NYT Spelling Bee

[cathwen]

Good morning, ciao_yall!

QBw2LL yesterday, bighead/bigheaded were my last words.

LB: I had the "official" jorts-squeamish. Jorts was a desperation attempt after finding squeamish, and I was stunned when it took. Apparently they are jeans shorts. I guess I'm out of touch with fashion terminology!

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Morning cathwen!

QBw2LL last words abide(d). LB jorts-squeamish. Yes, quite the portmanteau!

Happy solving!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QBw2LL last word claim. Needed a nudge for wisdom-mirthful.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QBw2LL for last word, amyl.

LB: wisdom-mirthful.

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QBwH last word towhee. LB nudge and a made-up word buco-overwwight.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QBw2LL for mentee, which I always seem to miss.

LB: overbought-twitch, buco-overweight. Buco was a wild guess after I found overweight.

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Morning!

QB-1ABM then needed a hint to remember nankeen. LB plexiglas-shrift. Was surprise it took but hey, keeping it.

[cathwen]

Good morning!

QB with hints for deke/d and nankeen.

LB: I had the (boring) "official" solution: flagship-pretax.

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Good morning!

QBwH last word dogtrot. LB plaza-anchorism, plaza anachronism.

I tried anchorism on a lark and it took!

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good afternoon!

My last word was also dogtrot. Is that really a word? I found it only with a hint.

LB: plaza-anachronism. Congratulations on two solutions!

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Good morning!

QBwH, last word polio. LB went for hints to get bumpkin-nonrational. just wasn't seeing bumpkin.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good afternoon, ciao_yall!

QBwH, last word poplin.

LB: I had so many good words, but none worked together, so no solution. Congratulations on yours!

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Good morning, cathwen!

QBwH for tidied. I guess I thought I had it. LN nudge for fedora-antiquark which I never would have guessed on my own.

Happy solving!

[cathwen]

Good afternoon!

QBwH for metadata, tatami.

LB: fedora-antiquark. I tried antiquark in desperation, then saw fedora.

Happy puzzling!

[ciao_yall]

Good morning,cathwen!

QBw3LL for acetate. LB jeremiad-duopoly.

Happy solving!