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

I'm in a disco inferno sort of mood today.

That disco inferno puts my stomach in an uproar.

I'm more inclined to silence.

Two great initial guesses, but Crambo's word is neither churn nor taciturn.

I have no idea on this one, so I will just make a face like I've sucked a lemon.

__ __ __ __ Michaels writes yarns;
Honolulu's first (no harm's)
Done if I mention it) mayor
(a historical item to air)
was Hawaiian Joseph __ __ __ __
Do not this guess spurn.

Not sure about #5; are you looking stern?

Roland, as always, Crambo's word is not a proper name. I'm familiar with Fern Michaels, and of course you could have used a plant-themed guess there. The mayor's name does not have enough blanks in it.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn

alpha not: churn, fern, spurn, stern, taciturn

Maybe we should suspend his game and start it again later?

". . .suspend this game..." (8)

Not because of 6>7, rodney, I hope!? A very minor glitch.

On 6, Jim, this time I wasn't forwarding a proper name as
the guess-- just using two
of them to give the clue.
And you got it into the "NOTs" all right: fern. (with lower case f).
The 4th dash for the second "Fern" spilled over into the next line. Sorry

Motions to adjourn are not being entertained at this time.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn,

alpha not: adjourn, churn, fern, spurn, stern, taciturn

My guess wasn't "stern" - and now I'm twisting my face into an extreme expression of ugliness! But as I guess you don't know that word in the US I think you will have to go back to school instead...

Tid, were you thinking of this?

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn

alpha not: adjourn, churn, fern, gurn, learn, return, spurn, stern, taciturn
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Yes, that's it! (His mum probably loves him..). And not 'learn' either? Oh well, back to the drawing board.

A minor character in Faulkner's Sanctuary,
taking a dim view of a gang
rape perpetrated by his
supposedly more intelligent colleagues, observes,
"__ __ __ __* them fellers!"

*The word for which this is a euphemism also begins with d and has 4 letters.

>12 Jim53: Youch! I know it hurts when you accidentally bite your tongue. How about when you bite your nose? Well that's not something that is important to me or causes anxiety, because I can't seem to do it.

I'd be concerned if I could bite my nose!

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern

alpha not: adjourn, churn, concern, durn, fern, gurn, learn, return, spurn, stern, taciturn

"TO __ __ __ __ __ is near-archaic, I admit,
But then "We can't have archaic, AND eat it
Too!" it's been said. "To long" is a near-
Synonym, but it's not clear
That it, to -- I mean "Too", is
not
Near-archaic. I hope this you've "got".

Was it Keats, or Morecambe and Wise ("About 10 drachmas an hour.."), who immortalised this?

(Are homophones allowed as multiple guesses?)

I yearn to have someone supply a correct answer, but in the mean time, I'm particularly enjoying Tid's guesses. Homophones--absotively, posilutely! I haven't paid a Grecian lately, though, so I'm not sure...

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn

alpha not: adjourn, churn, concern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, urn, yearn

It's all about trying to divine the answer.

Stop shoving! I'm not giving up my place.

Discernment, like knowledge, is good. But I guess I'll have to wait my turn (not feeling sure about that one, Lou, so please help me out if I'm wrong).

First hint: Crambo's word is bisyllabic.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn

alpha not: adjourn, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, yearn

This two-leggèd, dragon-like beast
Has a barb on its tail, so at least
You can ponder that feature
While fleeing this creature
Before you become its next feast.

ooh, good one, but Crambo is not looking for a wyvern.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern

alpha not: adjourn, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

Is Crambo is of the present or recent time? Disco inferno is looking a little passé!

I give up. (Retreats towards the back of the boat).

Actually, disco is very modern compared to Crambo's word.

And Tid fresh off a homophone, has given us a homograph as well! But only based on my erroneous guess at an earlier clue.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, stern

alpha not: adjourn, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, modern, return, spurn, stern, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

Ah no - my guess was bisyllabic! (The word "towards" is very apposite...) But as you ruled out what you thought was a homograph, I guess that my guess is not correct either.

Ah, you were going for "astern," weren't you? Not that either.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, sstern

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, modern, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

I'll try a proper (nick)name. just in hon-
-or of old time Red Sox Stephens whose aplomb
(athletic) was displayed in the fift-
-ies; from those athletes you might sift
out the nickname __ __ __ __: a short-
-stop extraordinary who ort
To get some 21st century mention.
(To break Crambo!'s rules is no intention
Of mine.) Just trying for correct rhyme
More than to be the winner this time.

