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Tom Takes a Break #1067980
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(Tom is taking a short break whilst I trawl the highways and byways of the Web to replenish his stock. All contributions welcome. I promise not to reveal the source of the really awful ones... lol)

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 grin·

As ever, an asterisk represents a "real" hyphen.

One answer each for first 24 hours, please.

-1. "My gender-reassignment surgery is reversible," Tom r---------.
-2. "I used to be a member of the fourth estate," Tom e--------.
-3. "Drinking beer from bottles is an expensive way of doing it," Tom said c------.
-4. "I dropped my mould over the balcony," said Tom, d-------.
-5. "My bank balance never seems to increase," said Tom, n---------.
-6. "I've finally learnt to stand up straight," said Tom l---------.
-7. "Imagine a large artificial breeze," Tom f---------.
-8. "There have been several famous men named Ulysses," Tom g------.
-9. “The Ents’ medicine restored our health after our battle with the Orcs,” said Tom t-----------.
-10. "There's a danger that that Raymond Burr lawyer series will be axed," said Tom p---------.


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067982
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067987
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067990
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Two excellent answers, but neither of them mine think

manxman - you've got the gist of it OK, but the answer's a past participle, not an adverb

niteowl - I can't fault it, except for the fact it's not mine. Think of other ways of expressive the concept of "negative"... whistle


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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067992
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067993
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You got it, Sondi! lol


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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067995
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1067996
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068003
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3: CANnily ? or possibly cheaply?


I'm a man of few words, BUT I use 'em often!!
Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068004
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Marian, Bernie - two good ones! wave

Denis - will take "cannily" smile


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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068021
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That's the one, michele! wave


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Bob, Joan - winners both! grin


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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068088
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1. remembered lol

Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068109
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lol


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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068136
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Re: Tom Takes a Break [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068147
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Loved 1 lol

Last edited by Lex; 05/25/16 02:24 PM.

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Re: Tom Takes a Break - avec Hints [Re: Urban Worrier] #1068165
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Yes, number 1 appealed to my childish sense of humour! lol

CC - great solve! grin

OK, hints for the other two:

4. If something was dropped over a balcony, in which direction would it go?

5a - should really have had an apostrophe in it. Mea culpa - now corrected
5b - Tom was mystified, baffled, bewildered, confused, uncertain as to why his balance has not increased.


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4. So it's downcast. I was going with "die wrecked ly" lol


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lol


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"It's a wrap", I believe the expression is! wave


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