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- 1391: Clue #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray
Does Lorick #139 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
take some mud, make the words, and then pray
an autonomous being... or slave?
made a monster by gary
given conscience by terry:
berserker defenders in clay!
Hint:
its origin, though vague, was cemented in Prague
1 min - 1390: Lorick #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray
Lorick #139, to confound and confusticate!
take some mud, make the words, and then pray
an autonomous being... or slave?
made a monster by gary
given conscience by terry:
berserker defenders in clay!
2 min - 1385: #138 solved; Week 046 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #138:
a rebel whose vision is terrible
an explorer whose craft's incomparable
his tech evokes wonder,
he oft takes it under,
in the end it's a caution - his parable
12 min - 1381: Clue #138, a rebel whose vision is terrible
Does Lorick #138 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
a rebel whose vision is terrible
an explorer whose craft's incomparable
his tech evokes wonder,
he oft takes it under,
in the end it's a caution - his parable
Hint:
his life, like a nautilus, spins inward... its... ruinous
1 min - 1380: #137 solved, and Lorick #138 a rebel whose vision is terrible
Lorick #137:
a rebel whose vision is terrible
an explorer whose craft's incomparable
his tech evokes wonder,
he oft takes it under,
in the end it's a caution - his parable
But first, we solve #138 - here it is one last time:
he makes the earth quake on command
his dominion is bordered by sand
he storms and he curses...
as recounted in verses...
he's great... but his brother's more grand...
5 min - 1371: Clue #137, he makes the earth quake on command
Does Lorick #137 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
he makes the earth quake on command
his dominion is bordered by sand
he storms and he curses...
as recounted in verses...
he's great... but his brother's more grand...
Hint:
He makes horses and worse...
1 min - 1370: #136 solved, and Lorick #137 he makes the earth quake on command
Lorick #136:
he makes the earth quake on command
his dominion is bordered by sand
he storms and he curses...
as recounted in verses...
he's great... but his brother's more grand...
But first, we solve #137 - here it is one last time:
there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror
with a name, if pronounced, done in error
a colossal old squid
that the waters have hid
a mad polypy priest and preparer...
9 min - 1361: Clue #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror
Does Lorick #136 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror
with a name, if pronounced, done in error
a colossal old squid
that the waters have hid
a mad polypy priest and preparer...
Hint:
he's known for his call... and pulpy revival
2 min - 1360: Lorick #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror
Lorick #136, to confound and confusticate!
there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror
with a name, if pronounced, done in error
a colossal old squid
that the waters have hid
a mad polypy priest and preparer...
3 min - 1355: #135 solved; Week 045 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #135:
he can spin what she can't, nor professes to
-a strange goblin she sadly confesses to-
their unconscionable deal
struck in crisis surreal
unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who!
15 min
About Lorick: Riddles and Lore
From the publisher's feed
Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature?
Try this Lorick on for size:
A tempestuous prince was misled
by incestuous king, hast'ly wed
there's a ghost, and a play,
and soliloquies fey...
in the end, nearly everyone's dead!
Hint: his father ghosted him.
Answer: Hamlet! Get it?
Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time!
If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen!
E'en subscribe! If you dare...