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Hint	Word
Start of an accusation: 'Professor ____ ...'
Hovel, ghetto
Shut forcibly
Clothing line?
'Kiss From A Rose' singer
Hawk
'Come ____ or high water'
Middle of the accusation: '... did it in the ____ ...'
Washington Monument locale, The ____
About half the world's population

Hint	Word
Denver elevation
Steam up
Ready to pick
End of the accusation: '... with the ____.'
Rakish womanizer
Utterly one-sided defeat
Toe woe
Overabundance
Sticky liquid
Where the accusation might be made
Outside North America, the game is called ...

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Word Ladder: An Accusation Quiz

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Created May 2, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured May 17, 2011
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	WredAguyW:	May 17th, 2011 at 04:25 GMT		29 points
	I kept wondering why "pipe" wasn't accepted for the end of the accusation. It IS a possible choice if you're going down the ladder in order after all.

	courtneyyy:	May 17th, 2011 at 04:25 GMT		1 point
	epic :D

	googlebird:	May 17th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT		10 points
	I got caught up trying "pipe" and had to start working backwards. That's whats make these quizzes fun. Thanks TimeAndTide.

	caramba:	May 17th, 2011 at 05:07 GMT		5 points
	Good one!

	BamaRainbow:	May 17th, 2011 at 06:07 GMT		7 points
	@NickD: Check a dictionary next time. "Hawk" as a verb meaning "sell" has a long history (nearly three centuries according to Merriam-Webster); it's a back-formation from "hawker" which was used for nearly two centuries earlier. The term usually refers more to street vendors and peddlers, rather than store owners. (Think of those old movies where little boys sold newspapers on street corners. They were "hawking" their wares.)

	D_FenestrationX:	May 17th, 2011 at 06:37 GMT		4 points
	I learned a new word on the "rakish womanizer" clue.

	kittym:	May 17th, 2011 at 07:04 GMT		8 points
	As we all know, it's the lead pipe, yet we continue to type pipe:(

	Pulviriza:	May 17th, 2011 at 10:00 GMT		3 points
	GRRRR! TOO AMERICAN-CENTRIC! ITS CALLED CLUEDO OUTS- Oh wait, you said it already.

	Stran:	May 17th, 2011 at 10:28 GMT		9 points
	For some reason, when I saw 'clothing line' I was trying to think of a four letter word which meant somewhere to hang the washing! :-)

	Zossima:	May 17th, 2011 at 11:23 GMT		8 points
	Very challenging. Many very unspecific clues.

	slamb:	May 17th, 2011 at 12:06 GMT		7 points
	I haven't heard the word roue used since the "I Am Sixteen" song in The Sound of Music.

	Treverbeast454:	May 17th, 2011 at 12:46 GMT		1 point
	Who doesn't love the board game Clue?

	ezois:	May 17th, 2011 at 15:09 GMT		4 points
	I love Clue. I kept thinking of clothing line as a line of clothing (e.g. a designer). Then I looked at the next clue and realized it was a different kind of line. Pipe was my first guess at a weapon too, but it didn't fit.

	deorco:	May 17th, 2011 at 15:20 GMT		4 points
	Obscure clues are obscure.

	TimeAndTide:	May 17th, 2011 at 15:47 GMT		13 points
	What a nice surprise to find out that this puzzle is today's word ladder! Thanks, editors. My apologies to those who prefer simpler, more straightforward puzzles. I tend to prefer ones with interesting words and somewhat challenging clues, and I guess that comes through in the puzzles I write. It's the crossword puzzle addict in me, I suppose. For what it's worth, I did try to use thesaurus synonyms or brief dictionary definitions for most of the words, particularly the less common words. And the question mark in the "Clothing line?" clue was meant to indicate that there was a little play-on-words action going on. Anyway, for those who enjoyed it, I'm glad you had fun; and for those who didn't, well, hopefully tomorrow's word ladder will be more to your liking. Cheers!

	chiefyratain:	May 17th, 2011 at 19:22 GMT		11 points
	I was quite sure the pope is a rakish womanizer

	andrewmpitts:	May 17th, 2011 at 21:01 GMT		0 points
	"About half the world's population," China?

	MattCortese:	May 17th, 2011 at 21:39 GMT		1 point
	After I got Hall I realized what they were going for (I had skipped the first one because I didn't know). I'm proud to say that I did guess rope instead of pipe. However I didn't know what a Rakish womanizer was so I still didn't finish. Some challenging clues. Good quiz.

	ArcadeChaotix:	May 18th, 2011 at 00:07 GMT		4 points
	I like how the background color was plum colored. I didn't even pick up on that! Nice ladder.

	worm0110:	Aug 10th, 2011 at 00:52 GMT		-1 points
	Anybody else try POPE for "rakish womanizer"?