Anagrams XIV - Wordsmith.org

(continued from Anagrams XIII)

Originally Posted By: A C Bowden

GENTLE

+ A

ELEGANT

ELEGANT

add another N

ENTANGLE

N > I

GELATINE

GELATINE

+ N

..but mine own

INELEGANT

INELEGANT

L ---> R

TANGERINE

TANGERINE

+ O

..that I could have once been part of the younger

GENERATION

GENERATION

drop O

ARGENTINE

E > A

ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA

- R

..that whenever I hear Nini Rosso's blue trumpet music I think of the genus of blue trumpet flowers

GENTIANA ..but I don't

GENTIANA

A --> O

ANTIGONE

N > L

LEGATION

LEGATION

Aha! You're just trying to lead us back to GELATINE again, or even simply GELATIN.

O --> R

It's an INTEGRAL part of your plan !

INTEGRAL

G ---> M

TERMINAL

TERMINAL

Anybody hungry?

drop R

ALIMENT

+S

AILMENTS

AILMENTS

S ---- > G

..and some of those can involve a

LIGAMENT

LIGAMENT

T --> D

MALIGNED

-A

MINGLED

MINGLED

M ---- > S

..(speaking of base) hit

SINGLED

S > J

JINGLED

(the stars are aligned)

JINGLED

Ante up, now, it's time for

J --> A

DEALING

D > P

PEALING

PEALING

G --> R

PRALINE

-R

ALPINE

ALPINE

A ---- > U

..maybe in the PINEAL gland, that the eyes are being led to looking up by these flowers

LUPINE

L > R

UNRIPE

UNRIPE

I ---- > Y

..So poor I can't even pay attention

PENURY

PENURY

add N and

"Get Thee to a PUNNERY"

PUNNERY ..That's FUNNERY

- U

..said English pamphleteer William

PRYNNE ..who couldn't 'EAR Hester either(both 'people of letters,' she with the Big A; he wound up with S & L --no ref. to banking!--carved into his face after having his ears lopped off)

N > U

PENURY

PENURY

Y not?

PRUNE

PRUNE

- P

..because sacrificing builds CHARACTER, as in a

RUNE ..and maybe because PENURY appeared twice two-three words ago ..??!? But, like the rules that Kobe and his soon-to-be-erstwhile clique allegedly adhere to..no harm no foul

RUNE

N --> O

EURO

EURO

E ---- > P

..ROUE' is oft depicted with a leering eye, puffing on a

PURO

+C

CROUP

CROUP

R ---- > H

..after putting it in your pipe, after taking it from your

POUCH

CROUP

P --> C

OCCUR

OCCUR

C --> T

COURT

+Y

OUTCRY

Ooh, that's a good one!
OUTCRY

add N

the beloved COUNTRY

-R

COUNTY

COUNTY

U --> O

TYCOON

TYCOON

N ---- > E

..sorta critter..feel right at home?

COYOTE

Y > L

OCELOT

OCELOT

C ---- > D

..safe at home are the Mud Hens ..Holy

TOLEDO

T > F

FOOLED

FOOLED

O ---- > I

..but not out-coyoted... Wrapped by alcoa?

FOILED

F > S

SOILED

SOILED

+ P

..and not to nappies...and not to lie in waste

DESPOIL

+A

OPALISED

OPALISED

P ---- > K

..of odalisque, a cool-lookin' mama

ODALISK

K > G

DIALOGS

DIALOGS

D --> E

GOALIES

(I know they're important, but it's a pity when championships come down to shootouts)

GOALIES

I ---- > R

..at the mercy of the Reading

GAOLERS

Golfers

rearrange

FOLGERS

FOLGERS

G ---- > W

..who used to 'send me'? well, he doesn't send me these any more

FLOWERS ..maybe he's sending them to Barbra?

-F

SLOWER

SLOWER

R --> T

OWLETS

OWLETS

S ---- > R

..that mud

TROWEL

-R

TOWEL

...if you snap that

TOWEL

drop O

WELT

WELT

T ---- > D

..think that

LEWD

W > M

MELD

MELD

add I

LIMED

miles

and miles

MILES

add I

SIMILE

SIMILE

+ S

..can be barbed, with sharpness like a

MISSILE

-I

SMILES

SMILES

L ---- > R

..what I've done as what I've failed to do

REMISS ..or, did I once again overlook something I was supposed to oversee?

