Featured Victorian Rebus Puzzle Cards - Hand Drawn

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  1. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Be above meddling with a family between man & wife?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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  2. Bookahtoo

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    This is what we have for the 2nd group of twelve:
    1. matrimony
    2. a family should be above meddling between man and wife
    3. ?
    4. arrows
    5. Aries
    6. Ohio
    7. respects
    8. Annis (character in A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnet)
    9. inquest
    10. rules
    11. deceased
    12. accident(al?)
     
    Bookahtoo, Oct 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank you for all your help so far!

    I am going to post pictures of the last fourteen cards for those who want to continue:

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    Bookahtoo, Oct 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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  4. Marote

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    6 (of the new batch): condescending
    7: cherry? (chair re)
    14: Incapacity :D
     
    Marote, Oct 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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  5. Bookahtoo

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    Wow @Marote - I don't think I'd ever have gotten incapacity!!
     
    Bookahtoo, Oct 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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  6. anundverkaufen

    anundverkaufen Bird Feeder

    9. Conceded
    12. Tenants
     
    anundverkaufen, Oct 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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  7. anundverkaufen

    anundverkaufen Bird Feeder

    11. Be contented.
     
    anundverkaufen, Oct 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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  8. Bronwen

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    Or conceit. The puzzle itself might be said to be one. Or conceited.
     
    Bronwen, Oct 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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  9. daveydempsey

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    3, Efface or Effaced
    4, Be cross
    5, Honesty is the best policy
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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  10. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    #1 Looks like a waistcoat on a mannequin
    the rest could be High Bury
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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  11. Marote

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    :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
    Marote, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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  12. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    2: Sinew? (S in U)
     
    Marote, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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  13. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I keep thinking Highgate Cemetery, because that last bit looks like a gate to me, but haven't been able to make it shake out.

    Excellent work on Honesty is... Thought the bird was some kind of raptor, not a parrot. What is the thing attached to an E that makes 'the'?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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  14. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    To invest...?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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  15. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    ___ times?
     
    Bronwen, Oct 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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  16. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    DS#1 - number 1 - to investigate
     
    Bookahtoo, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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  17. Marote

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    4: Beaten (B Roman numeral 10)
     
    Marote, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    gee you guys are good !!
     
    komokwa, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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  19. daveydempsey

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    I thought it was a T Caddy but as soon as I realised Polly Parrot it all came together :cool:
     
    daveydempsey, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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