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1551: Clue #155, The fruit of industrialisation15 Jan 202600:00:45

Does Lorick #155 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


The fruit of industrialisation:

subjugation and appropriation!

Class-based antagonisms...

Erase nationalisms!

UNITE! And throw off exploitation!


Hint:

A spectre is haunting Europe

1550: #154 solved, and Lorick #155 The fruit of industrialisation14 Jan 202600:05:15

Lorick #154:


The fruit of industrialisation:

subjugation and appropriation!

Class-based antagonisms...

Erase nationalisms!

UNITE! And throw off exploitation!



But first, we solve #155 - here it is one last time:


I've done a miraculous thing!

Not suspicious at all, it would seem!

My son's a big deal

(even though a third wheel!)

and my partner deferred to the King!

1541: Clue #154, I've done a miraculous thing13 Jan 202600:00:43

Does Lorick #154 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


I've done a miraculous thing!

Not suspicious at all, it would seem!

My son's a big deal

(even though a third wheel!)

and my partner deferred to the King!


Hint:

I don't say a lot but my aid's oft besought


1540: Lorick #154, I've done a miraculous thing12 Jan 202600:01:31

Lorick #154, to confound and confusticate!


I've done a miraculous thing!

Not suspicious at all, it would seem!

My son's a big deal

(even though a third wheel!)

and my partner deferred to the King!

1535: #153 solved; Week 051 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis11 Jan 202600:08:38

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #153:


a carpenter, thatcher, and mason

of the three, two were murderously chastened

but their big wily foe,

when it had a third go,

learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened

1531: Clue #153, a carpenter, thatcher, and mason10 Jan 202600:00:47

Does Lorick #153 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


a carpenter, thatcher, and mason

of the three, two were murderously chastened

but their big wily foe,

when it had a third go,

learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened


Hint:

a story with structural salience

1530: #152 solved, and Lorick #153 a carpenter, thatcher, and mason09 Jan 202600:04:10

Lorick #152:


a carpenter, thatcher, and mason

of the three, two were murderously chastened

but their big wily foe,

when it had a third go,

learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened



But first, we solve #153 - here it is one last time:


he's a guardian who never asks why

...likes a bone and a nice lullaby

he has multiple heads;

keeps the live from the dead...

his a labour not many would try!

1521: Clue #152, he's a guardian who never asks why08 Jan 202600:00:44

Does Lorick #152 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


he's a guardian who never asks why

...likes a bone and a nice lullaby

he has multiple heads;

keeps the live from the dead...

his a labour not many would try!


Hint:

steady there... who's a good boy?

1520: #151 solved, and Lorick #152 he's a guardian who never asks why07 Jan 202600:05:10

Lorick #151:


he's a guardian who never asks why

...likes a bone and a nice lullaby

he has multiple heads;

keeps the live from the dead...

his a labour not many would try!



But first, we solve #152 - here it is one last time:


every lifespan's a treasure

one we'll stretch and then measure -

weird judges, we three

that live by THE tree -

without malice dispensing displeasure

1511: Clue #151, every lifespan's a treasure06 Jan 202600:00:52

Does Lorick #151 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


every lifespan's a treasure

one we'll stretch and then measure -

weird judges, we three

that live by THE tree -

without malice dispensing displeasure


Hint:

we are not what you seek if you think we are Greek

1510: Lorick #151, every lifespan's a treasure05 Jan 202600:01:44

Lorick #151, to confound and confusticate!


every lifespan's a treasure

one we'll stretch and then measure -

weird judges, we three

that live by THE tree -

without malice dispensing displeasure

1505: #150 solved; Week 050 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis04 Jan 202600:13:02

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #150:


my man needs his courage to stick!

once begun, we must murder, and quick...

but this guilty expression

fuels my sanguine obsession -

Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch!

1501: Clue #150, my man needs his courage to stick03 Jan 202600:00:51

Does Lorick #150 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


my man needs his courage to stick!

once begun, we must murder, and quick...

but this guilty expression

fuels my sanguine obsession -

Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch!


Hint:

my tale's full of Scots... and indelible blots!


1500: #149 solved, and Lorick #150 my man needs his courage to stick02 Jan 202600:05:06

Lorick #149:


my man needs his courage to stick!

once begun, we must murder, and quick...

but this guilty expression

fuels my sanguine obsession -

Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch!