-s

MISER

MISER

M ---- > N

..MIRED himself in mud but saw the light and got out can be said to have

RISEN..as could one who TIRES and then wakes up..maybe from the sound of that emergency vehicle outside?

senior

SENIOR

E ---- > O

..Orson Welles' favorite word

ORISON ..was The Platters'

sooner

I never heard that word (Orison). It was bound to show up...

SOONER

O ---- > A

..there is a

REASON

REASON

there is an

O --> W

ANSWER

ANSWER

+ D

..these adages to be true wherever one

WANDERS ..except maybe for the one question, Why? It's stumped me lo these many years

WANDERS

N ---- > R

..those who are faithful WARDERS will get their just

REWARDS ..and if they're WARDERS at a place with a good kitchen, they'll get their just desserts

W > G

REGARDS

REGARDS

D --> T

GARRETS

G > D

DARTERS

DARTERS

T ---- > N

..that RETARDS my progress on projects is having to stop to run

ERRANDS

D > G

GARNERS

GARNERS

Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.

add T

STRANGER

STRANGER

+ L

..you'd never want to meet in the night ..shoo-be-doo-be-doo..is Albert DeSalvo, 1967's Boston

STRANGLER

...or is it three?

STRANGLER

R --> I

TRIANGLES

TRIANGLES

- A

..a pound is worth in today's market?

STERLING

Dunno; still

add W

WRESTLING with the problem.

WRESTLING

- L

..could certainly 'twist' (the night) 'away,' but was never one for

WRESTING

-W

RESTING

RESTING

G ---- > K

..by that bug with its STINGER, that I called it a

STINKER

-s

TINKER

TINKER

T --> D

KINDER

K > B

BINDER

brine

...sweet and sour pickled carrots and daikon

BRINE

E --> O

ROBIN

+B

RIBBON

RIBBON

R ---- > B

..about this

BOBBIN

+ G

BOBBING

cobbing

+L

COBBLING

Blocking

B > C

CLOCKING

cute cartoon

but we can't see them

CLOCKING

C --> A

because of their CLOAKING device

Flocking

F > B

BLOCKING

Blacking

No, I am your father

-L

BACKING

BACKING

B ---- > P

..In heat? With heat? Accompanied by heat? Most Americans?

PACKING .. I shoulda gone wit' LACKING..which I wish mosta dem wuz

-k

PACING

PACING

+ R

..to find fault with

CARPING

C > W

WRAPING

I think you're WARPING the spelling a bit, there.

P --> D

Am I DRAWING the wrong conclusion?

W > P

DRAPING

DRAPING

D ---- > Y

..on my prie-dieu, it's for better spelling I'll be

PRAYING ..and not for road-kill (I hope you can hear that drum bump-a-bump in the background!)

A > E

PREYING

greying

GREYING

+ L

..the '-ing' was tempting, but I felt I'd be RELYING too much, so then Sebastian Dangerfield came to me, and like him I can exit

GINGERLY ..God's mercy on The Wild Ginger Man ..Richard Harris, RiP

Yay! I'm glad you thought of a word without ing. I tried, yet could not.

GINGERLY

G ---- > A

..thanks for that message to me

RELAYING ..Alas, it's back to the -ing's

RELAYING

G --> L

LINEARLY

LINEARLY

+ M

.. the flavour of earth's deeper elements, said the snobby oenophile

MINERALLY

MINERALLY

add T

I fear this is the end, he said
TERMINALLY

TERMINALLY

L ---- > A

..brought tears to my eyes, it was about a Venetian canal,not the

ALIMENTARY ..over which Derry's Joe McLaughlin warbled

ALIMENTARY

+ F

..Doctor, My Eyes ..he said Keratitis, of the kind they call

FILAMENTARY

Well, I'm going to take a chance here with a little "Magick, Mystery and Mayhem" and go with The General Theory of Stellar Metamorphosis.

Filmamentary(spelt this way)

p.s. thanks for a wonderful site.

