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#31
April 8th, 2020, 17:06
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Cap is probably the best choice in my mind as well. We're in danger at this point of hitting a word superdeath never thought of, but I also hate to pass.
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#32
April 9th, 2020, 05:44
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Let`s take a small risk and go for the fourth word as well.

Point to Cap
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#33
April 9th, 2020, 09:12
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CAP is BLUE


LAWYERMISSILEGRASSBOXFOREST
NEW YORKDOGHELICOPTERCAPSPIDER
PITBLOCKROUNDWHIPCROWN
FALLPLASTICJAMCROSSHOOK
MAPLEBUGBATTORCHPASTE



Blue is up.

Slavers 3
“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”
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#34
April 9th, 2020, 09:48
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Fairly confident about WHIP and then 50-50 on CROSS. Struggling for a third, best choice I think is BLOCK but will wait and see what teammates think.

My biggest concern is that this clue is very specific, implying that Lewwyn wants us to think about this in a specific way (else why not keep things simple with Slave or even Slaver?). No idea what though... my guess is trying to avoid more indirect references to Slavery such as CROWN or HOOK but could be completely wrong about that.
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#35
April 9th, 2020, 11:49
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I think I have a pretty good read on this clue. Two words are from the slaveholder definition, WHIP and BLOCK (as in being sold from the slave auction block), and one word is from the slobbers definition, DOG. In case this is being too clever, there’s the Game of Thrones reference to Slavers’ Bay where a key setting is the slave fighting PIT.

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#36
April 9th, 2020, 13:37
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Point to Whip

El Grillo, is Slavers an alternative spelling for Slobbers then?
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#37
April 9th, 2020, 13:44
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It's its own word, though it only came to my mind since I came across that definition when constructing one of my crossword puzzles. Not sure if it's common enough to be what our spymaster had in mind, though the singular verb Slavers matches the singular noun DOG.

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#38
April 9th, 2020, 14:11
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WHIP is Blue
“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”
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#39
April 9th, 2020, 14:43
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The other word that comes to mind is HOOK, which is a part of a crook (the shepherd's staff, not a criminal), and also a symbol and tool of slavers. I'd still go with BLOCK first.

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#40
April 9th, 2020, 15:45
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I favor Block -> Pit -> Box I think.
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