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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on October 27, 2013, 09:40:07 AM
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THEME: the sound of a word in a phrase is changed by adding a Z yielding a different meaning
GOOD ONES:
Really big hangover? A DAZE LIKE NO OTHER
Couch potato's preparations? LAZE AWAY PLAN
Caddies of old EL DORADOS [I thought golf]
Breads for Reubens RUBLE [I thought ryes]
9 to 5, eg. RATIO [I thought jobs]
Degree in math NTH
Commercial developers AD MEN [Mad Men should be coming back in a couple of months]
Old Pisa dough LIRE [the doughs are stale by now]
Slaughter in the field ENOS [he was an excellent baseball player]
Better part of a loaf? HALF [How can a half be better? Because "half a loaf is better than none."]
BTW:
I CALL EM AS I SEIZE EM is a clever theme entry but only English teachers use AS conjunctively --- everyone else uses LIKE. (The rest of the expression is "An if I don't see em, I make em up.")
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