But first, we solve #150 - here it is one last time:


I'm cheaper to pay than to fight

my terror put Romans to flight

a warlord, ahorse,

an unstoppable force

...'till I died on my own wedding night

1491: Clue #149, I'm cheaper to pay than to fight01 Jan 202600:00:50

Does Lorick #149 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


I'm cheaper to pay than to fight

my terror put Romans to flight

a warlord, ahorse,

an unstoppable force

...'till I died on my own wedding night


Hint:

My tribal sobriquet? Means nothing, I'd say

1490: #148 solved, and Lorick #149 I'm cheaper to pay than to fight31 Dec 202500:08:14

Lorick #148:


I'm cheaper to pay than to fight

my terror put Romans to flight

a warlord, ahorse,

an unstoppable force

...'till I died on my own wedding night



But first, we solve #149 - here it is one last time:


By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros!

Gave up all in exchange for a promise!

_I_, the cause of their strife?!

_I_, who should be his wife??!?

Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!


1481: Clue #148, By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros30 Dec 202500:00:59

Does Lorick #148 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros!

Gave up all in exchange for a promise!

_I_, the cause of their strife?!

_I_, who should be his wife??!?

Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!

1480: Lorick #148, By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros29 Dec 202500:01:43

Lorick #148, to confound and confusticate!


By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros!

Gave up all in exchange for a promise!

_I_, the cause of their strife?!

_I_, who should be his wife??!?

Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!

1475: #147 solved; Week 049 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis28 Dec 202500:10:34

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #147:


a hero with national favour

a sailor, circumnavigator

a scourge of the spaniards

and knight of the lanyard

a killer, a robber, a slaver

1471: Clue #147, a hero with national favour27 Dec 202500:00:49

Does Lorick #147 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


a hero with national favour

a sailor, circumnavigator

a scourge of the spaniards

and knight of the lanyard

a killer, a robber, a slaver


Hint:

a tool of the state... with a queenly mandate

1470: #146 solved, and Lorick #147 a hero with national favour26 Dec 202500:05:32

Lorick #146:


a hero with national favour

a sailor, circumnavigator

a scourge of the spaniards

and knight of the lanyard

a killer, a robber, a slaver



But first, we solve #147 - here it is one last time:


I had gall, and charisma, ambition

crossed a river, an act of sedition

have my month, it's not march

my right hand grabs the torch

when I'm killed by a cruel coalition

1461: Clue #146, I had gall, and charisma, ambition25 Dec 202500:00:48

Does Lorick #146 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


I had gall, and charisma, ambition

crossed a river, an act of sedition

have my month, it's not march

my right hand grabs the torch

when I'm killed by a cruel coalition


Hint:

I visited, I observed, and I vanquished

1460: #145 solved, and Lorick #146 I had gall, and charisma, ambition24 Dec 202500:06:40

Lorick #145:


I had gall, and charisma, ambition

crossed a river, an act of sedition

have my month, it's not march

my right hand grabs the torch

when I'm killed by a cruel coalition



But first, we solve #146 - here it is one last time:


who's my rival? a terrible child

and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled

I'm haunted by time

with shipmates in crime

in a land full of boys he beguiled

1451: Clue #145, who's my rival? a terrible child23 Dec 202500:00:51

Does Lorick #145 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


who's my rival? a terrible child

and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled

I'm haunted by time

with shipmates in crime

in a land full of boys he beguiled


Hint:

I'm a crook with a hook

1450: Lorick #145, who's my rival? a terrible child22 Dec 202500:01:46

Lorick #145, to confound and confusticate!


who's my rival? a terrible child

and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled

I'm haunted by time

with shipmates in crime

in a land full of boys he beguiled

1445: #144 solved; Week 048 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis21 Dec 202500:09:57

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #144:


I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child

I make love into music -- I'm wild!

I'm not too discreet

and have devilish feet

with libido and fear, I beguile!

1441: Clue #144, I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a chil20 Dec 202500:00:46

Does Lorick #144 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child

I make love into music -- I'm wild!

I'm not too discreet

and have devilish feet

with libido and fear, I beguile!


Hint:

I spark contagious fears; I'm by shepherds, revered.

1440: #143 solved, and Lorick #144 I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child19 Dec 202500:07:05

Lorick #143:


I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child

I make love into music -- I'm wild!

I'm not too discreet

and have devilish feet

with libido and fear, I beguile!



