A NEW GAME! "Last Three Letters" - Part 5

Playing off:

Glee affords refreshments
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Not too sweet.

Eat: extra tart.

Angels relay tidings

Nice granular snow.

Nifty ornate wreath

...adorns the house.

... unusual stilts Ethel!

Holly-enshrouded lanterns

Report naughty Santas!

Thoughts are seasonal.

Nazareth's Advent lights

how to sing

...It needs gusto!

Santa tries omniscience.

Naughty children excluded!!

Days excluding dreariness

Everyone's still shopping...

I now gripe.

I purchased earlier.

I evaluated retreads.

...and discarded seconds.

no dilapidated stock

...Or crummy kitsch!

...shoddy Christmas handiworks.

retailing Kringleʻs superfluities

...in endless sales !

leaving extraneous sales

Llama emblazoned souvenirs

(here in UK, llamas- along with unicorns- are the latest Big Thing and on everything. The granddaughter is getting a unicorn that you can apply make up to!!)

"llamas . . . . on everything" (28)

No correction intended, but a llama, Iʻm told is, unlike a unicorn, real and not mythical. But what Iʻm curious about is how does a llama get "on" anything?

I just mean they're a popular design for jumpers, cards, cushions...anything!

"(llamas).... jumpers, cards, cushion" (30)

Thanks, starbox.

Playing on 28: i-r-s:

Irelandʻs renowned seasonals

...A linen shawl

Ha! At Wenceslasʻs!

A salacious scandal.

Data: altruistic libertines!

never escape sales

lighthearted excursion: sale

Alf Landon Elected!*

*Governor of Kansas in 1932 and 1934.

Teresa edged Diana.

...And Nixon's aghast!

always screaming tirades

demand enhanced scrutiny!

...Investigate 'nays' / 'yesses'

should enter sooner

Neroʻs exceptional relationships

...I prefer Severus!

Revisit Upper Slobbovia

Vergilʻs Italic allures

Roman Elagabalus's schizophrenic!

nineteenth-century Italic conquerors*

*The heroes of the "Risorgimento" who formed
the modern nation of Italy

b t w, my first thought on 50 was "Hey, Elagabalus wasnʻt "Roman" he was Syrian! But, of course he was
a Roman emperor -- Roman nationality and Syrian ethnicity.

well done! I only knew the name vaguely...

Orvieto's revolutionary subgroups

U. S.* Progressives: salutary

*Counting "U. S." as one word.

A ripping yarn

Arnieʻs* raucous "news"

*Arnie Ginsberg, mid-20th century,Bostonian,
raucous d j.

...exceptional WMEX stalwart!

another rough trip

Run in place

after care enjoyed

Year end decorations

one never sure

Urgent request expedited.

...tomorrow expect deliveryman...

...mistaken address, natch!

Today's consignment- holdover

Vital epistle! Redeliver!

Vellum envelope! Romantic!

Temperamental international carrier.

...I'm expecting remittance!

...no corresponding evidence!

never certain ever

...vainly emptied rucksack

...a cluttered knapsack

Army's compact kitbag

Backpacked all gear.

Eagerly assembled ramrod

Reinforce our defenses.

Summon expert squad

unearthed another demon

monstrous, ominous neophytes

Terrifyingly embedded succubus

...beast utterly seductive.

...its venomous effects

...Capture the scoundrel!

re-use elemosanary loans

a nerve-wracking situation

I own Newbridge.

Display good etiquette.

...Tender thank-you expressed

...Share every dessert.

every repast: tremendous!

Officials under suspicion!

...I'm obviously not!

...Notorious ombudsman trailed.

...Leading exponent disgraced.

...Controversial esquire disbarred.

...Russian emperor's defrosting...

...in noisome gulag.

...labouring alongside gang

...alerts nearest guard

...a runaway desperado

....a dangerous occurrence

...never-ending chase ensues.

until escapee succumbed

...Bring 'em down!

...occasional whimpering now.

...Need ox-hide whip!

...Harness in place.

