Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

517: improved

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

518: potential

Phil writes...

G2198 Contest

129: surrenders
519: objectives

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

42: experimented

It's so obvious! Why couldn't I see it before?

Faieq writes...

Gargoyles 2198 contest:

44. Caged

Aris Katsaris writes...

Thanks, Phil, though my guess is those submissions were wrong anyway.

Btw, Greg, I checked and it seems that Graymonk had indeed submitted "Sentinel" for 254 before I did, so that particular point should go to him. You probably made a mistake there because that guess was part of a *huge* list of guesses, all the rest of which were wrong.

Phil writes...

My own G2198 guess:

446: universal

Phil writes...

(Sorry, I clicked submit too soon)

Just to be clear on my previous post, I'm not trying to steal Aris's guesses. He should get credit for them.

Phil writes...

Aris posted the following guesses, but then distracted you with his suggestion for simplifying the second part of the contest so you never gave him points for it.

292: fiery
293: personality

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

293: employment

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

292: loyal

Man Mountain writes...

The answer to 244 really interests me and I figured I might as well throw out a guess, so here goes...

244: Megalith

(Though its probably GUARDIAN as someone guessed already)

(The Guppi) writes...

Urk - I just realized I'd read some clues incorrectly. My apologies for any resulting annoyance.
125) WIZARD
322) Merlin
292) saevo
293) indignatio (a relic of high school Latin)

(The Guppi) writes...

292) fifth
293) columnisms (is that even a word?)

(The Guppi) writes...

125) logic
322) logic
327) logic
292) Robin
293) Goodfellow (Well, it -does- fit the spaces... :))

(The Guppi) writes...

Let's have another go at this...
292) moral
293) philosophy
314) menial

(The Guppi) writes...

129) vulnerable
292) sober
490) divestment
517) provoked
519) tendencies

(The Guppi) writes...

It'll probably be a while before you can look a crossword puzzle in the face again, hmm Greg? :)
292) clear
293) complexion (being silly, ignore me)
490) usurpation
518) impulsive

Patricia writes...

G 2198 Contest

408: Nicholas

Patricia writes...

G 2198 Contest

125: LXMnet

Patricia writes...

G 2198 Contest

233: Nicholas

Aris Katsaris writes...

408: Guardian

There will always be a Guardian?
Cool. :-)

(The Guppi) writes...

Some Contest alternatives...

293) dissension
490) arrogation (a long shot)

(The Guppi) writes...

233) GUARDIAN
293) opposition
314) Minion (Who wouldn't want a robo-Owen of his very own? :P)
328) LXM
490) ascendancy

(The Guppi) writes...

Hey - looks like most of the work's been done on this new Contest already. (With no small amount of headaches on your own part, I imagine. ;)) Might as well try to fill in a couple more blanks...

044) abused
133) strikes
134) conquered

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

125 - agency
292 - utter
293 - commitment
322 - agency
327 - agency

Shari B writes...

2198 contest:

44 - irked
125 - bureau
292 - quiet
293 - confidence
322 - bureau
327 - bureau
433 - rage

Bud-Clare writes...

444. doomsday
446. personnel

Phil writes...

Closer and closer:

129: bewildered
292: stern
446: equipment

Todd Jensen writes...

125. Matrix
322. Matrix
327. Matrix

Todd Jensen writes...

314. Matrix

Aris Katsaris writes...

233: Nicolaus
244: Guardian
408: Nicolaus

I admit I don't like the repetition of the name Nicholas Natsilane that much... We already had two repetitions with Delilah and Zafiro...

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

518 ambition
519 directives

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

233 Natsilane
408 Natsilane

Ray Kremer writes...

G2198 contest

125 switch
233 grandson
292 total
293 dedication
314 mother
322 switch
327 switch
408 grandson

Ray Kremer writes...

"It would really screw with your head if I said you were right for 333, but wrong on the others, wouldn't it? (You kinda deserve it, Ray.)"

Yeah, I do deserve that. Oh well. Here's the one I forgot the first time. Now, what's that m stand for...?

328. LXM

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

490: domination
517: awakened
518: universal

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

433: nova

This was previously given as a possible answer to 435, but not to 433. So let's try it here.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

292: Earth
293: patriotism

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

244: Defender

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

244: Tomahawk

What the hell. It is eight letters; so it's possible.

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

42: condescended

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

44: raped

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Heritage
408: Heritage

This one's a long shot, but I'm running out of eight-letter words in the gargoyles-fans.org synopsis of this episode. I continue to be surprised by the importance of "Heritage" (the episode) in the Gargoyles Universe. When I watched the episode, it seemed like just another chapter in the World Tour. Now, it appears that a whole lot of the future revolves around that little island. Amazing.

I should have realized there are no "throw-away" episodes in "Gargoyles."

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

233: Tomahawk
408: Tomahawk

Adam writes...

2198 CONTEST

314: module

Aris Katsaris writes...

292: fiery
293: personality

Soon the time will come when only a handful of guesses will remain - I guess that then a number of people will try to post the entire text so as to win the second prize of the contest.

Since the text's many pages long, and since you *do* tell us which guesses are correct and which aren't, and since the texts will have only one-word variations between them, I think it might be better if you just said that the guy or gal who fills in the last blank wins the second prize - with no need to post the *entire* text.

What do you think? I'm just trying to find ways to avoid dozens of pages of text being posted with little or no difference between them...