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John Dvorak

9:32 PM

0/

I guess it's me, then.

Zani Xu

Erik the Outgolfer

9:34 PM

if Sid has really left

GentlePurpleRain

Defending: S

Zani Xu

8: Close

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Possessor of deadly sting coming from a curve.

GentlePurpleRain

8: SHUT

Zani Xu

8 is correct

John Dvorak

9:36 PM

70 Employees

Erik the Outgolfer

c70

back

70 STAFF

70 ✔️

9: drink

VTC 9: TOO BROAD

9:37 PM

9: SWIG

Zani Xu

yep

GentlePurpleRain

agree with Erik.

Zani Xu

ok then

you got it anyways

10: Complete a puzzle

Erik the Outgolfer

c10

GentlePurpleRain

10: SOLVE

John Dvorak

9:38 PM

71 0 C

Zani Xu

correct

GentlePurpleRain

71: SUB-ZERO (if you're talking Fahrenheit)?

11: _Deadly Sins

c11

c11

9:39 PM

11: SEVEN

u11

71 x

yep

71: SOMEWHAT COLD. :P

John Dvorak

nope

Zani Xu

9:40 PM

c71?

John Dvorak

72 Red-yellow-red

GentlePurpleRain

Not even sure if that's supposed to be Celsius or something else.

pass 71

Zani Xu

snow?

Erik the Outgolfer

even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you :P

John Dvorak

nope. Scurvy.

Zani Xu

9:40 PM

wut

Erik the Outgolfer

duh?

GentlePurpleRain

No one would get that.

No vitamin C = scurvy.

John Dvorak

I was referring to vitamin C

Zani Xu

19: Knit

GentlePurpleRain

19: SEW?

Erik the Outgolfer

9:41 PM

so that explains the absence of ° I was suspicious about...

Zani Xu

yep

c72

Erik the Outgolfer

c72?

GentlePurpleRain

degrees Celsius are often written without the degree symbol.

pass 72

Erik the Outgolfer

72: SICILY

Zani Xu

Spain

John Dvorak

9:42 PM

72 spain ✔️

GentlePurpleRain

Should have got that.

Defending: S T

Erik the Outgolfer

at least I got the reference to flags :P

1 dies: SCORPION

10: Bad Weather

c10

c10

9:43 PM

10: STORM

Erik the Outgolfer

1: You're walking on it, it's grey.

Zani Xu

yep

c1?

GentlePurpleRain

I'm not walking on anything...

1: STREET

Erik the Outgolfer

1: yes

Zani Xu

12: Drink

GentlePurpleRain

9:43 PM

12: VTC: too broad.

John Dvorak

73 Horse with a cat inside

Erik the Outgolfer

VTC 12: TOO BROAD

Zani Xu

how?

Erik the Outgolfer

I don't think there's only one drink that starts with S T :P

Zani Xu

it was straw

Erik the Outgolfer

9:44 PM

ok I would've never gotten that

how?

well i don't know

STRAW != DRINK

74 Dutch food

74: STRUDEL? (I think that's German)

John Dvorak

9:45 PM

74 x

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Horse.

GentlePurpleRain

1: STEED

Erik the Outgolfer

1: no, how is that a word...

John Dvorak

75 Big calendar from the Mesolithic Age

Zani Xu

c74

Erik the Outgolfer

9:46 PM

1: also, if I say "horse", I mean "horse"

ManyPinkHats

Erik the Outgolfer

c75

GentlePurpleRain

What do you mean? STEED is a valid word. And a horse is commonly a STEED.

1: STALLION.

Erik the Outgolfer

1: yes

ManyPinkHats

c75

Erik the Outgolfer

9:46 PM

alright, I admit I didn't know what STEED means :P

GentlePurpleRain

75: STONE?

75: STONEHENGE

Erik the Outgolfer

u75

John Dvorak

75 STONEHEDGE ✔️

Erik the Outgolfer

what is STONEHEDGE? ;-)

GentlePurpleRain

I've never heard of STONEHEDGE...

John Dvorak

9:47 PM

Huh...

pass 74

Stonehenge then

Stroopwaffel?

74 ✔️

that was unfair, no?

9:48 PM

Why?

GentlePurpleRain

@Zani are you sure you're not using Google?

I'm not Dutch

yes

I eat it on United

every flight

which is a lot

GentlePurpleRain

9:48 PM

Defending: S T Y

Erik the Outgolfer

1: Crossed the river __________

1: STYX

1: yes

9:49 PM

73 dies, Stallion

GentlePurpleRain

nice

Erik the Outgolfer

lol former name of Lobster Thermidor_Mobster (IIRC)

oh somebody else clued STALLION too

2: Stump

2: STYMIE

2 yes

9:50 PM

3: You write with it on a Wacom Pad.

3: STYLUS

3: yes

200: polystyrene

I guess "You write with it" was enough...

c200

GentlePurpleRain

200: STYROFOAM.

Erik the Outgolfer

9:50 PM

u200

quartata

200 yes

GentlePurpleRain

@EriktheOutgolfer I would have gone with "Wacom accessory"

Erik the Outgolfer

but it's not really an accessory, it's a required part of it

GentlePurpleRain

bah

Zani Xu

8: Fashion Trend

Erik the Outgolfer

9:51 PM

c8?

GentlePurpleRain

8: STYLE

Zani Xu

correct

quartata

This is a surprisingly tricky prefix

Erik the Outgolfer

1: French pen.

ManyPinkHats

GentlePurpleRain

9:52 PM

1: STYLO

Erik the Outgolfer

1: yes, you apparently knew this (I don't really know French)

GentlePurpleRain

I was in French immersion for 7 years.

ManyPinkHats

IIRC GPR and I are both Canadian

GentlePurpleRain

I live in a French/English bilingual country.

Erik the Outgolfer

just say Canada :P

GentlePurpleRain

9:53 PM

Not everyone is aware that Canada is officially bilingual.

Erik the Outgolfer

what?!

quartata

201: dinosaur species?

GentlePurpleRain

There is at least one other common word you are missing, besides my actual word.

201: STYRACOSAURUS

Zani Xu

205: Fashion Designer

GentlePurpleRain

205: STYLIST

Zani Xu

9:55 PM

correct

Erik the Outgolfer

@quartata ^^^^

quartata

I had a different one in mind actually

Erik the Outgolfer

VTC 201: TOO BROAD

quartata

but I'm going to assume that your word is neither

GentlePurpleRain

That doesn't mean you can't keep your clue.

Maybe someone else can get it if I can't.

Erik the Outgolfer

9:56 PM

if he can't confirm it, he can't keep it

quartata

@Erik the question mark makes the difference

(Also this one was in the new Jurassic World film so....)

GentlePurpleRain

I'm still drawing a blank...

ManyPinkHats

3: In an appropriate encoding, it's "V > (<.)" with the bracketed pair as a single character

GentlePurpleRain

3: STY

quartata

that's ok Im just justifying why it's not too broad

ManyPinkHats

9:57 PM

3 yep

Zani Xu

9: Golf

ManyPinkHats

just wanted to do something other than "this"

Erik the Outgolfer

hey, somebody else thinks ... has turned boring!

quartata

ManyPinkHats

4: Crosswordese eye affliction

9:59 PM

pass 4

stye

4 was STYE yes

Defended: STYE

What does crosswordese mean

GentlePurpleRain

9:59 PM

It's not just crosswordese. I had one a couple of months ago. Not fun.

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