Tom's Tuesday Ten

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've taken up campanology," said Tom r--------.
-2. "Maybe I should do some hot wine," Tom m-----.
-3. "I might tear up all my Valentines", said Tom h----h--------.
-4. "Imagine you're in the days before railways," Tom c------.
-5. "Let us leave," said Tom c------.
-6. "Today was my first day in the pool," said Tom, s---- --- ------ t-- ----.
-7. "My bicycle wheel is melting," Tom s---- s-----.
-8. "I just heard it thunder," Tom s------.
-9. “Liftboy - penthouse suite,” said Tom u-------.
-10. "I'm the official timer," said Tom w------- --- r---.

(The coloured hyphen in number 3 means a real hyphen in the answer...)

3 - half-heartedly

Indeedy!

2. mulled

4. coached

7. spoke softly

6. still wet behind the ears

8. Stormed

Bernie

1. Ringingly.

Excellent selection, mes amis!

9. uplifted

Good one, Joan. I had "uppishly", but yours looks just as good!

10. watching the race

5. crisply?

Great finish, folks - I thought those two were the toughies!