"A l i c e": c o m I c extravaganza

...next zany adventure

Ulysses's* re-election: expected

*Ulysses S.Grant didn't have a hard time getting re-elcted
after his 1869-1873 term; he later became the first
(and one of only 2) presidents to try to get nominate
for a 3rd term, and failed.

...they elected democrat

Republican (?) autocrat: Trump

Urgent matters politicized.

Zero empathy displayed.

...Yet exceptionally dogged

Government's evolving disaster.

Trump's exceptional revisions

Obama's not standing

Institute? --New Galactic!

Translunar injection completed.

three exciting discoveries

Interstellar excursion scheduled.

/
L I e!: excursion delayed.

Yearly explorations doubtful.

Ferrara's / unusual / legends

Notable dwarf star.

Tycho's amazing renderings

Nebulous gegenschein spotted!

Total eclipse...dark!

Astronomers revere Kepler.

learn every rule

Uranus' legendary eyestalks

Languid kelpie's shape-shifting

... I nervously gawp !

A werewolf pounces!

...Conservation ensures survival!

...Very athletic lycanthropes!

...Predators excoriate sunlight

..Ghouls hate tofu.

...Other-worldly forces unleashed!

...Haphazard exorcism disastrous!

obnoxious underused serpent

every nervous traitor

Timeless orator rhetoric

...Recites interesting couplet

LESEN: extravaganza Teutonic

Nice Irish coffee!

fees? extraordinary expenditure!

Under ramshackle eaves.

Vergil's Eclogues: superb!

every rogue beware

Andy's roguish exploits

inexplicably textured shoes

overly elaborate signals

altruistic legal strategists

should test symptoms

Occasional motion sickness

edifying sequences: Schiller

Lyrical existential rhymer

Maupassant's essential revelations

oblong nasal strainer

Napoleon's exploits: renowned

....Neverytheless, Elba... dishonor !

...Now order restored!

road entered deserted

defer to >166 aussieh:...

Toleration endows decisions.

Omnibus nears sawmill

...Inexpensive lightweight lumber.

Bologna's extensive region

I own nobody

Oregon's distinguished yews

Enjoy Washington spruce!

Utah's celebrated elms.

Louisiana's magnolias soar!

Oscar arrivals repent

Europe's new tolerance

Nevada's coniferous east.

Alabama's swamp tupelo

Extremadura's lemon orchards.

Robust Delaware sassafras.

Really abundant sarsaparilla.

Leave lavender alone!

Only need eleven...

Vineyards extend north

...reaching Tennessee's heartland.

...and neighbouring dukedom.

Drink our Merlot!

Liebfraumilch's overwhelming tannin.

Napa's intense noir.

Ordered impressive Rioja

...Ours just arrived!

Valpolicella exudes damsons

Orson: never second

obviously needy dementors

Our recommendation: Soave!

Absinthe's viscosity enchants!

Nighttime Tequila Sunrise!

Isn't shampers effervescent !

...equally notable taste!

Sherry's tarry extract

Amaretto’s culinary treats.

armadillo's treks: superb!

Especially robust bourbon.

Boring old Nesquik !

...use in Kahlua !!

Liqueur's unctuously acidic.

Drambuie in cocktails.

illegitimate lounging sauropods

Obstreporous, destructive stegosaurus

Raptors’ urgent strike.

Iguanas' killer eggs

Gigantosaurus galumphs south.

Unhealthy tyrannosaurus hiccoughs.

Give hadrosaurs space.

Allow cephalopods expansion.

Iguanadons’ orderly negotiations.

orderly negotiations: successful

Fiendishly unscrupulous lawyer.

...yet excellent results!

Loathsome tactics succeed.

Examiner entreats defendant

Accused nears trial.

Indictment against lewdness

Exonerate simple scofflaws.

Are wrongdoers shot?

... Heavens! Only tased!

Shoplifter embezzled dividends.

Nepal Diamond stolen!

Lewis's extraordinary notations

Organic nutella spread.

embellished articles: democrats

Auntie's tartan sofas

French armoire styles

Larch escritoire's splendid!

Dickens’s impressive desk

Embossed sideboard knobs

Opulent burnished surface

Antimacassars combat earwax

Weather affects xerosis.

Stockinette irritates scabs.

