These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please.

This is the first of 117 Common Phrases puzzles. This time around, we'll try posting answers differently in an effort to accommodate those who are not able to visit the board as frequently as others. Please enclose your answer(s) in spoiler tags. Either add the tags directly or go to the full reply screen. Highlight your text and then click on the megaphone icon just above the window.

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Great solves!

Well, it looks like we're going back to Plan A. No more tags. Thanks so much everyone for giving this a try.

For those who feel they're missing out because they're not online often enough, the only thing I can think to suggest is that you sign up to be notified whenever I post. For Common Phrases I do try to stick to mid-day on Fridays but it's no guarantee. You'll get stuck receiving notices for every post I make, but you can clearly delete almost all of them without looking at them.

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