“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 25 Blurb & other Episodes Yearling deaths were less. Archibald proposes klendusic factors. Or unintentional miscalculations. Hyperhidrosis betrays Xander; incriminating evidence justifies the second guilty verdict. Recreational zols calm querimonious nerves. Glossary: Hyperhidrosis excessive sweating Querimonious adj. Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. Klendusic able to withstand disease due to protective mechanism … Continue reading
X for Xenagogue – #atozchallenge
“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 24 Blurb & other Episodes Xenagogue peculiarities impel Jamila to make vegetative observations, forcing yard audits. Displaying no qualms, Zollie unloads everything, blatantly claiming lethal kyphosis weakens him. Guilty sentence reduced. Glossary: Kyphosis hunchbacked condition Xenagogue guide; someone who conducts strangers Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’ http://www.paulaura.com/betgloss.htm Xanthi FC sounds … Continue reading
W for Wharfage – #atozchallenge
“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 23 Blurb & other Episodes Wharfage records unequivocal evidence; ketch movements finger vexed litigants. Xemes groan outside the pitted courthouse. A youthful judge demands silence. No zanyism inside his quirky bailiwick. Glossary: Bailie 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate; 2. (Professions) an obsolete or dialect spelling of … Continue reading
V for Verdict – #atozchallenge
“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 22 Blurb & other Episodes Verdict by coroner: two grooms – homicides; four wolves and six racehorses – misadventure. Not exactly xenogenous killings. “Deadly phytotoxins yielded loss of zoetic qualities,” utters Jamila. Glossary: Phytotoxins plant poisons Xenogenous due to an outside cause Zoetic living; vital Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’ … Continue reading
U for Usury – #atozchallenge
“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 21 Blurb & other Episodes Usury created vulnerable welchers, inciting reprobate sharks to punish grooms. Nefarious quisling Xander dropped Yoshi’s zori for kickbacks, expecting hamshackled jockeys’ betrayal of a manipulative lover. Glossary: Hamshackle to fetter; to restrain Welch also welsh 1. To fail to fulfil an obligation; 2. To swindle … Continue reading
T for Touts – #atozchallenge
“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 20 Blurb & other Episodes Touts utter veiled warnings about race fixings. Not exactly bribery, more like querked debtors. Xander importuned grooms of hippic compilations. Yoshi knackered profligate jockeys. Zollie strategized. Glossary: Hippic of, like or pertaining to horses or horse-racing Profligate licentious; dissolute: recklessly extravagant Querken to stifle; to suffocate … Continue reading
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