MM Links August [Week 4]

sarumite | 08:44 Sat 23rd Aug 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Last week was certainly a record-breaking week in more ways than one, with multiple correct guesses in the MM links game, followed by an unprecedented number of Olympic medals being won by Team GB, particularly in the cycling, rowing and sailing events.

Our August links game may well be heading for the record book in relation to the number of points accrued by the winning entrant, and once again it was wickedtongue who continued to dominate with yet another three correct entries. In total, six entrants managed three hits out of four!!

Sir Sarumite thinks to himself: "I must hatch a fiendishly cunning plan for Week 4 in order to stem the tide?!!"

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On the home front, I�ve had a fairly quiet week with too much time spent watching the Olympics at the expense of household tasks that need to be done. However, I�m not feeling too guilty, as the wet weather was a good excuse for neglecting outside duties.

The cost of living continues to soar at an alarming rate with higher fuel and energy prices having the expected knock-on effect on the cost of goods in the shops. It wasn�t too long ago that I could fill the tank of my car with diesel for about �35, but now it�s risen to more than �45!

Some of you may recall the classic BBC radio comedy series "Beyond Our Ken", which used to feature a gardener called Arthur Fallowfield (played by Kenneth Williams). His response to anyone who asked him anything was always (in a West Country accent) "the answer lies in the soil".

That may well be the answer, and the ramblings above may hold hints to this week�s theme, but what will the questions be?

sarumite

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According with normal practice, for the everyday running of MM Links, I will follow the usual rule on word length as introduced by crofter. Each of my pre-selected link words contains at least four letters and at most eight letters. Stray outside this range and you will be wasting one of your attempts!

Each of the selected link words may go in front or behind my challenge word! The competition will officially close on Sunday Evening at 7.00pm, when crofter will declare my pre-selected words and then apply the same rules for awarding points that have been applied during all MM Link Games in the past. My fourth set of four words to have their links predicted should appear below at 9.00am.

paulineward

Hmmm!!!...got me stumped here!!
Home grown...as in produce...(and champions!)

jan1956

I think records as in discs
what about you Pauline???

x-ray

Gardening ? - although that seems too obvious

jan1956

sorry crossed in post

paulineward

...also they reckon you can make your own fuel that works like diesel!!....I know, miles off!

sarumite

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Here's a further clue .. ##**##* .... ####!!

Oh dear .. censored again! :O)

paulineward

you tease!!

Strix

BEET root
CARROT fly
NEW potatoes
BRUSSEL sprouts
???

Dinkypuzzled

the sOIL ?

sarumite

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I, Sir Sarumite, challenge you to predict my fourth set of four links based on the theme:

The Cost of Living

WATER
ELECTRIC
GAS (I am allowed 3-lettered words)
TAX (But you are NOT!)

Good Luck everyone!

gen2

Good Morning Sir Sarumite - a perfect launch to this week's game.

Since I don't know any better, I'll risk my arm with:

water RALLY (Sir)
electric KEEL
gas TRICK
and
THUMB tax

. . . but the rest of you of course will know better and you'll be the ones scoring the points. Best of luck.