Aloe beautifies skin.

Kaolin improves norovirus

Ruining United States

Tension exacerbates sciatica.

...it's completely agonizing!

Intense nausea... Gastritis?

Trump Is Sadistic

Terribly inflamed stomach!

And chronic hives!

Vitiligo engulfs skin

Keratosis is negligible.

Brilliant Liberals Everywhere

Equestrians ride eastward.

...Astride roan dam.

Dressage always majestic.

Thoroughbred Icelandic colts

Lovely trotting Shetlands.

Neighing disturbed stallion!

...It’s obnoxious noise!

immunize stock! Emergency!

...Nickering carthorse yawns.

…Wins National Steeplechase!

Arcaro sweep: exciting!

Impressive new gelding.

i / n O W / g U e s s.

Extremely speedy sprinter.

Trotter's evidently roughshod !

Horse's odds decline.

...It's now evens!

"Enquiry!" notes steward.

Accumulator returned dollar.

Longshot augments return.

unlicensed retread: "new"!

New England waterfall.

Alluvial loess looms.

Orlando’s marshy swamp.

Antarctica's mainly permafrost!

Oceans' soaring temperatures.

...Redfaced elephant seals!

...abhor losing shelf-ice!

Incontravertible climatic effects.

cerulean, tranquil sky

Snowshoers know Yellowstone.

...Observe natural environs

Outsized nunataks spread.

exceptional artificial dericks

Cliff's knobbly scarp

Atop rarefied plateaus.

Arizona's unsurpassed scenery

...especially rural Yuma.

Ursula's masterful articulation

...impressive orator now.

nineteenth-century orators: wow!

Words of wonder!!

Drama exceeds relevance??

...Nonsensical claptrap erupts!

…Pretentious tommyrot surfaces!

Cease expounding silliness !

Epic stupidity supreme!

Evinces mental enervation!

Inane oration numbs!

Merkel's best speech

...(Export credit hypothesis.)

Stanley's incorrigible singles

Lethargic elephants snooze.

Oceania's zoological ethos

Hippos observed sunbathing.

Iguanas never guess.

Every snake slithers.

Every reptile slithers.

Equestrians ride south.

uncataloged tigers: hidden

Dracula eclipses Nosferatu.

Angels trample unrighteousness.

Extremely scary sasquatch.

Terrifying chupacabras howl.

Often watch leprechauns.

Unscrupulous necromancer sought.

Grandpa's hidden testament

...evidences nefarious tweaks.

Australian kookaburras ...strewth!

We trace hippos.

Perhaps only sheep.

elephants: Eugene's pets

Eternally trampled spinach

ah! cereal, herbs!

running by starlight

great horned turtles

Lemming's extremely suicidal !

Daniel's* alert life-sacrifice

*referring to Daniel Thompson (ca. 1753-1775), first American
killed at the Battle of Lexington (04 -19/ 1775).

...Ingested canterella; expired.

Rolfe's* excellent drives

* "Red" Rolfe one of the New York Yankees' key backups:
3rd baseman in their "Joe DiMaggio Era.

Voodoo’s elementary spells.

Lucifer loves Satanism.

Inglorious sorcerer’s malevolence.

non corporeal ectoplasm

Amulet’s sordid magic.

..obviously nits' YomKippur !

...PrayingMantis uncommonly respectful.

Fleas' unbridled Lupercalia.

Lent inspires arachnids.

Interrupted damselflies' Sabbath

Arthur's theological halloos

Orthoptera observe Samhain.

alternative inter-island nuances

Caterpillars’ Easter service.

Ichthyology creates exceptionalisms.

Silkworms' MayDay shenanigans.

Aphids' NewYear shoutout.

outrageous umpirings: Tyler.

London’s essential recreations.

Opening new supermarkets.

..Extra trolleys strewn !

elevated wires necessary ...

Aldi raspberry yogurts.

Runny tangerine sorbet.

Barbaric Egotistical Trump

Utterly marvellous politician.

Idiots Approve-of Nincompoop

Our outstanding president.

Exceedingly normal Trump.

Umbrellas mean precipitation.

Ireland's occidental neighborhoods

Occasional drenching showers.

