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John Dvorak

7:00 AM

If the defender passes and an attacker guesses correctly, the defender gives up a letter.

Eric Tressler

Eric Tressler is defending F O

40: smart animal

40 is fox

I'm playing

40✔️

41: half the radius of a spherical mirror

ffao

7:03 AM

2: In order to get alcoholic beverage?

Eric Tressler

41 is focus or focal point

John Dvorak

41 ✔️

contact 2??

Eric Tressler

2: is foment :|

(kidding)

ffao

2 is not foment

John Dvorak

42: yellow spot in the eye

Sid

7:07 AM

contact 42

42 is fovea

42 ✔️

2 is fortify

2 is not fortify

what!

7:09 AM

43: part of a building that the Tower of Pisa didn't have enough

Eric Tressler

pass on 2

John Dvorak

I think people have to be FOURTEEN before they can drink in FFAO's country

ffao

Not really, eighteen

My answer was FOR SAKE

John Dvorak

oh, a cryptic

ffao

It needed a definition to be a cryptic

Eric Tressler

7:11 AM

43 is footing? footer?

43 x x

Contact 43

44 HCOOH

oh, foundation

43 ✔️

7:12 AM

is 44 folic acid

John Dvorak

not folic

Eric Tressler

formic

formic acid

John Dvorak

44 ✔️

ASCII-only

:O formic acid = ant acid = antacid

John Dvorak

You wouldn't want to drink ant acid

ASCII-only

7:14 AM

ethanoic acid is fine though

John Dvorak

45: one of the glass panes in an animator's toolkit

ffao

5: Smart animal jog?

Eric Tressler

5 is foxtrot

John Dvorak

nice

ffao

6: Sleep in castle for two weeks

5 is

boboquack

7:17 AM

Can someone verify that the MathJax on my most recent answer is correct? I'm on mobile and it's not loading.

John Dvorak

link?

Eric Tressler

6 is fortnight, or possibly Fort Knight

ffao

6 is

boboquack

Top of the front page, I'd say

ffao

I'm not sure the answer is correct

John Dvorak

7:19 AM

It seems to render correctly

ffao

But I can't check the Jax on mobile

Mr. Xcoder

who's defending and with what? I don't see it on the starbotrd

ffao

Actually I didn't see your edit, I still need to check this new proof

Eric Tressler

I am defending with F O

Mr. Xcoder

thanks.

John Dvorak

7:21 AM

pinned, sorry

Eric Tressler

not just F, F O

is 45.. folio?

John Dvorak

not folio

Eric Tressler

is 45 filigree

wait

John Dvorak

not filigree

Eric Tressler

that doesn't even match my letters

Mr. Xcoder

7:23 AM

@boboquack At first sight, I'd say it's fine

48: Move in Poker

Eric Tressler

48 is fold

Mr. Xcoder

correct

John Dvorak

hey, that's my number range

Mr. Xcoder

Aha, sorry

John Dvorak

46: Nethack sometimes uses the upper half-integral glyph to denote this

Mr. Xcoder

7:26 AM

101: _____ Teller

John Dvorak

contact 101

Eric Tressler

is 46 food

is 101 fool

not food

not fool

is 46 fountain

7:27 AM

46 ✔️

Mr. Xcoder

I'm very surprised you didn't get 101 (yet)

ffao

I like the guess of "fool" for 101

Eric Tressler

oh, 101 is fortune

Mr. Xcoder

101 ✔️

Eric Tressler

I was thinking of Penn and Teller's show, Fool Me, Fool Us, whatever it is

ffao

7:28 AM

Fool Us

I'm actually watching it on a different tab right now

Eric Tressler

hah

ffao

which is why I said I liked your guess

Mr. Xcoder

92: Physics ______

Eric Tressler

is 92 formula

Mr. Xcoder

✔️

Eric Tressler

7:29 AM

is 45 fotocell? is that a word?

Mr. Xcoder

93: HTML standard _______

John Dvorak

45 isn't fotocell (sic)

Mr. Xcoder

Stars pls

heh, it now has 2

Eric Tressler

is 93: FOUR

John Dvorak

47 hair root

Mr. Xcoder

7:30 AM

@EricTressler No, WTH

is 93: FORMAT

93: incorrect

47 is follicle

47 ✔️

48: rude-sounding airplane

Eric Tressler

48 is Focker

John Dvorak

7:31 AM

48 Fokker ✔️

Eric Tressler

is 93: FONT

Mr. Xcoder

93: ✔️

What were you thinking when you said four? The 4 langs: HTML, CSS, JS and PHP?