But first, we solve #144 - here it is one last time:


A prince who goes under the weather

an enabling hag who knows better

an incomparable voice

and an imprudent choice

leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her


1431: Clue #143, A prince who goes under the weather18 Dec 202500:00:43

Does Lorick #143 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


A prince who goes under the weather

an enabling hag who knows better

an incomparable voice

and an imprudent choice

leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her


Hint:

there's a marriage based on mistaken identity


1430: #142 solved, and Lorick #143 A prince who goes under the weather17 Dec 202500:04:57

Lorick #142:


A prince who goes under the weather

an enabling hag who knows better

an incomparable voice

and an imprudent choice

leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her



But first, we solve #143 - here it is one last time:


am I human or am I brute?

you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute...

I have lunar affection -

by some called an affliction -

I'm no alchemist, although I transmute


1421: Clue #142, am I human or am I brute16 Dec 202500:00:56

Does Lorick #142 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


am I human or am I brute?

you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute...

I have lunar affection -

by some called an affliction -

I'm no alchemist, although I transmute


Hint:

my kind is called cursed - our rages, dispersed...

1420: Lorick #142, am I human or am I brute15 Dec 202500:01:49

Lorick #142, to confound and confusticate!


am I human or am I brute?

you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute...

I have lunar affection -

by some called an affliction -

I'm no alchemist, although I transmute

1415: #141 solved; Week 047 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis14 Dec 202500:12:23

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Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #141:


an icarian tale: picaresque!

whose satire is dark, kafkaesque

there's a familiar who's jumpy,

and a father who's grumpy,

and an ass of a child... it's grotesque!

1411: Clue #141, an icarian tale: picaresque13 Dec 202500:00:45

Does Lorick #141 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


an icarian tale: picaresque!

whose satire is dark, kafkaesque

there's a familiar who's jumpy,

and a father who's grumpy,

and an ass of a child... it's grotesque!


Hint:

1410: #140 solved, and Lorick #141 an icarian tale: picaresque12 Dec 202500:04:38

Lorick #140:


an icarian tale: picaresque!

whose satire is dark, kafkaesque

there's a familiar who's jumpy,

and a father who's grumpy,

and an ass of a child... it's grotesque!



But first, we solve #141 - here it is one last time:


a misogynist, who brooks no objection,

is impressed by his crafted perfection

this linguist - or sculptor

who shapes or corrects her

ends his story with love - or rejection

1401: Clue #140, a misogynist, who brooks no objection11 Dec 202500:00:45

Does Lorick #140 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


a misogynist, who brooks no objection,

is impressed by his crafted perfection

this linguist - or sculptor

who shapes or corrects her

ends his story with love - or rejection


Hint:

this fabular Greek got a Shavian tweak

1400: #139 solved, and Lorick #140 a misogynist, who brooks no objection10 Dec 202500:07:49

Lorick #139:


a misogynist, who brooks no objection,

is impressed by his crafted perfection

this linguist - or sculptor

who shapes or corrects her

ends his story with love - or rejection



But first, we solve #140 - here it is one last time:


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!


1391: Clue #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray09 Dec 202500:00:51

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

1390: Lorick #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray08 Dec 202500:01:40

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!

1385: #138 solved; Week 046 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis07 Dec 202500:11:29

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

1381: Clue #138, a rebel whose vision is terrible06 Dec 202500:00:51

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

1380: #137 solved, and Lorick #138 a rebel whose vision is terrible05 Dec 202500:04:57

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...

1371: Clue #137, he makes the earth quake on command04 Dec 202500:00:44

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...

1370: #136 solved, and Lorick #137 he makes the earth quake on command03 Dec 202500:08:02

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...

1361: Clue #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror02 Dec 202500:01:05

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

1360: Lorick #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror01 Dec 202500:02:13

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...

1355: #135 solved; Week 045 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis30 Nov 202500:14:53

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!

1351: Clue #135, he can spin what she can't, nor professes to29 Nov 202500:00:48

Does Lorick #135 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


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!


Hint:

Bandlylegs? No? Crookshanks? No?

1350: #134 solved, and Lorick #135 he can spin what she can't, nor professes to28 Nov 202500:07:03

Lorick #134:


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!



But first, we solve #135 - here it is one last time:


I'm a gigantic pain in the butt

if my pranks are too awful, so what?

I set worlds all afire

through the monsters I sire

it's forever itself that I'll cut!

1341: Clue #134, I'm a gigantic pain in the butt27 Nov 202500:00:49

Does Lorick #134 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!


I'm a gigantic pain in the butt

if my pranks are too awful, so what?

I set worlds all afire

through the monsters I sire

it's forever itself that I'll cut!


Hint:

No one gave me a day... I'll make them all pay!

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