plainglazed Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Lucky it's not his specialty Soothes unwanted stings Unkind and unable to bring together Tradesman need not submit Unscrambled the missing title Wild horses couldn't fix that mess The reorganization's impossible to swallow Politely and tenderly refused Followed without being obligated Not allowed entry to the performance Edited November 30, 2011 by plainglazed moved #6 to #10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Lucky it's not his specialty - Soothes unwanted stings - Aloe? Unkind and unable to bring together Tradesman need not submit - Amateur? Unscrambled the missing title - Anagram? Not allowed entry to the performance - Wild horses couldn't fix that mess - The reorganization's impossible to swallow - Politely and tenderly refused - Followed without being obligated - Acquiesced? These are probably too similar to the hint given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Soothes unwanted stings - demulcent Unkind and unable to bring together - detached Not allowed entry to the performance - denied Politely and tenderly refused - demur Followed without being obligated - dilettante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 hey hey MoMoney, t_l too - this one will not have a single letter as an answer but rather each of the ten lines will have a one word answer found similarly to my previous "one letter" riddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 I apologize for being so vague regarding the structure of these one-liners. Realize they are not very obvious on their face. Playing with them for quite a bit while composing can skew ones objectivity as to their apparency. And in retrospect, cannot see how outlining how these work could take away from the take away in any way. Well, spoilers anywho... HINT as to the word play]Each line describes with synonyms/short definitions, two different words and some kind of direction that one of the words should be subtracted from the other. The answer then remains with each of the ten fitting a general theme hinted at in the title. HINT, here's an example]Concern absent being embarrassed Regard (Concern) - (absent) red (being embarrassed) = gar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) A few of them, based on the first clue: 1. FORTUNATE - FORTE = TUNA 5. DECODED - DEED = COD 6. MUSTANGS - MUSS = TANG 8. GENTEELLY - GENTLY = EEL Edited November 24, 2011 by WitchOfDoubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Well done WitchOfDoubt. Four for four. And welcome to the den. Have been enjoying yours. Am headed that way now with a little added incentive. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 CARPenter - enter = CARP /and quite happy to get at least one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 conSOLEs - cons = SOLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 unCHARitable - unitable = CHAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 well DD, would say you've gotten at least two three now. nicely done. agree these are a little tough. was counting on the theme making these a little more reasonable. will say all of the answers are either three or four letter words of which there are not that many that qualify. and I think all are pretty common names with WOD's answer to number six being the least well known in my opinion. perhaps working backwards with a suspected answer might help to reel in the last four three. EDIT: responding to DD's latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) Turnpike - turn = pike Edit: Forgot that putting spoilers spells out "Spoiler for". Edited November 27, 2011 by jippiidan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sigh...previous post should be "Spoiler for 10...". Was reading Dudley's post and it must have got stuck in my head. Anyways... Betray - bet = ray I was thinking of other words with ray like portrayal - portal = ray ahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 hey jippiidan - good to hear from you. neither of those am afraid. *biting my tongue* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Huh. jippiidan, I think you solved number 10! POTRAYAL - PORTAL = RAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 At last, a pow-ish riddle that I sort of get SHADowed - owed = SHAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Crabby - by = crab Though I'm not quite sure if crab quite counts for fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 sorry jippiidan, plasmid does indeed get this pow-ish riddle ... at least #9 . Only one more to go. Disturb after dismissing that colloquial address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 sHAKE up - sup = HAKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 and DD lands the last one... Lucky it's not his specialty fortunate - forte = tuna - by WitchOfDoubt Soothes unwanted stings consoles - cons = sole - by DudleyDude Unkind and unable to bring together uncharitable - unitable = char - by DudleyDude Tradesman need not submit carpenter - enter = carp - by DudleyDude Unscrambled the missing title decoded - deed = cod - by WitchOfDoubt Wild horses couldn't fix that mess mustangs - muss = tang - by WitchOfDoubt The reorganization's impossible to swallow shakeup - sup = hake - by DudleyDude Politely and tenderly refused genteelly - gently = eel - by WitchOfDoubt Followed without being obligated shadowed - owed = shad - by plasmid Not allowed entry to the performance - portal + portrayal = ray - by jippiidan and WithchOfDoubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucky it's not his specialty
Soothes unwanted stings
Unkind and unable to bring together
Tradesman need not submit
Unscrambled the missing title
Wild horses couldn't fix that mess
The reorganization's impossible to swallow
Politely and tenderly refused
Followed without being obligated
Not allowed entry to the performance
Edited by plainglazedmoved #6 to #10
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