Jim Hart
January 16th, 2013, 07:55 PM
Efrem Mallach and Steve Dixon identified the dirt (8) and someone else
knew it already of course.
Efrem may wish he hadn't been so clever because now he gets the deal
with his unnatural 5 ahead of the real winners, Tony Abell and Tim B,
each with a natural 4.
1. odoriferous
from Guerri Stevens: voted 3 & 15 scored 3+0=3
2. An unstable flaw in a stone.
from Keith Hale: voted 3 & 15 scored 3+0=3
3. _Irish_ An evil spell; an incantation.
from Chris Carson: n.v. scored 2+0=2
4. a style of southern Indian martial arts.
from Chuck Emery: voted 11 & 17 scored 0+0=0
5. teenage street gangs [Lombard dial. Milan]
from Johnny Barrs: DQ scored 0+0=0
6. a small mole or blemish on the face or neck.
from Mike Shefler: voted 1 & 12 scored 1+0=1
7. one who issues laws or rules regarding words
from Judy Madnick: voted 10 & 13 scored 0+0=0
8. the earth or stony matter in a mineral deposit
from Shorter Oxford: D2
9. [Obs.] unconsciousness preceding imminent death
from Millie Morgan: voted 16 & 17 scored 0+0=0
10. A mildly hallucinogenic blossom found in northeastern Brazil
from Steve Graham: voted 11 & 13 scored 1+0=1
11. a disease of cattle, endemic in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.
from Tim Lodge: voted 16 & 18 scored 2+0=2
12. one of several mosses that grow in the fur of the Two-Toed Giant Sloth
from Glen Boswell: voted 1 & 2 scored 1+0=1
13. a parasite-borne disease endemic to regions of sub-Saharan central
Africa
from Dick Weltz: voted 14 & 16 scored 4+0=4
14. a type of railroad coupler used in Europe, often called the
Scharfenberg coupler.
from Dave Cunningham: voted 2 & 17 scored 2+0=2
15. an area of ground, often a silted-up lake, that is frozen solid in
winter and marshy in summer [Can.]
from Tim Bourne: voted 13 & 17 scored 4+0=4
16. Currency unit equal to 1/24 of a rupee, used in the area
corresponding to present-day Tamil Nadu before 1847. Also spelled _ganghu._
from Efrem Mallach: voted 8 & 15 scored 3+2=5!!
17. A tropical disease caused by a water-borne parasite, Tipsiopradae
cocsicus, characterized by high fever and delirium and which is often fatal.
from Tony Abell: voted 2 & 18 scored 4+0=4
18. a pit viper (_Trimeresurus_ sp.) of Malaysia, feeding on small
birds and lizards; gangues are not considered a threat to humans and are
sometimes kept as pets.
from Dodi Schultz: voted 1 & 15 scored 2+0=2
. [No def]
from Steve Dixon: voted 8 & 14 scored 0+2=2
. [No def]
from Scott Crom: voted 6 & 13 scored 0+0=0
knew it already of course.
Efrem may wish he hadn't been so clever because now he gets the deal
with his unnatural 5 ahead of the real winners, Tony Abell and Tim B,
each with a natural 4.
1. odoriferous
from Guerri Stevens: voted 3 & 15 scored 3+0=3
2. An unstable flaw in a stone.
from Keith Hale: voted 3 & 15 scored 3+0=3
3. _Irish_ An evil spell; an incantation.
from Chris Carson: n.v. scored 2+0=2
4. a style of southern Indian martial arts.
from Chuck Emery: voted 11 & 17 scored 0+0=0
5. teenage street gangs [Lombard dial. Milan]
from Johnny Barrs: DQ scored 0+0=0
6. a small mole or blemish on the face or neck.
from Mike Shefler: voted 1 & 12 scored 1+0=1
7. one who issues laws or rules regarding words
from Judy Madnick: voted 10 & 13 scored 0+0=0
8. the earth or stony matter in a mineral deposit
from Shorter Oxford: D2
9. [Obs.] unconsciousness preceding imminent death
from Millie Morgan: voted 16 & 17 scored 0+0=0
10. A mildly hallucinogenic blossom found in northeastern Brazil
from Steve Graham: voted 11 & 13 scored 1+0=1
11. a disease of cattle, endemic in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.
from Tim Lodge: voted 16 & 18 scored 2+0=2
12. one of several mosses that grow in the fur of the Two-Toed Giant Sloth
from Glen Boswell: voted 1 & 2 scored 1+0=1
13. a parasite-borne disease endemic to regions of sub-Saharan central
Africa
from Dick Weltz: voted 14 & 16 scored 4+0=4
14. a type of railroad coupler used in Europe, often called the
Scharfenberg coupler.
from Dave Cunningham: voted 2 & 17 scored 2+0=2
15. an area of ground, often a silted-up lake, that is frozen solid in
winter and marshy in summer [Can.]
from Tim Bourne: voted 13 & 17 scored 4+0=4
16. Currency unit equal to 1/24 of a rupee, used in the area
corresponding to present-day Tamil Nadu before 1847. Also spelled _ganghu._
from Efrem Mallach: voted 8 & 15 scored 3+2=5!!
17. A tropical disease caused by a water-borne parasite, Tipsiopradae
cocsicus, characterized by high fever and delirium and which is often fatal.
from Tony Abell: voted 2 & 18 scored 4+0=4
18. a pit viper (_Trimeresurus_ sp.) of Malaysia, feeding on small
birds and lizards; gangues are not considered a threat to humans and are
sometimes kept as pets.
from Dodi Schultz: voted 1 & 15 scored 2+0=2
. [No def]
from Steve Dixon: voted 8 & 14 scored 0+2=2
. [No def]
from Scott Crom: voted 6 & 13 scored 0+0=0