Euripides's raucous scenes

Elusive romantic switch?

Tacitus's century: honored

Really Educated Democrats

Arthurian tales: superb

Excalibur's really big!

Bring in Guinevere!

...Elaine's romantic episode.

... old dreary Elsinore

...Oberon's ribald epitaph.

...Appreciate Percival's heroics.

Iver's culture: Scandinavian

I am nervous

Old Uncle Silas

Long African safari

Azania* revises internationally

*Azania: a change of name that has been suggested
for South Africa

Lions licking yucca.

Clark's cinema activity

Impalas' thunderous yawn.

Are warthogs nocturnal?

Nighthawks alight leeward.

Adorably recalcitrant duck-billed-platypus

Porpoises under stress.

Erratically slithering sidewinder.

Detoured elephants roam.

Obsessed about meerkat.

Kangaroos always triump.

(assuming it's 'triumpH ?)

Monkey's persecuting hippo.

Panther pursues ocelot.

lion "owns" territory

Oxen reprimand yaks.

...and koalas smirk.

Ibexes reject karma.

...Revenge motivated armadillo

Leopards learn oppression.

Iver: occidental Nordic

Dolphins investigate crime.

I'm melifluously endowed.

Incorrigible mandrills escaped.

Pretoria encloses dire . . .

...Inebriate rhinos escaping

I never guess.

Emphatic starlings squawk

Arawaks: wild, kinetic

Titmice invade Canada.

Avalance decimates antelope.

Orcas provoke egret.

retrieving elephant tusks

Small kinkajous skulk

Ugly Little Kangaroos

Ornery orangutan snipes.

Poacher eviscerated songbird

- - I realized: Dire!

Ibis ricocheted earthward

avian revision: dilemma!

Mockingbird’s midnight aria.*

*Many years ago there was a mockingbird in a cedar tree just outside our bedroom window, and every night (for months!) he would serenade us right around midnight.

Rousseau's indignant aversions

Our nightingale sings!

nightingales: gleeful songsters

Efficient robins survive.

Ibises vivaciously evolve.

Larks voraciously eat.

eagles attract tourists

Shrikes torment shrews.

Edward's wild sheep

Ever eaten ptarmigan?

...Gamey and nuanced.

(Chicken exacerbates dyspepsia)

Snipe is appetizing!

...I'm nibbling guillemot !

Mutton or turkey?

Kill Everyone Yet?

Yellow envelopes taken.

Kindly emboss notepad!

Postcards are delivered.

rural extensions: deliveries

Illegible Egyptian scroll

...Outdated lost language.

archaic Gothic expressions

Oddly nuanced sentence.

nuanced!? completely explicated!

Tryingly extended dipthongs!

new genteel sequences

Colophons evince scholarship.

Hopkins's* international prerogatives

*The reference is to Harry Hopkins,
a top F.D. Roosevelt aide.

Voluminous, effusive sermons.

One night stand

A nice distraction

in on nothing

Intellectuals never gamble?

Bingo lacks enticements!

Nevada's tantalizing slots.

...on The Strip

Racino's immense profit.

frozen in time

Impressive maestro enthusiasm.

A Strauss mazurka

Rehearse Kabalevsky again!

Again: institute Nureyev

Yehudi's electrifying violin.

Liszt's intense nocturne

Republican Nicompoops Everywhere!

Every Ravel etude.

Ulysses's* devastating expedition

*Ulysses S. Grant is referred to.

Idiots On Narcotics

intuitively curable: seeking

Ialibu, New Guinea

#475 - 3rd word invalid. Yours is NEE, 474 ends in NEA

correcting 475:

Nunez's Ecuadorian affairs

Internal Revenue Service

(The Devil of all organizations in America!)

Immigration/Customs Enforcement

(are you sure?)

Epictetus's "nutritious" treatise

Imprisoned, Stoics endure

Unfit radical educator

...Teaching outrageous rubbish

Incredibly sadistic homework.

...Outcome: rebellious kids.

Inexorable declining standards.

Republicans Destroy Society

Euripides tests you.

Yes, Orestes's unreadable!

Bacchylides lost egregiousness.