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PH II is still alive and kicking, but I've got so much homonymity to give, it's time for another one.

Same rules apply, no thesauri or other cheaty things please. You know you don't need it!

1) a boring bit of repetition

2) body and nose

3) a material experience

4) worry about the kids

5) illegal distribution barrier

6) nothing more than a pond

7) preserve slow-moving mass

8) remains calm

9) ropey illustrator

10) the sound of a band

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Not fair , Puppy. :P A question inside a question?

Is it the answer?

Illustrate=To explain(brief)

ropey=sort of constricted(short(brief))

EDIT:

Puppy , unmoved does fit . :)

Sorry, GC, brief isn't the answer. Too tenuous. As for "unmoved", it has to have very distinct meanings and ring my bell into the bargain to get points. So, keep trying but I'm afraid I can't give you that one.

Well done SpunkCanon, leaderboard coming up...

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Only 3 left!

ANSWERED:

1) a boring bit of repetition: "drill"(DrRhythm:3)

2) body and nose: "trunk"(SpunkCanon:7)

3) a material experience: "felt"(ChuckJerry:6)

4) worry about the kids: "brood"(DrRhythm:1)

5) illegal distribution barrier: "fencing"(DrRhythm:4)

7) preserve slow-moving mass: "jam"(DrRhythm:2)

10) the sound of a band: "ring"(woon:5)

STILL UP FOR GRABS:

6) nothing more than a pond

8) remains calm: "still"(woon:1)

9) ropey illustrator

SCORES:

woon:6

ChuckJerry:6

SpunkCanon:7

DrRhythm:10

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Good stuff GC, perseverence pays off!

But there's no stopping DrRhythm now...

ANSWERED:

1) a boring bit of repetition: "drill"(DrRhythm:3)

2) body and nose: "trunk"(SpunkCanon:7)

3) a material experience: "felt"(ChuckJerry:6)

4) worry about the kids: "brood"(DrRhythm:1)

5) illegal distribution barrier: "fencing"(DrRhythm:4)

6) nothing more than a pond: "mere"(DrRhythm:9)

7) preserve slow-moving mass: "jam"(DrRhythm:2)

8) remains calm: "rest"(grey cells:8), "still"(woon:1)

10) the sound of a band: "ring"(woon:5)

STILL UP FOR GRABS:

9) ropey illustrator

SCORES:

woon:6

ChuckJerry:6

SpunkCanon:7

grey cells:8

DrRhythm:19

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2) body and nose: "trunk"

8) remains calm: "rest""still"

I don't disagree with your answers, but I would argue that "aroma" and "settle" respectively are just as appropriate for each of these clues. I'm not necessarily concerned with points, just wondering why you disagree. Is it simply because they're not the ones you had in mind?

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They don't quite click :)

Trunk could act as a direct word-for-word substitute for both 'body' and 'nose'. If you're thinking wine, then aroma can't replace both body and nose, but only one of them.

Similarly for settle. "Are you going to eat the ______ of last night's curry?" works equally well with "rest" and "remains". If the clue were "remain calm" then you'd have a point but it's a different part of speech :)

Just my 2c.

Meanwhile, still working on Number 9 on and off, but my thoughts are a little

sketchy!

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2) body and nose: "trunk"

8) remains calm: "rest""still"

I don't disagree with your answers, but I would argue that "aroma" and "settle" respectively are just as appropriate for each of these clues. I'm not necessarily concerned with points, just wondering why you disagree. Is it simply because they're not the ones you had in mind?

It's because there are two very distinct meanings:

"trunk" meaning an elephant's nose, "trunk" meaning a body

"still" meaning calm, and "still" meaning remaining as in "9 is still unsolved"

"rest" meaning calm, "rest" meaning remains (noun) as in "the rest have been solved"

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Congrats to SpunkCanon seizing the last one in the nick of time and grabbing a worthy 2nd place overall! Here's the final scores:

ANSWERED:

1) a boring bit of repetition: "drill"(DrRhythm:3)

2) body and nose: "trunk"(SpunkCanon:7)

3) a material experience: "felt"(ChuckJerry:6)

4) worry about the kids: "brood"(DrRhythm:1)

5) illegal distribution barrier: "fencing"(DrRhythm:4)

6) nothing more than a pond: "mere"(DrRhythm:9)

7) preserve slow-moving mass: "jam"(DrRhythm:2)

8) remains calm: "rest"(grey cells:8), "still"(woon:1)

9) ropey illustrator: "painter"(SpunkCanon:10)

10) the sound of a band: "ring"(woon:5)

SCORES:

woon:6

ChuckJerry:6

grey cells:8

SpunkCanon:17

DrRhythm:19

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