FILMAMENTARY

E --> O

INFLAMMATORY

Who'd'a thunk it!

I got nuthin'.

INFLAMMATORY

F ---- > C

..who knew is right! To quote one of the heredity dictionaries, Ukraine oblasts also have variants that are

MATRONYMICAL (meaning the feminizing suffices(?) of family names can be added at the end of the unpronounceable double-barreled names of the current generation PS: If this don't fly, thedouble-switches MATRIMONIALLY & MATRIMONIAL are others

Unpronounceable double-barreled?

Yeah, you know ..how the British have Lady Smith-Jones, for example ..

well, the e.g. I found for matronymical Ukrainian names were

Ivano-Frankivsk and (the matronymical) Ivano-Frankivshchyna ...I might get the Ivano- part right, but I'm not trying to pronounce the latter half ( I couldn't even TYPE it right the first time, much less say it)

Gotcha.
We are really in a situation wordwise

MATRONYMICAL

L ---- > R

but nonetheless anagrammatical is the son of Robt. Affleck & Maiden Fadzien MacMartin of Letterfinley,Scotland in 1635ff.

ROY MACMARTIN whose fam. coat-of-arms is in Ancestry.com; you've no doubt heard of him

I can make nothing out of roymacmartin.
Luck to anyone who can.

ROY MACMARTIN

C ---- > U

..and maybe (like me, here) a straw-grasper, in seeking the

MAIN MORTUARY ..as far as dearly departed Roy's family tree goes,I wouldn't be surprised if Ben Affleck were quietly putting together a bio-pic to mark the 380th anniv. of Roy's birth

Yes, but we try to keep it to a single word.

yes, we do ..

and when a single word escapes, just tryin' to keep the boat afloat, the ball in the air ..

in the hope that finding something even remotely viable will enable someone to see yet another iteration to keep us going..

obviously, these were each a stretch, but offered humbly & in good faith ..

Does the sex change to PATRONYMICAL give us anything better to work with?

only if you P> M

MATRONYMICAL

but use either if they work.

Originally Posted By: endymion6

yes, we do ..

and when a single word escapes, just tryin' to keep the boat afloat, the ball in the air ..

in the hope that finding something even remotely viable will enable someone to see yet another iteration to keep us going..

obviously, these were each a stretch, but offered humbly & in good faith ..

Yes, I know you are, keep up the good work.

PATRONYMICAL

drop L

Everything I do is in code...BWA-HA-HA...

CRYPTOMANIA

+ C

CRYPTOMANIAC

...not helping matters any, after we jump through neologisms trying to REDUCE the letter count to something more versatile ;-)

I know = I was just teasing:

-C

CRYPTOMANIA

...except I do!

CRYPTOMANIA

drop T

PYROMANIAC

PYROMANIAC

- Y

..like

PANORAMIC

Good for you for finding that one! It always helps to take a broader view of things.

PANORAMIC

We should drop the P and

call it MACARONI

-M

OCARINA

brovo both of you

OCARINA

add L

CAROLINA

CAROLINA

A ---- > G

..not necessarily with Mitch; I hear they have quite a moon there

CAROLING

C > B

LABORING

LABORING

add E

IGNORABLE

IGNORABLE

+ B

..instead, please bring that dead horse over here; while I won't go into too much detail, I'd simply like to point out, yet again, but certainly with no intent of

BELABORING

I got nuthin'.

BELABORING

O ---- > B

..after many failed attempts, I can offer this, but/and hope it's not just another address in the same cul-de-sac

BLABBERING ..Happy New Year! (sincere..not blabbed or -ered!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I still got nuthing !

BLABBERING - B

If I ask a girl to the prom, and she says OK, and her parents say OK, then she's

BRINGABLE, right?

BRINGABLE

B ---- > T

..while I can't second the motion, I'm all for its

RETABLING ..and if we can re-present the data in rows and columns instead of the way it is now, it'd be easier to read

-A

TREBLING

...hope it will

TREBLING

L --> H

BRIGHTEN

your outlook

B > F

FRIGHTEN

but I don't want to go that route (FARTHING)

FRIGHTEN

- N

FREIGHT

Train's goin' so fast...

