MM Links Solutions October 2008 [Week 4]

[crofter]

I must warn you that points once again dried up for this fourth and final week and I conclude that getting points from King Ulysses the Valiant is just like pulling teeth! Not surprising he finished off his reign with the following chosen links based on the theme of Dentistry:

Tooth SOME
BLUE Blood
Gum SHIELD
FORKED Tongue

Not an easy set to predict ~ but one of you matched him in being devious!

NOW READ ON

[crofter]

This week started very briskly but the underlying message being �Fools rush in�! Of the first 16 entrants only ex-champion, lysander, showed her BLUE BLOOD and scored the first set of TWO POINTS. After ten minutes of play, I began to feel that no-one�s brain was wired for automatic short circuiting as the brain of King Ulysses but I had forgotten about the Strix-factor!! At 09.12, Strix appeared as Entrant #17 with the preamble �Methinks Ulysses speaks with FORKED TONGUE whilst nursing his TOOTH SOME �� to claim FOUR POINTS! No other entrant proved the equal to this impressive performance and so (from the very beginning) I can declare Strix is my HOT SHOT OF THE WEEK.
*** Crowds cheer wildly at this awesome feat ***
*** Let drums roll and trumpets sound ***

With three of the links gone it took only another 10 minutes before Prescott came prepared for battle wearing a GUM SHIELD and claimed the last set of TWO POINTS. I would be seriously worried if both Strix & Prescott were on the same wave length as me!

The rest of the scorers picked up only the occasional single point. They included Jools, seekeerz, teacher1, ChrisHewat, Mr Ont-ice & keyboardix.

A warm welcome to newcomer rmleake and don�t be put off by this difficult month!

[crofter]

But how did the October League Table finish up after four weeks of competition?

SIX POINTS: Dinkypuzzled
FOUR POINTS: beejay1124, lysander & Strix
THREE POINTS: fred1941, paulineward & seekeerz
TWO POINTS: BigMac, centino, ChrisHewat, Christiana, cliffyg, Dustybun, Elspeth, evsajo, Grenmus, kettledrum, Magyar, miss meg, Prescott, twix123, wickedtongue & x-ray

This being the last weekend in October, the time has come to select the MM Champion and decide who will set the Link Words across the five-week month of November. The clear top scorer is Dinky puzzled </b. who was our setter back in June 2008 (and so is ineligible for such a quick return)! That means that we need to look at the three entrants tied on Four Points. Once again, lysander is a recent MM Champion and is ruled out! Of the two remaining in the frame, we look for the �big hitter�. Here beejay1124 scored Two Points (twice) whereas Strix scored Four Points (once) and is therefore the bigger hitter (no letter has been dropped from this last word!).

I therefore invite Strix to contact me on <[email protected]>
My sincere thanks go to ulysses100 for a very entertaining month!

This is crofter signing off for another week.
See you next Saturday: Same time � Same place � New setter

Until then: HAPPY LINKING!

:o)

[crofter]

Taking off the bold?

[crofter]

Easy peasy ~ lemon squeezy!

[Strix]

Crofter,
Thank you for all your efforts and your accolades for me as HOT SHOT OF THE WEEK

As you say "let the crowds jeer at my athlete's foot and the let the strumpets roll...."

See you all tomorrow for the KM links and glad that the antipodean contingent and the Canadian element gained a point.

[Dinkypuzzled]

Well done Strix !
Some inspired guesswork this week.
I look forward to yor link words next month.
Dinky.

[Christiana]

Oh dear, I had no blue blood, only a blue tongue - and thus no points. Congratulations to Strix for his double whammy and for being this month's champion - A worthy one, I'm sure, though not blue blooded either. I just hope he doesn't speak too much with forked tongue next month. Congratulations, too, to Dinkypuzzled for getting the highest score over the course of the month.

[paulineward]

Well done dinkypuzzled...and King Ulysses...I don't think!

Oh no!!!! please don't Crofter!!....anything but letting Strix at us!...I beg you...we have enough on a Friday night...and you did leave a letter out!!!

[Dinkypuzzled]

Thanks, Christiana, I am happy to let Strix set the links next month. I am sure that he will relish the opportunity.

[Strix]

Thanks for the congrats, gang.
And the distinctly un-puzzled Dinky, thank you for standing aside and letting me have a go.
PAULINE, you minx what do you mean by a "missing letter" in crofter's write up - you who lure young flesh up from Wiltshire to your web in the north!
Christiana, I will do my best not to make you forked off with my links.

[gen2]

Thank you crofter & ulysses, It has been a very sparse month (pointswise) for me.

Congratulations Strix, I look forward to tackling your links next month. Please make them easy, or pauline won't be able to guess them (and nor will I).

[Prescott]

Well - thanks crofter !!

That is my first two-pointer ever !!

Thanks also to King Ulysses whose mind is extremely devious!!!

[paulineward]

Well gen2...I just know I am going to get nowhere fast next month!!!...But Strix and stones may break my bones...!

[twix123]

Thanks King Ulysses for such a devious month and Crofter for keeping score, although with not a lot to do with the abacus beads. Well done to dinkypuzzled, for reading the mind of the King.
I suppose that Strix will give a lot of clues to the links for the next month every Friday evening.

[evsajo]

Congratulations to all the point scorers this week, and thank you Crofter for your hard work..........but OH DEAR!!!!!! Strix........ He seems a lovely person with a great taste in music (see Friday night Shrubbery) but his cryptic clues etc
(see also Shrubbery!!!) I don't stand a chance!!!!!!!!

[ulysses100]

Thanks for the honourable mentions by the Shrubbery squad on Friday evening, and , yes Strix Ulysses31 does bear quite a distinct similarity to myself -- except that my beard is going grey around the edges ! And no tulips were to be found in flower on the north Norfolk coast yesterday (it was far too cold) ; although we did clock up an amazing 144 species in flower.
Honestly, when I was concocting my links I wasn't trying to be devious -- they were some of the first words to come into mind when I thought of the subject --- and, again, congratulations to pauline on again guessing (divining ?) the themes.
Thanks again to crofter for guiding me through the month, and to launching me on three of the weekends. And all hail to the conquering Strix with whom we will lock horns in November.

[sarumite]

Would you Adam and Eve it ... absolutely nil points for me this month ... my old schoolmaster would say could and indeed should do better!!
Maybe next month will see an upturn in my fortunes .... perhaps a suitable bribe to Sir Strix will do the trick? Perhaps the shrubbery vixens can soften him up??
Thanks for an interesting month Ulysses even though we failed to see eye to eye, and thanks for keeping everything ticking over crofter, in your inimitable way!! (S) :O)

[x-ray]

Well done dinkypuzzled for leading the pack once again.
Congratulations strix - look forward to your link words next month, but I have a feeling yours will be more devious than ulysses.
Have a good week everybody - keep warm

[ladyalex]

Well done everyone, especially Strix. Getting any points this month was hard enough, winning , a triumph.
Looking forward to Strix's links in November...bet there will be some crackers!

Thanks to King Ulysses, not only the Valiant, but the Impenetrable.
And , of course, to crofter.