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Title: Sun., 3/17 Alan Arbesfeld
Post by: magus on March 17, 2013, 11:23:23 AM

THEME:   mispronunciations by reversing initial sounds of first and last words of random phrases
   
GOOD ONES:     
Respond to a face licking?   KISSTHEMUTT [miss the cut]   
Work for nothing?   WAIVETHEPAY [pave the way]   
Inside look, briefly?   MRI   
Hardy heroine   TESS [an oldie but goodie, and so was Tess]   
Big apple locale?   DESKTOP   
Back on board   AFT [back of a boat]   
Head of Hollywood   EDITH   

BTW:   
Forgo long stories?   SKIPTHETALES [but tales are not long stories; sagas would be better]

I spell it booties, not bootees.   

OST and ETRE are not used in this language.   

Monday morning quarterbacking:  Casino request   HITME [I'd clue it "Violent casino request?"]   

Problem with doing Xwords from the newspaper is that when the delivery is late, so am I.   

This puzzle has gone to the dogs: MUTT, ALPO, ODIE, and OTTO [sorry]   

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   

Title: Re: Sun., 3/17 Alan Arbesfeld
Post by: rbe on March 17, 2013, 01:12:40 PM

There's also a problem with doing them online, it's not there today.