# Cruciverbally yours... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719 "2008-01-23T21:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/41 "2008-01-26T16:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] **Spoons** , if you feel the urge to cackle maniacally, you’ve earned it. [/QUOTE] Naw, I’ll just happily sit back and think that at least I managed one difficult one. 😃 Your answer for SP09 was correct, by the way–nicely done! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/42 "2008-01-26T17:03:35Z")
orange-red mushrooms? Hardly a common phrase, but at least it produces google hits. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/43 "2008-01-26T17:10:06Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] [Re SP10] Hardly a common phrase, but at least it produces google hits. [/QUOTE] Nope. Here’s a hint… there may be a common theme to the SP06 to SP10 series. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/44 "2008-01-26T20:05:24Z")
I see the theme. Not helping. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/45 "2008-01-26T20:20:02Z")
So, we’re still working on: SP10: [60s agent] [Buttons] [Grows] right? I think my last one it out too: B2: [precedes line] [kind of globe] [early hockey venue] ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/46 "2008-01-27T18:12:27Z")
**Bayard** , yours is stumping me too. If there’s no further interest, should we just post the answers? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/47 "2008-01-27T18:17:55Z")
I might like to take a stab at a slightly - JUST slightly - better focused clue. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/48 "2008-01-27T18:30:08Z")
I’m stumped on both of them – redos of the clues would be great. In the meantime, here’s an easy one to get people going again: TW5: [King topper] [It’s between Ojai and Oxnard] [Favorite] [Spade, e.g.] ---
**Author:** ![Sine\_Nomine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sine_nomine/32/513_2.png) [@Sine\_Nomine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sine_Nomine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/49 "2008-01-27T19:08:59Z")
SP10: [60s agent] [Buttons] [Grows] I’m going to guess 99 Red Balloons ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/50 "2008-01-27T20:29:44Z")
**Sine Nomine** , exactly right! Nicely done! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/51 "2008-01-27T21:06:07Z")
Boy, the 60s agents I thought of without thinking of that one…Bond? Peel? Powers? $%&!! It would have cracked the case right there. I’m going to try a set now. This has a common theme too. BoD1. (Type)(Card game)(Two \_ two)(Head ornaments) BoD2. (Rating unit)(Potential quagmires) BoD3. (Jayhawks’ roost)(May play L, C, or R)(Peninsular region) BoD4. (Not “a”)(Piece of work)(Useful connection)(Boisson at a salon)(Historian Theodore)(Something filed or brought) BoD5. Theme: (Form of address)(Smart one)(Something “good for you”) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/52 "2008-01-28T13:25:08Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] **Bayard** , yours is stumping me too. If there’s no further interest, should we just post the answers? [/QUOTE] Sorry.. maybe I made it too obscure. It’s hard to find the balance between making it challenging without being a jackass. Hats off to those who do this for a living. Anyway, the answer I was going for is: On Golden Pond. “On” precedes line in “online”; a type of globe is a Golden Globe, and hockey was first played on frozen ponds. Too much of a reach on that last one? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/53 "2008-01-28T19:26:04Z")
Yeah, a bit of a reach on the last clue. You could play hockey on frozen lakes, rivers, inlets and bays…even a flooded field if necessary. Oh hey…while I’m here…does anybody need a little nudge in the right direction on my clues? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/54 "2008-01-28T22:27:37Z")
You’re getting one anyway. BoD1. (Type) (Card game) _and_ (Head ornaments) BoD3. (Jayhawks’ roost) _of_ (Peninsular region) BoD4. _The_ (What a piece of work) (Useful connection) _the_ (Historian Theodore) (Something filed or brought) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/55 "2008-01-28T23:13:12Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Yeah, a bit of a reach on the last clue. You could play hockey on frozen lakes, rivers, inlets and bays…even a flooded field if necessary. [/quote] Not to mention the old NHL arenas, which is what I was thinking of: Maple Leaf Gardens, the Montreal Forum, Madison Square Gardens, Boston Gardens, Detroit Olympia, and Chicago Stadium. I was trying to fit variations of the above into the solution. **Beware of Doug** , I’m still stumped on yours, in spite of the clue. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/56 "2008-01-29T00:13:12Z")
Here’s #5 as a gimme: Theme: Sir Alec Guinness ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/57 "2008-01-29T00:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] BoD4. _The_ (What a piece of work) (Useful connection) _the_ (Historian Theodore) (Something filed or brought) [/QUOTE] The Man [in?] the White Suit ? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/58 "2008-01-29T02:10:13Z")
Trust **twickster**. 😃 Righto!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/59 "2008-01-29T05:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Here’s #5 as a gimme… [/QUOTE] That helps. Many thanks! BoD1 is thus: Kind Hearts and Coronets ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719/60 "2008-01-29T06:12:03Z")
Righto once more! The last 2 _everybody_ knows… BoD2. (Rating unit) (Potential quagmires) BoD3. (Jayhawks’ roost) _of_ (Peninsular region) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruciverbally-yours/434719.md?page=4)