Word Play

Each clue leads to two possible words or names, one of which fills in all of the blanks and the other that fills in the red blanks.

Example: Musical instrument = - - - - - = FLUTE

-1. Consume food = - - - - -
-2. Greek letter = - - - - -
-3. Unsavory character - - - - -
-4. Animal = - - - - - -
-5. Mammal = - - - - - -
-6. Famous guy named Johnson = - - - - - -
-7. Bowl over = - - - - - - -
-8. Easily damaged = - - - - - - -
-9. Makes an effort = - - - - - - -
-10. Quiet time = - - - - - - -
-11. Trial-related term = - - - - - - -
-12. Close associate = - - - - - - - -
-13. Lazy = - - - - - - - -
-14. Strong desire = - - - - - - - -
-15. Mammal = - - - - - - - -
-16. Mammal = - - - - - - - -
-17. Egg on = - - - - - - - - -
-18. "Hot" winter beverage = - - - - - - - - -
-19. Like a guy = - - - - - - - - -
-20. Morally upright = - - - - - - - - -
-21. Disheveled = - - - - - - - - - -
-22. Joy = - - - - - - - - - -
-23. Teacher = - - - - - - - - - -
-24. Very angry = - - - - - - - - - -
-25. Before the ideal time = - - - - - - - - - - -
-26. Deviation from the truth = - - - - - - - - - - -
-27. Make impure = - - - - - - - - - - -
-28. Water from above = - - - - - - - - - - - - -

8. fragile(frail)

2.Theta /Eta

13. indolent idle

23. instructor tutor

Nice puzzle Sue.

22 - exultation - elation

Nice solves!

1. feast/eat
6. Lyndon/Don

Love it, Sue!

18. chocolate/cocoa
28. precipitation/rain

26. fabrication (fiction)

4. Rabbit / Rat

Bernie

All spot on!

27. contaminate / taint

Yes!

14. yearning / yen

Good one!

12. colleague (ague)

Try again, Manxie. Both words have to answer the clue.

I really need to pay more attention to the puzzle description

12. intimate (mate)

It's so often such a waste of time when there's a puzzle to dive into! Good answer!

19 - masculine (male)

20. honorable, noble

24. infuriated, irate

7. astound / stun

25. prematurely / early

Well solved!

5. cougar, car (lol)

10. respite, rest

17. encourage, urge

3. rogue / roue
9. strives / tries

15. antelope / ape

16. mongoose / moose

21. Bedraggled/ragged.

Very well done! Only one to go.

5. Bobcat/bat.

Isn't 11 also still to be solved? - I had been thinking about it too legally: contest/test.

Right answer, right that #11 is still left, try again on that answer.

11. lawsuit

Try again!

11. perJURY

That's it!