-E

FIGHTER

FIGHTER

F ---- > T

..on New Year's Eve, people got a lot

TIGHTER ..than now

+ I

GRITTIER

GRITTIER

T --> N

I think I'll go to bed now...

RETIRING

T > A

GRAINIER

GRAINIER

- G

..I came back East with a vial of dirt from Mt St Helens, but not from Mt

RAINIER ..but I did have a prince of a beer named after it

RAINIER

I --> T

TERRAIN

-R

RETAIN

RETAIN

+ D

..one day I'll be able to do what normal folks do; soon's I'm fully

TRAINED ..Hope you're OK; TV news makes it look awful

East of me, but thanks for caring. I'm on the Mighty Mo.

T > B

BRAINED

BRAINED

- A

..as a means of survival, some of which is

INBRED ..& some comes from the foods we eat, like WundaBred?

Reminds me of 2 friends years ago: grad student says to unlettered friend (idiot savant).."It's innate, no?" Resp: Either an 8 or a 9...

I > E

REBEND

BENDER

- N

BREED

BREED

B ---- > F

..what you can put off 'til manana

DEFER

F > G

GREED

GREED

+ N

..into the mix; are you a mouse? or a man? Are you in a trance..or in transit?

GENDER

GENDER

N --> D

DREDGE

DREDGE

D ---- > E

..in the third

DEGREE

between the two final Es

DEGREE
insert M
DEGREME
and read it backwards -

and look what EMERGED !

-G

REDEEM

REDEEM

E ---- > U

....be this, but people'd say I was just doing it for show

DEMURE

DEMURE

E --> R

MURDER, he crowed

+ A

EARDRUM

EARDRUM

U ---- > E

..you beautiful

DREAMER

D > C

CREAMER

CREAMER

drop R2

AMERCE

AMERCE

E ---- > A

..picture that meeting of the legislature

CAMERA

+B

MACABRE

MACABRE

A ---- > E

.. ewe to find me ..

EMBRACE ..-able

EMBRACE

drop E

CAMBER

drop C

AMBER

AMBER

B --> D

ARMED

+H

HARMED

HARMED

+ C

..life was ..like the snakes in Casablanca or elsewhere

CHARMEDand he whistled 'I Love a Parade' as he MARCHED off

CHARMED

M --> A

CHARADE

CHARADE

E ---- > M

..If we're playing for money, I'll bet my last

DRACHMA

DRACHMA

+ N

..there's a burg between Indiana,PA and St Mary's that has little going for it but its own zip code; they don't accept Greek loot

MARCHAND ..on Rte #119, that may give us a way outta here

MARCHAND

D --> I

CHAIRMAN

N > I

CHIMAERA

CHIMAERA

H --> N

AMERICAN

-A

CARMINE

CARMINE

- N

..wonder if that's derived from the pasta sauce served at the eponymous restaurant near 45th St in Manhattan? Or after Putin's favorite shirt (that he routinely doffs)?

CRIMEA

but 34th Street is close to 45th

CRIMEA

add L

MIRACLEs will never cease

R > D

DECLAIM

DECLAIM

= MEDICAL

MEDICAL

- D

..have only four thoughts? Or did he score four times? Or did he have this only toward nuns?

MALICE

-A

CLIME

CLIME (Very poetic, Luke...nice!)

C ---- > S

..they'd SMILE whenever they see

SLIME

M > D

your hogs would

SLIDE

SLIDE

+ G

..not much warmer here (mid-20;s) & season's 1st snow, so whether at the rink or on your sidewalk, one easily

GLIDES

I > A

GLADES

are you sure?

GLADES

G --> I

LADIES

I > L

LADLES

LADLES

L ---- > D

..another sort of spoon-ing was in the singing Western

SADDLE

SADDLE

L --> N

This storm they SANDED the roads, thank goodness.

SANDED

S ---- > C

..and after dat, all night I coulda

DANCED

C > E

DEADEN

DEADEN

D ---- > N

..there were nine

ENNEAD

struck out again

ENNEAD

Nine..lines of Ks?