Eric Tressler

I was thinking that we now have HTML5

John Dvorak

I think he meant the version

Eric Tressler

and previously...

Mr. Xcoder

7:32 AM

strange

Eric Tressler

I didn't even know that HTML had a standard font. isn't it up to the renderer?

John Dvorak

49: mixture of gas and liquid

Eric Tressler

Couldn't I make an HTML-compliant browser that just displays everything in comic sans by default?

49 is foam

John Dvorak

49 ✔️

Eric Tressler

is 45 fog

Mr. Xcoder

7:34 AM

@EricTressler In fact, those are HTML standard fonts (i.e that are compatible with it)

ffao

someone please stop Eric Tressler, this is getting too hard

John Dvorak

There is a recommended default CSS sheet, but browsers don't have to use it

45 isn't fog

Mr. Xcoder

3: Throwin' gold in the _______

Eric Tressler

if someone else can guess 45, then I'm pretty sure I give up another letter

is 3 also fountain

Mr. Xcoder

yes

6: What you do when playing with Origami.

Eric Tressler

7:36 AM

6 is fold

:'-(

is 45 Folderol? :-p

nope

searches an elaborate word - hopes one contacts

John Dvorak

40: animal imprint

Eric Tressler

7:38 AM

footprint

John Dvorak

nope

Eric Tressler

is 40 fossil

Mr. Xcoder

contact 40

dammit

John Dvorak

40 ✔️

ffao

contact 40

^^^

John Dvorak

7:39 AM

great timing

Eric Tressler

I had a little connection hitch there

John Dvorak

41: old Italian coin

(I think)

Eric Tressler

Mr. Xcoder

2017: ______ on Social Media

ffao

Jan knows all the old coins

Eric Tressler

7:42 AM

2017: follow

Sp3000

Still on this game?

Mr. Xcoder

2017 ✔️

@Sp3000 Still at F O

Eric Tressler

and 93, while starred, is dead

ffao

he is killing every clue that is not 45

I think we need something creative to break through here

Eric Tressler

41: FORZA? FORTE? FORTIERI?

Mr. Xcoder

7:44 AM

9: Italian tennis player

John Dvorak

41 x x x

Sp3000

44. Liver delicacy

Eric Tressler

44 is foei gras

foie

one of those for sure

Mr. Xcoder

foie

Sp3000

Foie I believe, but yup

Mr. Xcoder

7:46 AM

Come on, 9 is simple.

METHINKS

Eric Tressler

9 is trivia, I can't think through a factual clue

John Dvorak

50 Weird Al song about mind rays and doggy bag deficiencies

ffao

apparently you either know 9 or you don't

Eric Tressler

oh, maybe it's not an example of an italian tennis player

maybe it's the italian word for tennis player

Mr. Xcoder

Oh, I think it's a bit harder than I thought, because many people don't play tennis :)

ffao

7:47 AM

I didn't even know there were famous tennis players in Italy

Mr. Xcoder

@EricTressler It is an example

@ffao Who said they were famous?

ffao

you said it was easy, so I believe they're famous?

Eric Tressler

is #9: FORTELINI?

Mr. Xcoder

No, it's easy for me, because I play and watch tennis :)

@EricTressler X

Can I remove a clue?

I want to remove #9, it seems too hard

ffao

you can, but I don't see much reason to

Mr. Xcoder

7:49 AM

Burn 9 => 9

It was Fognini

Eric Tressler

I can't unstar for some reason, but I see that my guessing pasta-sounding words was pretty close

Sp3000

80. Fade out of a folehill

80 is fountain

Yup

somebody stop Eric

7:51 AM

is 50 just Food

John Dvorak

51: Fade out of what?

50 isn't food

Mr. Xcoder

Contact 51

Eric Tressler

is 51 folehill

Sp3000

40. App/site mathematician Lagrange might like?

John Dvorak

51 ✔️

Mr. Xcoder

7:53 AM

contact 40?

very unsure

Nonono, uncontact 40

Eric Tressler

Sp3000

4, 3. "thought" leaders?

Mr. Xcoder

Bye all, gtg

Sp3000

(being a bit looser than usual here because it seems like a hard round :P)

Eric Tressler

is 11 FOUL

John Dvorak

7:56 AM

52: Chicken, perhaps

as4s4hetic

forgot I said anything, a ball hit me in the head at hockey this morning

John Dvorak

I've just realised ... chicken = chick hen

as4s4hetic

I... don't think that's how it works

but contact 52

Eric Tressler

is 52 FOWL

John Dvorak

52 ✔️

Eric Tressler

7:59 AM

i don't get 4,3 at all. and I'm ashamed I have no ideas for 40

ffao

contact 40

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