August is Zipping Past Us

Anagram the clue words to find the best match to one of the numbered clues below. After all of the numbered clues are solved the first letters of the anagram solutions, when read from top to bottom will reveal an August tidbit...



Starting Clue Words: ACRID BALEEN BURNOOSE CAB'S CANAP CUFFS EARTH GNAT HOSE HUMAN LIES LIJA MELESSA NAIL NAOMI PHASE RAIN RATE RELATION RUNWAY SASENO SHORE SIDEBARS SOAPSTONE SWEAR

Remaining Clue Words:

Advice: ?

= 1. Hoagies
= 2. Now I know my ___
= 3. Erodes over time
= 4. Chemical group
= 5. Second season Top Chef
= 6. Islamic republic
= 7. Otis' nightly quarters
= 8. Eastern
= 9. North Carolina town
= 10. Civil rights group
= 11. Scratch
= 12. Orange drink
= 13. Piles
= 14. Empower
= 15. Not alert
= 16. Beach dwellers
= 17. Eye lubricant
= 18. Garden tools
= 19. Small island
= 20. Time period
= 21. Contagion
= 22. English singer-songwriter
= 23. Hebrew prophet
= 24. Kitchen tools
= 25. Diamond's partner

4. amino (naomi)

14. enable (baleen)
20. season (saseno)

11. scuff/cuffs

25. heart/earth

17. tear/rate

24. teaspoons (soapstone)

3. Wears (swear)
6. Iran (rain)

Was CAB'S intended to be CABRS?
If so 16. Crabs

2. ABC'S (cab's)

Not crabs at 16 then...!

21 - measles (melessa)

7. jail / lija

23. nahum / human

Well done gang! Everyone found good solutions

Correct Lex .. not crabs at 16

8. oriental/relation

Yes it is ManXman

1. heros (shore)

16. seabirds (sidebars)

15. unwary (runway)
18. hoes (hose)
19. isle (lies)

Four good ones Michele and Redz

10. NAACP (canap)

12. Tang (gnat)
13. heaps (phase)

16. Seabirds (SIDEBARS)

(too late!)

good solves Koala RedZ and CCBomber

my way of thinking Lex --> it's never too late .. fact is you solved one

5. Ilan/nail

Yes it is ManXman

9. Icard/acrid

22. Osbourne (burnoose)

Good solves ManXman and CCBomber

Hope you get to feeling better ManXman

All that's left is our August Tidbit...

August Tidbit:
Hawaii joins the US this month

Thanks Soot. I've had this chest cold for about a week now and it won't go away. Coughing a lot and not much sleep

Right you are Michele