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Bait and Switch
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01/08/21 12:19 PM
01/08/21 12:19 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 two or three.
MONSTER
-1. Final
-2. Those who complain
-3. Rowers
-4. Arthur, author of Swallows and Amazons
-5. Suffocate
-6. Part of a woodworking joint
-7. Rats, mice etc.
-8. Breastbone
-9. U.S. state
-10. Comedy horror film about giant worms
-11. Legislator, statesman
-12. 110 of these were "close at hand"
-13. Deliverers of mail
-14. Part of a hi-fi turntable
-15. Homilies, often religious
-16. Man regarded as the master of an art
-17. "Have you seen my wife, __ _____?" ( New York Mining Disaster 1941)
-18. Hoodlum
-19. Quack medicine
-20. Georges, author of the Maigret detective novels (made bit of a rat's armpit on this one - sorreee)
-21. Reduce in length
-22. Window divider
-23. American punk rock band
-24. Shaving of the head
-25. Insulated vacuum bottle
-26. Sedition, subversion
-27. To inflict suffering
-28. Inters
-29. Large or important church or cathedral
-30. Carried out an attack or assault on
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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#1238178
01/08/21 02:34 PM
01/08/21 02:34 PM
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I think you meant #4 for Ransome, Bernie. (At least I'll assume you did!  )
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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#1238199
01/08/21 05:11 PM
01/08/21 05:11 PM
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The Garden State
LadyKestrel
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Rog, To make #20 work, you have to change two letters.
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” -Bill Watterson
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Re: Bait and Switch
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#1238200
01/08/21 05:15 PM
01/08/21 05:15 PM
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How embaressing (yet again!) - I had it down as Simonet for some reason  Many thanks LadyK !
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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#1238236
01/09/21 08:03 AM
01/09/21 08:03 AM
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Ohio
michele rose
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12. cornets (you got me singing that tune now  ) 14. tone arm
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Re: Bait and Switch
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#1238272
01/09/21 02:04 PM
01/09/21 02:04 PM
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Isle of Man
Lex
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10. Tremors 23. Ramones 24. tonsure 
Last edited by Lex; 01/09/21 02:10 PM.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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