I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "unique."

Because Crambo players are.

What a 5-wood used to be
(and, for all I know, still is) called? Elsewhere, a cabal, an elitist, exclusivist group?

I demand an apology for such a grievous insult!

I always pronounced "clique" with a short i sound, but perhaps it's flexible. I hadn't heard it in a golf context, but then I don't play.

Still thinking about #3. I wouldn't think a "critique" would be grievous, but then I might just be too nice. Clarification welcome if available.

Not clique, critique

#3> I'm in a "fit of" it right now!

(Geez, I wish I HAD guessed "critique." That's a good one!)

ah, of course, why didn't I pick "pique"?

Not clique, critique, pique,

Where I buy my classy outfits.

I realize that I am angling for the correct answer, and I admit that I am not doing so in a straightforward manner.

I tried a new fitness program but I couldn't even complete one sit-up before straining an abdominal muscle :(

Yes, there's this wonderful little place in the Village...

Jenni, I feel your pain. I think your word is a specific application of kathi's word (angling, indeed!).

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique,

When I'm done at Starbox's boutique, I'm gonna look sooooo....

... not like Dwayne Wade, I hope!

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic

Aplha: boutique, chic, clique, critique, oblique, pique,

Well, I'm gonna like a really big French word.

I may wrap myself around you. I may destroy you. I may dance for you.

Ce n'est pas magnifique. Still contemplating #14. Sounds like love in a disco song.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique

Aplha: boutique, chic, clique, critique, magnifique, oblique, pique,

15: Could it be a song by Chic?

Crambo is not a freak, at least not this early in the afternoon. But your word has one correct element that none of the prior guesses have. I won't say what it is just yet.

Still thinking about #14. It reminds me of the Pointer Sisters, but no rhyming word yet.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak

Aplha: boutique, chic, clique, critique, freak, magnifique, oblique, pique,

The House that Charles Dickens Built

Pedantic note on 2, 4

ALthough I've never seen it in writing, I think the golf reference in #2 ends in --eek, while the other ("Cabal...") ends in -ique. So, perhaps
"Cleek" should be put in with the "Nots".

Speaking of -eek words:

2 guesses in one post:
(or: bonus Biblical guesses):
"__ __ __ __ and ye shall find . . ."
AND
"The __ __ __ __ shall inherit the Earth."

Oh dear, my eyes look a little yellow. I hope I haven't got Jarndyce.

It's ok, after the meek inherit the earth, we'll just take it back from them.

Still seeking the word for #14, but I haven't found it yet. I suppose a Sikh could do all those things, or a geek, but I don't think those are it.

These last few words share the correct element that "freak" has.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek

Aplha: bleak, boutique, chic, cleek, clique, critique, freak, geek, magnifique, meek, oblique, pique, seek, Sikh,

One of Dickens's minor characters (in David Copperfield) says something like, "You know what
a "__ __ __ __" is? That's a magistrate!"
(Emphasises just one feature
of the magistrate's anatomy: the nose.)

Oh man, did you hear that? That noise is my knees :-/

High class onions, oiu? Or.. how you say... "drip"?

(2 homophonous guesses)

Mine do that too, Jenny. Hope nobody's beak creaks or leeks leak.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, freak, geek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, oblique, pique, seek, Sikh,

I don't suppose geographical names have been admitted, but
I'll guess __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, because I've always wondered why, being a Lusophone country, it is pronounced (in English, anyway)* by francophone rules:
a 3-syllable, rhyming with
"cleek", rather than a
4-syllable rhyming with "he say".

*I suppose its origin is neither French, Portuguese, nor English,
but from an African language.

A little more help for #14: I may blow you up.

I believe Mozambique was the name of the Arabic ruler of the area a long time ago, but it does appear to have been Francified.

#14 isn't Bette Sans Souci, is it?

Sanford Meisner developed this.

A slight change of the vowel of "__ __E E __"
would make it into "__ __ I* __ __"
a nickname that even "Willy",
once a hick
Arkansan politician, had,
and usually -- but not
always--
A compliment --So who says
I can't guess Crambo! adj-
-ectives: My scope is large!

*short I; of the two adjectives, the guess is the macronized one.

In #14 I was going for "plastique" which has two main definitions. The one I was thinking of originally is a plastic explosive that is easily molded around an object. When I looked it up just to be sure, I found that "plastique" also refers to a ballet technique for mastering slow, controlled movement.

I have no idea what/who Bette Sans Souci is.

Bette Sans Souci was the "real" name of the comic book character Plastique. I didn't know about the dancing term; I had been trying to think of a type of snake based on the initial clues. The blowing up led me to plastique, and now I've learned that it's a dancing term too, so I've learned one thing today, for which thanks!

I'm afraid Crambo is neither sleek nor gifted with much technique.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek,

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, freak, geek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, technique.

