Tom's Tuesday Ten with Hint

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 ·

-1. "I hate right-justified text," said Tom r-------.
-2. "You have the right to remain silent," said Tom a----------.
-3. "I have a mitral valve prolapse," said Tom b--------------.
-4. "I'm keeping tabs on my drinking," said Tom b-------. ** see hint below
-5. "Adherents of my religion don't all have to believe the same thing," Tom d------.
-6. "This is how Agatha Christie was murdered," Tom d--------.
-7. "I think it's time I had a perm", said Tom l--------.
-8. "I only get Newsweek", said Tom t---------.
-9. “All my efforts were for nothing,” Tom said n--------.
-10. “Guess what's in my locket,” said Mrs Swifty i------------.

** Hint for #4:
a) Think of a slang terms for a drink (begins with "b", not "booze")
b) Think of a word that means to keep count of (begins with "t", not "total")

2. arrestingly

8. timelessly.

Hi Rog.

3. brokenheartedly

10. insistently.

6. described

What did you do, Mary?

by the way

Great answers (mostly!).

butterflybabe - feel feally bad about being a birthday party-pooper, but it's a coupla letters too short. What's another name for a locket?

10. independently (in the pendant)

Guess I'm a B-day party pooper, too, for answering this one. Didn't look at the previous posts.

1 - raggedly ?

9. naughtily

5. decreed

Great set of answers, folks!

Just two tricky little ones to go...

7. lastingly? or liltingly?

Lilt is a home perm.

Liltingly it is, Cheryl. Good call (and good memory)!

Hint in first post...

4. brutally

Well done, Gail!