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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on August 22, 2013, 09:11:37 AM
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THEME: last A of a phrase is substituted for by a U yielding a new phrase
GOOD ONES:
Wedding song for Ivana or Marla? THE-LADY-IS-A-TRUMP [still laughing]
Easy strikekout victim? BATTING-CHUMP
Off-the-wall play CAROM [literally]
Ant who sings ADAM [how about "that" instead of "who"?]
Field of plants? BOTANY
Smart remark? OUCH [smart=hurt]
BTW:
Meter reading USAGE ["usage" refers to prose; "meter" refers to poetry, the usage of which is called prosody]
Open D and open G, for guitars TUNINGS ["tunings" is the name of actions (gerund) while the D and G refer to strings --- not actions]
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