I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "sane"

Are we all crazy playing Crambo?

Trying, (not very optimistically) a proper name:
__ __ __ __
There's a "-ville" named after him (or after his plural) in Ohio. And a __ __ __ __ of the Grey Family was once a noted novelist.

#2 Ahhh roland, you're such a zany guy.

Not: Zane

The precipitation in the nation falls on occasion in the basin. (4 guesses)

#4 You are Professor Higgins, and I claim my hurricane! Or maybe not!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain
Alpha not: again, porcelain, rain, Spain, Zane

(Alas, poor Roderick, I fear you must revisit the lyrics.)

Methinks you missed a couple of brightcopy's guesses in #4, or at least they may be more pertinent. That's 2 guesses for bc and one for me.

What kind of M&Ms did Tattoo like?

#6 I thought that maybe you were toying with the lyrics slightly. Is "mainly" (or in the main) more frequent than "on occasion"? Plains can be lowlands or highlands, so I wondered if you meant something else by basin (which I picture as being curved, rather than flat).

#7 Your point is germane!

#8 You are Mr. Roarke and I claim my fantasy! The plane, the plane!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane
Alpha not: again, germane, main, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, Spain, Zane

(Yeah, was just going for the three rhymes from the line, with a little leeway on the -ly one. I think I got too clever.)

Next time, just pretend to be offended by my sloppy answers.

Just to fully clarify in detail, the preceding sentence was a guess.

(And so was that one.)

#10 OK - I'm afraid, Mr. Copy, that you have let the team down! Please write out "I will take Crambo seriously" 100 times! (And that's the closest you'll get from me.)
#11 There was no need to explain!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain
Alpha not: again, explain, feign, germane, main, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, Spain, Zane

Desist! Just sing a little ditty.

I'm so glad you stooped down to my level for that answer.

#13 OK - "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"
#14 We are pleased to bestow our gracious presence, and we are happy not to be offended by the words we encounter!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign
Alpha not: again, deign, explain, feign, germane, main, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, refrain, Spain, Zane

Is it a homophone of one of the words in the list that isn't also in the list?
(4 guesses)

(And I think guessers are going to start having to double-up and give guesses for the homophones of the things they are guessing for. Like:)

It would be quite an unpleasant sensation to be cut while installing the glass for that window. (2 homophonic guesses)

It's very unwise to stretch out horizontally in the middle of a section of traffic. (2 homophonic guesses)

#16 It isn't a homophone of any of the words already suggested, and it isn't homophonous itself. I'm inclined to treat homophones as equivalent, but other Cramboers may differ. I'm sure its a pain to be lain in the lane.

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign, Dane, fane, mane, reign, pane, pain, lain, lane
Alpha not: again, Dane, deign, explain, fane, feign, germane, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, reign, refrain, Spain, Zane

He wouldn't be called by a girl's name would he? There was a lady in British history with this name.

Could it turn into a pearl?

Would it keep you off your feet?

Is it concentrated effort?

Is it something that gets a bit of a workout in this game?

(okay, the last one is a homophone but it's not a really well-known one so I ask just in case)

#18 You are Tarzan, and I claim my vine ?! Not Jane, indeed not a proper noun, or even a noun at all.
#19 I've strained my brain to work out "Would it keep you off your feet?" but in vain - not a grain of a clue!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign, Dane, fane, mane, reign, pane, pain, lain, lane, Jane, grain, strain, brain, brane
Alpha not: again, brane, brain, Dane, deign, explain, fane, feign, germane, grain, Jane, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, reign, refrain, Spain, strain, Zane

#19.2> It frequently happens to ankles.

That thing which one who is crazy insane and missing a brain might then go insane in.

#20 Ahhh.. my brain was not just strained, it was sprained!

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign, Dane, fane, mane, reign, pane, pain, lain, lane, Jane, grain, strain, brain, brane, sprain
Alpha not: again, brane, brain, Dane, deign, explain, fane, feign, germane, grain, Jane, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, reign, refrain, Spain, sprain, strain, Zane

Man, I feel like a woman!

#22 I'm sucking mud! My mind is boggling! All I'm getting is 'supermarket' - help me Dr. Freud!
#24 Very patriotic Jenni, but lovely Shania isn't the answer.

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign, Dane, fane, mane, reign, pane, pain, lain, lane, Jane, grain, strain, brain, brane, twain
Alpha not: again, brane, brain, Dane, deign, explain, fane, feign, germane, grain, Jane, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, reign, refrain, Spain, strain, twain, Zane

Is it a favored activity of 19th century pedagogues?

#26 And 20th century too, I suspect. My grade 6 teacher used a yard-long blackboard ruler as his choice of disciplinary tool. He named it Willem, for some reason. By the end of the year we were up to Willem III. I'm sure many germane outbursts were suppressed.

Not: Zane, rain, Spain, again, porcelain, main, plain, germane, plane, feign, explain, refrain, deign, Dane, fane, mane, reign, pane, pain, lain, lane, Jane, grain, strain, brain, brane, twain, cane
Alpha not: again, brane, brain, cane, Dane, deign, explain, fane, feign, germane, grain, Jane, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, plain, plane, porcelain, rain, reign, refrain, Spain, strain, twain, Zane

It's not fair! whinge whine Why does it always have to be me? grumble groan I'm so tired of all this crap! mmrrrr Give me a break!!! Not again! grrr What the heck?!?!? @#$%*&^

#28 With the greatest of respect Jenni, you sound like a loser, when in fact you are the winner! Crambo's word is indeed "profane". Well done!

Well, now that that's over, I have just one thing to say: membrane.

(Oh, and I thought Jenni was going for "complain"...)

It was the @#$%*&^ that did it for me!

Not generally a user of profane language, I'm tempted to do so now. Obviously I complained too well. That'll teach me! Anyway, I'm off to dreamland now & will be back in the morning with a new game. G'Day to the daytimers & G'Night to the night peeps! z zz zzz

New game here