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Bait and Switch with hints
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02/08/25 08:57 AM
02/08/25 08:57 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... CERTAIN-1. Very old 2. Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade (approx 1100 BC) - best to use Google -3. Storage unit -4. Area of dead tissue caused by obstruction of local blood supply -5. Watch manufacturer -6. Frenzied, agitated -7. Any inorganic salt containing the univalent group -NO 3 -8. A portion or instalment, especially of a loan or share issue. -9. European car manufacturer -10. Part of a set of bagpipes -11. Poisonous member of the buttercup family -12. Part of a mosque -12. Approximate -14. Rope used for fastening a boat -15. Crimson or purplish-red colour. -16. Greek wine flavoured with resin -17. Hypnotic states -18. Mythical creature, half man, half horse -19. Toxic metalloid element, atomic number 33 -20. Disavows, withdraws (a statement, belief etc) -21. Tank for the storage of water 22. Part-exchange - hyphenated (5-2)-23. Written composition on a subject, usually in magazines, newspapers etc -24. Light, semiautomatic rifle -25. Of, or relating to, suet or fat -26. In, at, or near the middle -27. Musical performance, usually by a soloist -28. Keeps possession of -29. Hanging piece of drapery -30. Ungrateful person -31. Unstable, unpredictable -32. Clothing, attire -33. Igneous rock 34. Informal conference, especially on a topical subject, usually held at a university- hyphenated (5-2)-35. Landscape -36. To have reference or relation
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: curly]
#1339501
02/10/25 01:21 PM
02/10/25 01:21 PM
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16. Retsina ??
[Not seen that - or even heard of it - for years !!]
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: Bait and Switch
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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02/10/25 03:02 PM
02/10/25 03:02 PM
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Great set of answers!  oldbroad - nice try, but Marian gets the cigar Takes me back, Mad. Was it not supposed to taste vaguely like grape-flavoured Dettol?
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 with hints
[Re: Urban Worrier]
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02/10/25 08:37 PM
02/10/25 08:37 PM
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Takes me back, Mad. Was it not supposed to taste vaguely like grape-flavoured Dettol? So easy to become addicted, then …. Hahaha !!!! 🍷🍷🍷
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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