Here's a hint just to bump us to the top of the list: Crambo's word has one syllable. Of course, that doesn't mean that your guesses have to have just one syllable.

Devilish in Paris?

Or should we go to war against the Trojans?

THis one isn't a guess, just a bit of Classical minutia:

A funny thing about "__ __ __ __ __" (the guess of 36) is that it
never appears in the Iliad or
Odyssey, nor does the country name of which it is the adjective form.

Larry __ __ __ __ __ es, a __ __ __ __*esman for Prez

Reagan wants you to take what he sez
As "Inside the White House"
information, but
(Some say he was well-named). Cut
To the chase, though: others say
What he did wasn't __ __ __ __ __ ing, but just a way
Of covering up R R's mistakes.
What was it: truisms or fakes?

*__ __ __ __: the past tense of the foregoing "__ __ __ __ __"

Neither Greeks nor the diabolic Speakes.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, speak, technique.

Could I builds a boat out of it?

You have such rosy -----s.

NB I saw a wonderful review recently for 'Rogue Male' which misspelt it as 'Rouge Male' and put a whole different slant on the book!

Might I be causing havoc?

#41 that's because I just got a spanking from Sister Mary Pafnucius. ( no rouge here).

#40 and #42 you could and you might, but they're not Crambo's word.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak, teak, cheek, wreak

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, speak, teak, technique, wreak

I've been feeling quite feeble over the last seven days.

I just want to have a quick look at the answer, Jim. Please?

I've had some of those weak weeks myself.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak, teak, cheek, wreak, weak, week

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, speak, teak, technique, weak, week, wreak

I'm going to tell you something, but really I just want to deceive you.

Hmm. Are you going to misspeak? I think of that as accidental rather than intentional, but I've been wrong many times before.

(fyi, #45 was a guess)

#48 - Deliberate, not accidental.

Not sure how I missed #45 when I was typing #46--the times aren't all that close. Anyway, no peeking.

I'll have to think further about kathi's deliberate deception.

Well, if you want let me peek, then I may just have to use stealth.

Sneaking will also get you nowhere, although it does have the right first letter.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak, teak, cheek, wreak, weak, week, peek, sneak

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, peek, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, teak, technique, weak, week, wreak

Am I talking a blue one of these?

I'd take a stab, but my knife is stuck in its ______.

#54 well, you are, but now that I've seen it, the streak turns to that lovely pink shade.

I'm temporarily (I hope) stumped on #55. The first word that comes to mind is sheath, which doesn't rhyme. I'll continue contemplating.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak, teak, cheek, wreak, weak, week, peek, sneak, streak

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, peek, pique, plastique, seek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, streak, teak, technique, weak, week, wreak

(Ugh, ignore #55. Somehow I manage to forget the rhyme after going through a few permutations with things.)

Would a Saudi prince qualify, or has the already been covered in one of the eliminated homophones?

I wondered if anyone would ask about sheik, since the person whom I mentioned in #28 was one. Not the word, but very close.

Thanks for letting me know not to worry about #55.

Not clique, critique, pique, boutique, oblique, chic, magnifique, freak, bleak, cleek, seek, meek, Sikh, geek, beak, creak, leek, leak, plastique, Mozambique, technique, sleek, diabolique, Greek, speak, teak, cheek, wreak, weak, week, peek, sneak, streak, sheik,

Aplha: beak, bleak, boutique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, critique, diabolique, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, magnifique, meek, Mozambique, oblique, peek, pique, plastique, seek, sheik, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, streak, teak, technique, weak, week, wreak

Darn knit, I keep going around in circles.

I'm blanking on #59. I've seen the round knitting looms, but I can't find a rhyming word related to them. Can you give me a hint?

If we don't find Crambo's word soon, I might start doing it.

60> It's only one letter off from "sleek".

I will say that I don't 100% know if it rhymes with sleek. It seems like it should, but then again steak seems like it should rhyme with teak... I just thought up the letter combination and then googled to check that it was an actual word. I was getting desperate as your word seems to be a one syllable word beginning with s and ending in k, and that doesn't leave a whole lot of uncovered territory.

Is it sleak? That's a new one on me. I googled it and it looked as if all the instances I found were actually misspellings of "sleek." Same for sliek.

You're right that Crambo's word starts with s and ends with k. There are four other letters, two consonants and two vowels, between the s and the k. One last hint: phonetically it's not a simple s.

62> Nope, but pretty close. Try a different letter. :D

I'm still stumped on Crambo's word.

I think I'm going to yell really loud in a high-pitched voice.

I think I am too, to celebrate this round finally ending! Thanks to all who played and especially those who hung in to the end. Crambo's word was shriek. Over to you, kathi.

It's kinda' fun to win, but now I have to work at this. Look for the new round coming up very soon.

Well I'll be darned.

Speaking of which, it was "steek", Jim.

wow, thanks, I've never seen that one before. Can't wait to drop it into conversation ;-)