tiger_lily111 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me) 2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover) 3. Pay your way. (Or stick it) 4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar) 5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down) 6. Executive vs party. (Bangin) 7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities) 8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.) 9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon) 10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse) 11.Spice up my ... neck? 12.Turn keys to shear off are a different form compared to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I was just about to post this, when I saw Williebear had just posted it and you denied it as the solution. Grouper (Red Grouper, White Grouper, and Blue Grouper)??? As to the riddle 'style', am I correct in...The clue is a 'cryptic crossword'-like clue, with the word "off" hinting that the other letters are "out of place", i.e., an anagram? E.g., "Turn keys to shear" comprises the letters for oyster (as it does shark, ray, skate and a few other fishes) That's what I was working on, too ("southern Hake" was the closest I could get. "turn" could also imply an anagram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I was just about to post this, when I saw Williebear had just posted it and you denied it as the solution. Grouper (Red Grouper, White Grouper, and Blue Grouper)??? As to the riddle 'style', am I correct in...The clue is a 'cryptic crossword'-like clue, with the word "off" hinting that the other letters are "out of place", i.e., an anagram? E.g., "Turn keys to shear" comprises the letters for oyster (as it does shark, ray, skate and a few other fishes) That's what I was working on, too ("southern Hake" was the closest I could get. "turn" could also imply an anagram. Sorry, no to #6. Try 1980's. are sound-outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 are sound-outs. There are several types of clams ending in 'neck' (littleneck, longneck, shortneck, topneck, pinkneck), there are also a few razors. Due to the list of '*necks' the clam may belong to clue 11, yet due to the 'razors', the clam may belong to clue 12 ("...to shear off"). As to the oyster, the only common names I found that do not include the word 'oyster' are bluepoint and tio, or of the oyster-related 'scallop', pure and tipa. And I found nothing in the short list, with or without 'oyster'/'scallop' that strikes me as fitting either clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) There are several types of clams ending in 'neck' (littleneck, longneck, shortneck, topneck, pinkneck), there are also a few razors. Due to the list of '*necks' the clam may belong to clue 11, yet due to the 'razors', the clam may belong to clue 12 ("...to shear off"). As to the oyster, the only common names I found that do not include the word 'oyster' are bluepoint and tio, or of the oyster-related 'scallop', pure and tipa. And I found nothing in the short list, with or without 'oyster'/'scallop' that strikes me as fitting either clue. 11. What might be considered 'spice'? What common object(s) might have a neck? Find the right words/sounds, string them together to get the answer. 12. Two parts, the same word, which sounds like the answer. Still looking for fish. Edited April 28, 2011 by tiger_lily111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Burfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Burfish Um, no, sorry. None of them involve the word "fish" in their answers. (It was too annoying to work with.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 6. Brill? 12 Scallop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 pollock [poll + lock] poll : (verb) to cut off or trim (wool, for example) "to shear off" lock : (verb) to secure (with a device by turning a key) "turn keys" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) (From WAY down the pages, sorry to disappear everyone - life happened for a while.) 1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me) 2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover) 3. Pay your way. (Or stick it) 4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar) 5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down) 6. Executive vs party. (Bangin) 7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities) 8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.) 9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon) 10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse) 11.Spice up my ... neck? 12.Turn keys to shear off 1. Sole - single; sole of the foot/shoe fabpig 2. Flounder - struggle; fumble Dej Mar 3. Pike - turnpike/expressway; sharp weapon plainglazed 4. Shark - expert; lawyer plainglazed 5. Bass - low frequency; lower pitch than alto/treble fabpig 6. Mullet - executive in the front, party in the back! (bangin hair, dude!) 7. Smelt - past tense of smell; refine (metal) fabpig 8. Perch - alight; roost fabpig 9. Ray - X- & gamma-rays; "ray gun" Dej Mar 10.Carp - complain; nag Dej Mar 11.Anchovy - ancho (chile) + vee [yeah, weak sauce - sorry!!] 12.Pollock or Lox - locks; locks of hair / poll Dej Mar Edited July 19, 2011 by tiger_lily111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 urghh - have revisited this several times in your absence. should have promoted it for more group think. cant believe I could not come up with ... (too lazy to put in a spoiler and my battery is dying) hope you're back to stay for a bit and all is well with you. see you around (like a donut ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me)
2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover)
3. Pay your way. (Or stick it)
4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar)
5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down)
6. Executive vs party. (Bangin)
7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities)
8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.)
9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon)
10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse)
11.Spice up my ... neck?
12.Turn keys to shear off
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