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:
AL AR BA BED BI BLE CAI COT DAD DER DLE DOUR EL EM EM EN EP ER ES GA GI GIN GISM GY HE ID LI LO LON MATE NE NO PA PO RA RAL RE RI RUM SENG SI SIS SKE SYL TA TEM THE THY TI TIFF TROU

Sage Advice:

= 1. DEDUCTION [3-9]
= 2. APPROXIMATION [3-8]
= 3. NEPTUNE MOON [3-6]
= 4. POWER [3-6]
= 5. DESPICABLE COWARD [2-7]
= 6. UNPIGMENTED ANIMAL [3-6]
= 7. WANDERING MINSTREL [3-10]
= 8. EXODUS [3-6]
= 9. PRECEDES ZETA [3-7]
= 10. TONIC ROOT [2-7]
= 11. ___ SEAT [2-6]
= 12. SENIOR [2-5]
= 13. WILD SHEEP [3-6]
14. THEORY[2-6]
15. IMPLANT [2-5]
= 16. LEAVE HURRIEDLY [3-9]
= 17. SECULAR [3-8]
= 18. SOFT ITALIAN CHEESE [3-7]
= 19. UNDERSTANDING [3-7]

6. al bi no

7. trou ba dour

12. el der

13. ar ga li

Hi Dan.

3. ne re id

17 - tem po ral

2. Es ti mate - Hi Soot

Bernie

16. ske dad dle

Hi Bernie and Remi
Yes to everyone

18. ri cot ta good evening soot

Good morning manXman ... you are spot on

19. em pa thy

9. ep si lon

10. gin seng

Good solves Marian Michele and OldBroad

5. cai tiff good morning soot

1. syl lo gism

4. en er gy

11. rum ble

8. he gi ra good evening soot

Good morning manXman

Yes to all

14. the sis
15. em bed

hi soot Seneca: The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Hi manXman