Codenames 22

[Fenn]

Retro: 2

[WarriorKnight]

WarriorKnight must be loving this

[Bobchillingworth]

Well, I see Blue has less than full confidence in our being able to win next round

[DaveV]

???

Retro rockets are used to CHANGE your direction
A SATURN rocket would have retro rockets
A BRUSH haircut is kind of retro
Building MODEL airplanes or cars is kind of retro

[Mardoc]

I think this is pushing very hard for theater, the beautiful retro was to get your visual entertainment.
Maybe horse the retro transportation?  Although I don't picture retro going back before the fifties so I'm less convinced.

I lean model for the other retro beautiful crossover.

I still like ham for veal

Can see weaker or leftover connections to all of shop, Saturn, brush, change. But back to the wall I'm guessing theater then model then ham.

[Mardoc]

Well, I see Blue has less than full confidence in our being able to win next round

It could just be an evidence based belief that pushing us too hard will back fire. Again.

[pindicator]

Retro: 2

 
So... HAM? 

Seriously though, I am having trouble with this one. Any association I think of seems weak. 
The only word that seems to work with RETRO directly is Change - but like above I don't feel like that's a great connection.

Maybe it's better to take this in context if our previous clues :

VEAL (2) - Got calf, ended up learning towards HAM publicly. Other possibilities for this word are SHOP and PIE, but both those are more a connotation of Calf + Meat and then secondary connections off of meat

BEAUTY (4) - We felt very confident about MODEL and BRUSH, so Fenn could be cluing the remaining 2 words after that. So we would then want to go for 2 words that are both related to this clue and to Retro. 

Sadly this seems to mean that Fenn is more worried about us getting the right words and not optimistic we can clean up without hitting a red or black one. Or we were just completely off on Beauty and he's trying to get us on track?

No, i really feel lost here...

[Lewwyn]

Okay guys I figured it out. We need 5 words. Last time out we got beauty 4. This time retro 2. Previously Veal 2

So what was Fenn doing? He clued all the words in his first 3 clues: Cards 3 veal 2 beauty 4 = 9. Retro is recluing 2 words we were having trouble with.

So which words fit both retro and another clue?
1 veal word
4 beauty word
2 reclue retro word

SATURN is #1. Saturn in planetary retrograde and its got beautiful rings. This was one of our beauty words that we didn't get.
THEATER is #2. Beautiful retro entertainment.

So I think these are the 2 clued retro words. Its not unlimited because something else is wrong. If we get another turn he'll clarify the last 2 words, but we have to guess another beauty word now as well.

Saturn, Theater, (Brush or Model)

[Mardoc]

I thought only planets inside of Earth can go retrograde? That's my biggest objection to Saturn...

[Lewwyn]

I thought only planets inside of Earth can go retrograde?  That's my biggest objection to Saturn...

nope