E --> F

FANNED

FANNED

N ---- > E

..his ninth, in only the 4th inning, the crowd's roar was enough to

DEAFEN

N > C

DEFACE

DEFACE

E --> A

FACADE

FACADE

- A

..in the morning to be FACED with a decision: high-test or

DECAF

facet

+U

FAUCET

FAUCET

U --> F

AFFECT

effect

F > D

DEFECT

DEFECT

add I

DEFECIT

DEFICIT

+ N

..good or bad, got the bug

INFECTED

-F

ENTICED

ENTICED

E ----> I

..thanks to Luke; but they're calling for backup because of what's ensued

INCITED

INCITED

I --> O

DICTION

DICTION

- O

..charged with a typographical error

INDICT

INDICT

add E

INCITED

INCITED

T ---- > G

..at a lot of airports this week

DEICINGCould this happen if the puck bounces back over the blue line (untouched except for the boards or the goalposts)?

-I

CEDING

decking

DECKING

K ---- > R

..to a man, they all

CRINGED ..Well, it actually happened to a few people, not just a man

-G

CINDER

CINDER

C ---- > G

..to go around in circles? If you do it while making noise, you're a hum-DINGER

RINGED

R > A

GAINED

GAINED

D ---- > U

..about 21 shillings, or a little over a pound, Bob

GUINEA

GUINEA

add N

GUANINE

GUANINE

A ---- > E

..it's the real thing

GENUINE

GENUINE

I'm just an INGENUE

If you insist, i'll just drop you off

ENGINE

-N

GENIE

Engine

ENGINE

I win!

E --> D

GINNED

GINNED

N ---- > S

..did that by

DESIGN .. a lot of expensive gear is SIGNED by the person who drew up its plans..some have their names on DE SIGN above de door (like DIOR?)

DESIGN

D ---- > N

..Naval Academy graduates are officially Naval officers of the lowest rank, let's all salute the ship's flag

ENSIGN

N > R

RESIGN

signed

The Diamond Cutter

Singer

SINGER

S ---- > G

..on the wild

GINGER man ..I was about to put an EDGING onSIGNED/DESIGN when I saw it sewn up, as above

That's a lot of bull.

GINGER

and E --> A

a RAGING one, at that.

RAGING

+ L

..when you can go for it and make an error that is

GLARING

G > B

BLARING

BLARING

L ---- > E

..of yours, your stature, your posture; but I've got to ask you this: What's your 20?

BEARING

BEARING

B ---- > H

..I'm out of sight and out of mind, and now I'm hard of

HEARING

H > T

TEARING

TEARING

G ---- > I

..the Procrastinators' Society since 1964, and would've done but for my

INERTIA

-A

TINIER

Originally Posted By: endymion6

TEARING

G ---- > I

..the Procrastinators' Society since 1964, and would've done but for my

INERTIA

Dang, now I can't shouldn't use my words in mensopause. I'd cry Red Tent, but that's unlikely in mensopause.

TINIER

I ---- > E

..that's where all the commitments are, for better or worse

ENTIRE

-I

ENTER

ENTER

N---- > D

..I've been forced up a TREE, I won't

DETER

D > S

TREES

TREES

+ P

..sure knew how to

PESTER

P > F

FESTER

FESTER

F ---- > T

..up my

STREET

(if I have my geography straight)

STREET

add I

TRIESTE

TRIESTE

E ---- > T

..I used to confuse Trieste & Bonjour Tristesse;c'etait triste. I was the

TRITEST ..It's a port in NE Italy

T > L

LITTERS

LITTERS

T ---- > E

..make sure the field is

STERILE

-S

LITERS

LITERS

R ---- > N

..have factory outlets; coves and such are

INLETS

INLETS are SILENT

until he adds an S and

LISTENS

stencils

STENCILS

drop S

CLIENTS

CLIENTS

C ---- > E

..you're so strong!

TENSILE

pensile

-P

SENILE

Linens

LINENS

N --> O

INSOLE

+S

LESIONS

noises

"using gene expression noise to understand gene regulation"

NOISES

+ S

..until we meet again

SESSION

S > C

COSIGNS

COSINES

C ---- > G

..we'll assume you meant that we are

SOIGNES ..and you meant the math version of co-sign, comme ci (cosec-) ?

