Dec 01, 2006 One Word Wonder Puzzle

The spaces are easy to fill in, but then I have no idea what to do with them afterward.

I got 5 of the space but haven't figured out the rest yet.

I can't figure out 'under dress'

I have all but one of them (I think they're right), but nothing's jumping out to me as to what to do.

Nor am I getting the "VC" reference.

Hmmmm...

I like "under dress". Funny.

I've got (I think) 7 of the 9 clues... I have NO idea what to do with them.

I'm stuck on the "face pole"

I'm missing face pole and under dress

That's one I can't figure out either theo

vertically narrow is eluding me

The funny thing is, I'm pretty sure I know what to do with the grid once it's full, but I can't get "under dress" or "vertically narrow".

theokster, think natives

I'm wondering if perhaps we mix the strips around to create words somehow? Granted, I don't know if that will work since most of my columns won't form words no matter how I rearrange them.

Splat: when things take a dip, they go splat

Under dress. Familiar to "In new testament", I think.

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Ah well, close enough even without those two clues.

Still fighting with "under dress" and "vertically narrow"

VC??? Can't think of anything that would help with this puzzle.

Is 'under dress' a noun or verb?

The hit TV show Veronica's Closet must be the key...

ive got all the words. now what?

Viet Cong?

Come to think of it, the author may want to take another look at the bottom row. All the reasonable words that fit there are off by a letter or two; I only managed to guess the final answer by omitting the bottom row and looking at the top two.

I'm 3rd...

I had very much the wrong clues for some of them but once you know what to do there aren't a lot of words that could fit.

haven't solved the puzzle, but my solution for "under dress" is "unmentionable"

[26] Mine too

Venture capitalist?

I'm with you, pep... all the words, but no idea what to do with them.

I'm on that team...VC = very confused

vice city?

Vince Carter? Wow, I am way off!

Vanilla Coke?

Video Console?

Very Confusing

You need to combine the "VC" clue with the "White and Black" clue.

Ok, I think I now have all of the boxes filled. Probably have some wrong. Now to figure out part 2.

My Veal Chops are a little bland...somebody please pass the
salt.

Does it have to do with cameras?

If VC is what I think it is, there are a lot of one and only a handful of the other... And one that switches teams a lot.

Not that I know what to do with that information, or what a face pole is.

Look at Number 12 joey, that should help!

joeyhemlock's got it. And now isn't a "sometimes" kind of time.

Is V.... C.... a phrase or two words that aren't a phrase?

OK, I'm dumb. What is the "Engrave" answer?

Ash, think glass

I'm thinking "natives" and I have... nothing.

try indians

joey, think of the clue literally

Ashnak, to engrave as a child, I used to do a-sketch.

joey, animals have faces too

Gimme a 'V'

Veee

Gimme a 'C'

Seeeeee

Whadda they spell?

!&@&$&

Hmmm...that didn't work. ;)

oh, that might be confusing

any clues to the VC and/or black/white?

As usual for me, the words are fairly straightforward, but the clue is completely eluding me. How does Venture Capital + White and Black relate to the grid? How does it tell us which letter to use in each column? Why can't these things be as easy for me as they seem to be for everybody else? Why do fools fall in love? Why...never mind.

Is filling in ALL the boxes necessary? I have all but one word, but can't seem to make heads or tails of the VC and black and white clue

joey...any more clues to the VC bit?

Pretty sure I've got all the right words. Just can't make sense of the rest.

I don't know why I'm giving VC hints as I don't know what to do with them. Or even that I know the words for sure. But since I'm apparently on the right track, I'll say that I don't believe it stands for Venture Capital, but if it was applied to Venture Capital it'd be 6 and 8, respectively.

As an aside, I used to feel smart until Tanga conviced me otherwise.

Help us! We're confused!

<cartman>

Oooooooooh, face POLE!

</cartman>

Wow, 42 minutes to solve and only the seventh one to do so.

I must have more than one clue wrong, but I guessed well.

Nice joey...i'm getting 3/9 for the first row...right track?

Phew....got it.

yes Joey, you seem to have the right amount for your example. Now take that and add it to the rest of the written clue.

And for those that are "sometimes", it looks like they switch.

I definitely had some wrong words on the bottom row, but was still able to bang my way in.

yeah, i was just at a museum with those...

No NaCl for 'VC'?

yes cvdellen

cvdellen - I don't know if the number of each have anything to do with anything... I was just trying to get people on the right VC track...

I'm still figuring it out myself...

the number doesn't matter so much as the location

(sorry, that might be too salty for this crowd)

still dont get face poll, under dress, or vertically narrow

I can´t get all the clues for the boxes!

Yeah...I was still wrong on Vertically Narrow and Hooters, but able to guess my way in with the top two rows of answers correct.

whats under dress, face pole, and engrave?

ok then whats face pole and dont say indians cuz i dont get it

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Very hard, needed hints, and we got something in the bottom row wrong. There are some good hints above... switching "teams" should suggest an approach.

just use a thesaurus for engrave

there's lots of four letter words, is the word _t__? that one?

Man. I see what I *want* to be going on here, but I just can't make any sense of it (and yes, not being able to get 3/4 of the bottom row is not helping.)

yeah it is

The bottom row is definitely the toughest.
Indians built these zeppelin...sorry if this is too salty.

first part of the little hand held drawing thing with sand

whhaa???

dont be sorry lol never would have go it without that

its the _t__ word lol

thanks

After an hour I finally got it. Messed up the bottom row but was able to figure it out.

ok now what. still missing 2 but apparently its doable..

got it. i didn't have the bottom row completely right but i guessed right. [67] was the perfect amount of salt for me, thanx theokester

okay, I think I have the words, I know what VC means and the "white and black" clue... And I am still lost...

If a BGG-er wants to GeekMail me...

Ditto for me, with a BGGer wanting to help.

I think I have the right idea as to what to do, but it's just not working. Is there someone I can ask to make sure my words are right?

Is it just me, or is the 3rd row of this misleading? The widths of the hints correspond to the lengths of the words in the top two rows, but not in the third. At least, not based on my solution.

joey, combine the two "sets" you have within the context of the answers to the clues/grid

can somebody give a good clue for under dress and face pole?

Plus, I was sure I knew what "hooter" was, but now that I have the solution, I realize hooter could not be what I orginally thought.

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Holy Cow, I did it. The last two clues are apparently not what you think, because I was pretty sure of them and didn't get it.

I'm so confused!

Bogden, for face pole, you can google "face pole" and what was hinted before (native) and that will get you there.

For under dress, think of Freud. At least, that's what I think the word is.

I'm with you Joey. I was pretty confident with my last two answers, especially the last one, but having got the answer I see they are definitely not correct.

Got it with a guess, but Hooters and Vertical seem to be wrong.

Anyone that could BGG mail me the answer for "hooter"? That's bugging me.