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Author Topic: Sun., 2/23 Gail Grabowski  (Read 3561 times)

magus

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Sun., 2/23 Gail Grabowski
« on: February 23, 2014, 09:26:37 AM »
THEME:   phrases lacking AGE (clever title)
   
GOOD ONES:     
Plight when the caterer cancels?   HOST(age) PROBLEM   
River project evaluation?   DAM(age) ASSESSMENT   
Psychiatrist who falls asleep during sessions?   SHRINK(age) PROBLEM      
Cleaning out a clothes closet?   GARB(age) DISPOSAL   
Current designation   AC/DC   
Spat end   ULA [no ?]   
Super finish?   IOR [this has a ?]   
Rare indication?   RED [as in steak]   
Stock phrase   AT PAR [not a trite expression]   
Shooting Starr   BELLE [note two R's]   
Front end?   IER [too bad it wasn't AGE]   
It's a cinch in Sappho   OBI [a Japanese belt]   
Fussy twosome?   ESSES [note ?: the are two S's in fussy]   
First name in nature photography   ANSEL [in both senses of the term]   
   
BTW:   
Some old-time pop references:  LON [Chaney]; IRENE [for the song "Goodnight Irene"]; ASTA [dog in The Thin Man movies & books]   
   
ILS is third person plural --- in French only   
   
RATING:    ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   

 


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