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Mon 23 Dec, 2002 06:23 pm
OK wordsmyths, here's the eighth instalment, which should keep you busy over the Christmas Holidays, or at least until tonight!
I'm looking for a 9-letter English word (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) which matches the following
Clues:
The letters 5, 8, 2 & 3 (in that order) spell a CURRENCY.
The letters 1, 7, 6 & 9 (in that order) spell a type of CHEESE.
The letters 4, 5, 9, 2 & 8 (in that order) spell a type of STONE.
Notes:
Seven of the nine letters are different.
Four of the nine letters are vowels.
The correct word (and ALL sub-clue words) are found in Webster's Dictionary - 10th Edition.
Vowels here, are defined as: A, E, I, O and U.
Happy sleuthing 
Currencies: lire, euro, dime, cent, peso
Cheeses: edam, feta
Stones: ???
#2 is probably a vowel, as is #8 OR #9. Hmmm
a kind of stone could be a GRAVE stone
or a GRIND stone
or a JEWEL
SHALE
Stone: Lapis, Guard, Pitch, Paver
'night Bib.... thanks for the new puzzle!!
recap.......
currency: cash, cent, coin, dime, euro, gold, lire, peso
cheese: bleu, blue, brie, curd, edam, feta, goat, whey
stone: emery, flint, guard, grave, grind, jewel, lapis, magma, paver, pitch, shale, stela, stele
Peace and Love: With all those clues, we should solve this one in no time at all.
I'm off to bed now and will think about this one tomorrow - and think about it and think about it and....
Wake Up, Everybody!! I think I've got the answer!!
BLASTULAE
currency: tala
cheese: blue
stone: stela
I bet you're right, PaL! Merry, merry! :-D
Congratulations!
BLASTULAE was the answer.
CURRENCY = TALA.
CHEESE = BLUE.
STONE = STELA.
7 different letters were: A, B, E, L, S, T and U.
4 vowels were A, A, E and U.
YAY!!!! Mister Bib, I'd'a thunk you'd be ultra-busy today and tomorrow. Good to see ya! :-D
Peace and Love.
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