Create solutions for the clues by using the available syllables. A question mark after a clue denotes word play or trickery is afoot. The number of syllables in an answer is followed by the number of letters for each clue. Syllables are used only once.

After all of the numbered clues are correctly answered, their first and last letters, reading down, will reveal the puzzle's Sage Advice:.

Example: Syllable puzzle [4-12] (solution: syl + la + cros + tic)



Starting Syllables:
A A AC BU CAL CAMP CAS CHIL COON DEM DI DOL DREL EB EBB EN ER FI GA GI GIST HA I I I IC IS LE LI LOS MA MI MIC NAL NEM O O OL ON PI RA RA RAD RAE RI ROR SCOUN SEIS SO STASH TA TERS TRUTH TSU Y

Remaining Syllables:
A A AC BU CAL CAMP CAS CHIL COON DEM DI DOL DREL EB EBB EN ER FI GA GI GIST HA I I I IC IS LE LI LOS MA MI MIC NAL NEM O O OL ON PI RA RA RAD RAE RI ROR SCOUN SEIS SO STASH TA TERS TRUTH TSU Y

Sage Advice:

1. MEXICAN DISH [3-6]
2. CIRCLES [2-5]
3. LODGE [2-6]
4. ARTIST [3-7]
5. MAMMAL [2-6]
6. WORSHIPERS [4-9]
7. POD [2-5]
8. TIDE [1-3]
9. FOLDING PAPER [4-7]
10. LAST [2-5]
11. SOLDIER [1-2]
12. MEDICAL SPECIALIST [5-11]
13. WOOD [3-5]
14. EDUCATIONAL [4-8]
15. INDISPUTABLE FACT [1-5]
16. MEDITATION [3-8]
17. MISTAKE [2-5]
18. EARTH VIBRATION [2-7]
19. PUT AWAY [1-5]
20. ISRAEL NATIVE [3-7]
21. VILLAIN [2-9]
22. EXTREME [3-7]

most excellent finish Michele

what a great photo/street art...

Good morning everyone. Yes indeed Drac the WADDB and bagels hit the spot. Enjoyed a walk this morning before temps climb back into the 90s...summer is still alive and well here too Connie. Feel free to send that cool weather down here Gerry Grocery run is on my schedule today.

Wishing you all a wonderful day everyone

Thanks, Ana.

Thank you, BET 😑

Has BF increased their prices? When I try to order, games they were $14 are now $20?!

Some under $10's when not discounted

Lost in Space - The First Adventure

LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill

Protocol Solari: Escape Room

Paragnosia

Tiny Robots: Portal Escape

Below, Rusted Gods

Luna's Room - 100% reviews

I think it's an interesting question about how we get inspired when we write these clues - I'd love to hear how you all do it.
Do you come up with a word you want to clue for and write the clue around it?
Or do you think of a clever indicator for a chunk of letters and then find a word that contains them?
I do both, but more often the latter. If I try to start with the word, every answer will be some kind of food.

Anyway, keeping things going.

Counter story about first born (5)

A new CE HOPA Catch can be found here.

I read What We Can Know last year, Lex, and my reaction was similar to yours. The premise that we can't truly know the personal lives of those who lived generations before us is a good one, but it dragged in spots. I enjoyed it, but it went into my give-away pile when I finished it.

Unfortunately this does seem to be what is happening. Any HOPAs now are almost without exception just Do Games and 5 BN. I think Friendly Fox might have a few more planned but no idea when we might see those. Perhaps I was underestimating the number of people who are still pleased by HOP games. I like the occasional one now and then but not as a steady diet.

The good news is that I have had a huge backlog of unplayed HOPA games and that number now, while still considerable, is definitely diminishing.

Thanks Marian!