I assume you're thinking of old Vern, who if I remember correctly finished his career with the Orioles in their first year in Charm City (not that I would remember those teams, but I've heard about them).

Although Chopin composed twenty-one
In a form that John Field had begun,
Today I would bet
That the sun may have set
On this form, if you'll pardon the pun.

Another good one, and you correctly picked up on the very vague musical theme, but not nocturnes.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, modern, nocturne, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

A conductor uses a slant topped podium.

As do some teachers, preachers, and speakers at meetings. Unless you had a more specific term in mind? Anyway, it's not Crambo's word. However, it has the correct last four letters.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, learn, lectern, modern, nocturne, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

I suppose I should offer you my services free, so I can learn on-the-job what this pesky word might be!

Well, some of my team members are in Ireland, so I'd have no problem with an intern from your side of the pond. But that's not it either.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern, intern

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, intern, learn, lectern, modern, nocturne, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

Many readers have to look
Up "every other word"; (if you forsook
The Dictionary, shame on you!)
In a 4-word phrase such as (you
Won't believe this! "__ __ __ __ __ in a gyre"
Yeats wrote it (I'm no liar).
I've even forgotten what, if anything
It means. (He may have meant to sing:
"Falcon in a spiral" but I forget.)
Figured out what the guess is yet?

Do haystacks ever undergo spontaneous combustion?

#38 What goes up must come down, but Crambo's not looking for a perne.

#39 Yes, they do, but I haven't been able to pull a rhyming word from one. Please elucidate.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern, intern, perne

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, intern, learn, lectern, modern, nocturne, perne, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, wyvern, yearn

It's different from country. The lowdown:
You'd two-step to this at a hoedown
While it sings of frontiers,
Buckaroos, pioneers...
Call it country, you might start a throw-down.

//I love country music too, of course; just articulating the difference.//

"Oh, we have both kinds of music here, country AND western."

Hint: Shakespeare uses Crambo's word as part of an insult. Of course, Shakespeare uses a lot of words as insults, so I'll tell you that it occurs in LLL.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern, intern, perne, western

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, intern, learn, lectern, modern, nocturne, perne, return, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, western, wyvern, yearn

Though a woman I'm not so houseproud
Immoral - I sleep with the crowd
Slovenly? Yes, that's me
And as you can see
I've no sense of just what is allowed

Good one, but Crambo isn't looking for a slattern. Not today, anyway.

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern, intern, perne, western, slattern

alpha not: adjourn, astern, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, intern, learn, lectern, modern, nocturne, perne, return, slattern, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, western, wyvern, yearn

>39 Citizenjoyce: It's not a word I'd ever seen before, so I'll just give the definition:
To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.

I always wanted this color hair. Well, I guess I could have it if I wanted it enough. Would Shakespeare have thought it an insult?

#45 I thought it might be some form of burn, which was the original clue, but I wanted to see if it might be something else. New word for me too. And for the LT editor, which underlines it, as if to say, really?

#46 My hair changed from strawberry blond to auburn (and more recently it's heading toward gray and gone). Couldn't possibly be an insult ;-)

Not churn, taciturn, stern, fern, spurn, adjourn, gurn, return, learn, durn, concern, yearn, urn, earn, discern, turn, wyvern, modern, astern, nocturne, lectern, intern, perne, western, slattern, mowburn, auburn,

alpha not: adjourn, astern, auburn, churn, concern, discern, durn ,earn, fern, gurn, intern, learn, lectern, modern, mowburn, nocturne, perne, return, slattern, spurn, stern, taciturn, turn, urn, western, wyvern, yearn

A small, quill-plucked, gut strung instrument?

I was thinking of its metal-strung cousin, which I saw at a traditional-music concert, but what's one letter among crambologists, especially after this long a game? Crambo's word is indeed cittern/gittern. Well done, rodneyvc, and over to you!

Generous of you Jim - I was tossing up which of those two to suggest next, but went for the more antique!

New game over here.

Good game, Jim. I hope you and your family are staying safe and have battened down the hatches for Hurricane Sandy.