CRUCIVERB.COM

Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on June 14, 2014, 09:23:37 AM

Title: Sat., 6/14 Mark Bickham
Post by: magus on June 14, 2014, 09:23:37 AM
THEME:   none, with 36 blocks
   
GOOD ONES:    
Boy toy?   KEN [no, not you, baldy]   
Short suckers?   VACS ["short" for vacuum]   
Prepares for an engagement?   KNEELS   
One-time bridge   AT A ["one at a time"]   
Eastern adders?   ABACI [of course I thought snakes]   
   
BTW:   
Swell   FAB [when swell meant fab, there was no fab, and now that meaning of swell is passe, or "old hat" --- also passe]   
   
Classic spy comedy   MEN IN BLACK [I cannot see in what sense this movie is classic.]   
   
Early invasion participant   THE STONES [the British rock invasion --- an impossible clue solvable only by the letters crossing --- but I liked it]   
   
Cheated   ROOKED [wow! It's been a long time since I've seen ROOKED used that way --- since the '60's it's "ripped-off"]   
   
   
RATING: ;D ;D   
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun