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Bait and Switch (with hint)
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02/13/24 09:47 AM
02/13/24 09:47 AM
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Long time no do...
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 tough, some may be alterative spellings, hyphenated or Britspeak, and there may be the occasional two word answer...
Plenty to go round, so feel free to grab two or three.
ACONITE
-1. Defunct US automobile brand...
-2. ...and French automobile brand
-3. Public sales of goods
-4. Immodesty
-5. Crystal alkaloid, used for local anaesthetic and recreational drug
-6. Observed
-7. Pedal source of keratin
-8. Diane, former wife of Sean Connery
-9. Forethought, or prudence
-10. Organic solvent
-11. Money, not including notes
-12. Pertaining to plants
-13. Relating to someone who went to one of England's most prestigious public schools
-14. Great joy, gladness
-15. Saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C8H18
-16. Capital of ancient Syria
-17. Free from doubt
-18. Not strictly precise
-19. Archaic, antique
-20. Country on the Baltic sea shoreline, formerly part of USSR
-21. Piece of furniture, usually containing shelves and drawers
-22. Ski resort in the Dolomites, also UK model of Ford from the 60s
-23. Geographical region comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
-24. Atoms that have a positive electric charge
-25. Explanation, or comment accompanying an illustration
-26. Unusual or strange objects, often in a collection
-27. Monetary unit of Chile, Cuba, Peru, and many others
-28. Group or clique within a larger group
-29. Descended from a common maternal ancestor. In more general terms, being the same or of a similar nature : generically alike. Lose the "i"...
-30. Layer of any substance spread over a surface
-31. Things being done or performed
-32. To hold within its volume or area
-33. A part cut off or separated from the main body of something
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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#1315604
02/15/24 05:16 PM
02/15/24 05:16 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
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Bucks, England
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Afraid not, Remi - Mariam got "ancient" for #19 - nice try though  In more general terms it means being the same or of a similar nature : generically alike. Lose the "a"...
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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