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Bait and Switch
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06/07/16 02:22 PM
06/07/16 02:22 PM
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Bait and switch: Each clue below can be answered by changing one letter in the given, capitalized word, and then anagramming the letters. Some easy, some may be alterative spellings hyphenated or Britspeak, and a few that may need the Stitchionary. There may even be the odd two-word answer...
Plenty to go round, so feel free to grab a couple.
LEATHER
-1. Captivate
-2. Unit of area
-3. Give confidence to
-4. French port
-5. Refuge
-6. Up-market air transport
-7. Soaped-up
-8. Middle-East capital
-9. Made aware of
-10. Place of entertainment
-11. Without end
-12. "Wednesday Morning...."
-13. Artist's workshop or studio
-14. Surround or cover
-15. "_____ Glide", Harley
16. Slang for the auditory sense organ
-17. Foot-operated lever
-18. Meteorological conditions
-19. Changed
-20. Foolish voluble talk
-21. Small portion of liquor remaining in a glass or bottle after drinking
-22. Bonded to ground
-23. Spread thickly
-24. At or to which place
-25. Shafted weapon with an axe-like cutting blade and spike
-26. Type of mine found on Discworld
-27. Rising air current
-28. Respire
-29. High-order ecclesiastic
-30. Evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub
-31. One who breaks the rules
-32. To change the blade angle of a propeller so that the chords of the blades are approximately parallel to the line of flight
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Bait and Switch
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#1069857
06/07/16 03:05 PM
06/07/16 03:05 PM
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Lex
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2. Hectare 19. Altered 27. Thermal 
Last edited by Lex; 06/07/16 03:07 PM.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Bait and Switch
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06/07/16 03:30 PM
06/07/16 03:30 PM
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Almost 100%. folks!  (Marian, I had "lathery", but neary nuff )
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Bait and Switch
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06/07/16 05:31 PM
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3. hearten 5. shelter 
Bob
As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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Re: Bait and Switch
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06/08/16 05:01 PM
06/08/16 05:01 PM
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A great selection of answers, y'all!  Remi - me too  niteowl - so very close on both of them... 16 - note the clue is singular 22 - think electrical 
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Bait and Switch
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06/10/16 12:36 PM
06/10/16 12:36 PM
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manxman, Koala - spot-on! niteowl- -this may be a Brit thing so I'll out you out of your misery - "ear-hole" ...
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
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