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Bait and Switch
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08/29/25 06:11 AM
08/29/25 06:11 AM
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Up to two answers per day for the first two days, please  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... REPLICA-1. Outer portion of the ear -2. Three-masted sailing ship -3. Interpret speech visually -4. Large fish-eating bird -5. Confection of nuts with caramelized sugar -6. Internal diameter of a cylindrical body -7. Amount of heat equal to 4.1840 joules -8. An amazing or wonderful event -9. Organic salt containing the anion (O 2N) 3C 6H 2O− -10. More obvious -11. Small, pointed process growing from the bark of a plant. -12. Muse of epic poetry -13. Slow-moving mass of ice -14. Short written piece on a specific topic 15. Covers with a layer of something-16. To be widespread or current -17. Part of a bell -18. Take back -19. Sudden change of mind -20. Any keyboard instrument -21. "Vlad the ___", 15th century ruler of Wallachian -22. To disable, render useless -23. Finger-shaped cream puffs -24. Relating to the open sea -25. Musical performance -26. Close-textured woven cotton fabric -27. Excelling others of its kind -28. Provide a substitute -29. Packages -30. Pre-digital-age editing tool
Last edited by Urban Worrier; 09/01/25 06:50 AM.
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
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1351780
08/29/25 08:03 AM
08/29/25 08:03 AM
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curly
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18. reclaim
22. cripple
Last edited by curly; 08/29/25 08:55 AM.
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Re: Bait and Switch
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1351788
08/29/25 09:49 AM
08/29/25 09:49 AM
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13. Glacier Good day UW! 
Dan
To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games & listen to whale music Stay Smart & Stay Safe
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Re: Bait and Switch
[Re: Urban Worrier]
#1351809
08/29/25 12:46 PM
08/29/25 12:46 PM
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Excellent oldbroad! No problem, Mad - try again ?
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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08/29/25 06:53 PM
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8. Miracle
23. Eclairs
(And thank you, Marian 🌟)
Last edited by Mad; 08/29/25 09:06 PM.
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Re: Bait and Switch
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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08/30/25 02:12 PM
08/30/25 02:12 PM
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Splicer's a winner oldbroad, but #8 has been taken by "miracle". If you look around, "special" might fit in somewhere else 
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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08/30/25 04:04 PM
08/30/25 04:04 PM
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I had seen part of Mad's answer but not "miracle".
How about
27. for special ? ( I put 14 and changed it.)
Last edited by oldbroad; 08/30/25 04:06 PM.
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