More Tom Swifties.(For example "I'll have a martini," said Tom,
drily.) As ever, grovelling apologies for any re-runs
Some of these are very clever and quite tough, so being all heart, I've given you first letter and length as a starter
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As ever, an asterisk represents a "real" hyphen.
One answer each for first 24 hours, please.
-1. "I've learnt to plait my hair," Tom b-----.
-2. "Mrs Swifty's pretty good at arm-wrestling," said Tom o----------.
-3. "I'm tearing my hair out over this problem", said Tom d------------.
-4. "This is a tale about a green politician," said Tom a------------.
-5. "I scared off all those big black birds," Tom c-----.
-6. “My shirt's too tight,” Tom b---- ---.
-7. "I'll just control-V this text before I take a pill," said Tom, l------ p----.
-8. "This happened after Mussolini was removed from power," Tom d------.
-9. "Bit by bit, this new French ink is driving me insane," Tom said i------------.
-10. "They finally delivered my plants of the family Balsaminaceae," said Tom w--- i---------.