First, answer clues one through twelve and collect each solution's first letter...this is the tedious work...finding the correct solution from a number of possible choices that is. Now begin the Hard Work by rearranging the twelve solution letters with letters from the 12-Letter-Pile to reveal the Final Solution about sports, journalism and a college professor.



= 1. Bad luck
= 2. Leather shoe
= 3. Candidly
= 4. A multitude
= 5. French pastry
= 6. Designate (to mark, indicate, signify directly)
= 7. A golden color
= 8. Squabble noisily (or..to herd horses or cattle)
= 9. Funnel cloud
= 10. A recollection
= 11. Vacation spot
= 12. Rascally


1. Mishap
2. Loafer
3. Openly
4. Throng
5. Eclair
6. Denote
7. Yellow
8. Wrangle
9. Tornado
10. Memory
11. Resort
12. Impish

Starting 12-Letter-Pile: Humor is a base
Remaining Letters to use: UORIABAS

Author, Book: M. _ _ _ _ _, T _ _ _ _ _ _ s w _ _ h M _ _ _ _ e

10. memory

2. moccasin

9. tornado

11. resort

4. crowd

5. eclair

Morning soot.

1. mishap

Good morning everyone

OK .. we've got solutions for numbers 1, 5, 9, 10 and 11

Michele...I'm looking for a different leather shoe name

Curly...I'm looking for a different multitude name

3. Openly or Overtly (both beginning with 'O') ?

Bernie

2. loafer

Woo Hoo Hoo for Openly & Loafer
Good On You

4. How about flock?

6. elect

Not what we need Curly and Gail ... so have added clues

12. roguish

Not roguish Michele ... a little more mischievous and prankish

12. impish

4. throng
7. yellow

Three down and two to go

Well done CCBomber and Michele

6. denote

8. wrangle

Good solves Michele

First and last letters added to Author and Book Title final solution

M. Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Well done Bob .. this one wasn't easy!