of a phrase.  Can think of two instances where the wordplay is different.  One of them already discovered by Wilson in the first clue - "'tis the sound of" hinting at a homophone.  And a different instance in the sixth one.  Hope that didn't throw you off...too much. 


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Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:55 PM

Time for a shotgun play...

Spoiler for 4. i bend the knee for no man...

Spoiler for 5.mind how you go...

Spoiler for 6. not just for christmas......

Spoiler for 7. let's give them some.....

Spoiler for 8. always look on the bright side.....


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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:36 AM

hey Thalia - dont know about less focus on definition.  The fifth is actually four different definitions of the same word.  There are certainly mere discriptive clues.  But generally these are two line What-Am-I's.  Of course with a little wordplay most of which is a more literal meaning vs the idiomatic meaning/common use of a phrase.  Can think of two instances where the wordplay is different.  One of them already discovered by Wilson in the first clue - "'tis the sound of" hinting at a homophone.  And a different instance in the sixth one.  Hope that didn't throw you off...too much. 

Maybe I worded that poorly. I meant the whole line isn't necessarily strictly a definition. More of a description in some cases, as you said.


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Posted 16 January 2013 - 06:29 AM

Spoiler for 5.


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