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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on June 22, 2014, 10:00:28 AM
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THEME: phrase changes meaning by a single vowel substitution for a long E sound
GOOD ONES:
Clancy explaining the spelling of his name? THERE IS NO I IN TOM
Character in "Satanic Star Trek"? SPOCK OF THE DEVIL
Gorgeous farm gal feeding the pigs? SLOPPING BEAUTY
Bear's cry SELL [I thought ROAR or HOWL, not stocks]
Keep the beat? PATROL [I thought drummer not cop]
Apple consumer EVE [I thought computers]
Bygone theatres RKOS [I had ODEA]
BTW:
Distinguished types SCHOLARS [I knew too many of them to describe them so]
It's nothing to Hollande RIEN [but it's wrong to me --- and who is Hollande that I should care?]
Mari de la mere PERE [mere without l'accent aigu means simple, so we could read the clue as "husband of simple" --- sorry, the French today has gone to my tete (Spanish speakers forgive me)]
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