+S

CESSIONS

CESSIONS

E ---- > A

..snuck an extra 'S' in there, or took that little horizontal piece off the G to make a c, but let's keep rolling along

CAISSONS

- your S

CASINOS

CASINOS

+ N

..back in the halcyon days, I never thought this might be considered the Rhythm method

SCANSION

C > M

MANSIONS

MANSIONS

S --> I

INSOMNIA

INSOMNIA

M ---- > V

..what Cornwallis couldn't accomplish..a British

INVASION

A > E

ENVISION

ENVISION

- I

..she just said Deer. So I said again, what's for dinner, Dear?

VENISON

V > P

PENSION

PENSION

got any

add G

OPENINGS ?

OPENINGS

O ---- > D

..to insure this is less than your earnings

SPENDING

-S

PENDING

PENDING

D --> U

PENGUIN

PENGUIN

I ---- > T

..little lamb ..Do you smell what I smell?

PUNGENT

PUNGENT

E ---- > I

..on 4th down was either going for it or

PUNTING

T > N

PUNNING

PUNNING

U --> A

PANNING the outcome

A new fatwa (edict) in Saudia Arabia
is now

P > B

BANNING

Chess a work of the devil.

BANNING

N ---- > K

..something they'd do

BANKING

B > R

RANKING

RANKING

+ C

..to all of these ger-unds; alas, you'll see I RANG IN with yet another; in the words of Bunny Berrigan, I can't get started; my engine won't turn over..it's forever

CRANKING

- K

CRANING

CRANING

C ---- > E

NEARING

+L

LEARNING

LEARNING

N ---- > G

REGALING

...and she's the best in her class

REGALING

L --> R

GRAINGER

G > I

GRAINIER

GRAINIER

I ---- > E

..get back to where you wanna be, you'll be a

REGAINER

REGAINER

E --> S

EARRINGS

EARRINGS

E ---- > T

..maybe you're smelting or mining; on stage, a lead role means you're

STARRING

-R

STARING

STARING

add E

GANTRIES

GANTRIES

G ---- > P

..stow that food away

PANTRIES

- R

Click to reveal..

PANTIES

N ---- > S

..along the same lines

PASTIES

-P

SIESTA

SIESTA

I ---- > L

..dangler

TASSEL

TASSEL

T --> I

LASSIE

LASSIE

I ---- > E

..would bark, and they'd say 'I think she's trying to tell us something..'

EASELS ..I'm surprised she didn't draw them a picture ..eee aww key

S > G

EAGLES

EAGLES

+ T

..you & I, but..I'd rather just send you instead

LEGATES

-G

ELATES

ELATES

add T

SEATTLE

-A

SETTLE

SETTLE

T --> D

ELDEST

+E

DELETES

DELETES

T --> N

NEEDLES

(Maybe "pointedly," he teased)

...but it can make the difference between Hello! and Go away!

NEEDLES

E --> R

SLENDER

SLENDER

R ---- > S

ENDLESS

S > I

LINSEED

LINSEED

add T

ENLISTED

+G

GLISTENED

GLISTENED

G ---- > C

..of your walls

STENCILED

STENCILED

D --> O

ELECTIONS

(or, at the very least, SELECTION)

ELECTIONS

L ---- > R

..seems as if every 4 hours or so, something else is going up around here

ERECTIONS

E > A

REACTIONS

REACTIONS

A ---- > U

..art & fashion CREATIONS seem

CRETINOUS

-S

NEUROTIC

NEUROTIC

...just take out the C and it becomes

ROUTINE

E > G

ROUTING

..don't you think?

ROUTING

drop O

TURING

TURING

+ T

..and Mayella Ewell will never forget the impact of the word

RUTTING ...Oh, dear

RUTTING

That's what we get for being so

add S

TRUSTING

TRUSTING

+ T

...those in whom we place that trust don't earn it; rather, they just go about,

STRUTTING

I got nuttin' .

STRUTTING

+ E

...aaa-aaat's all, Folks!

STUTTERING

STUTTERING

Do I hear

T --> M

MUTTERINGS of discontent?

MUTTERINGS

- M

UTTERINGS

S > P

PUTTERING

PUTTERING

drop T

ERUPTING

ERUPTING

P ---- > F

..that completely around

REFUTING

F > P

REPUTING

REPUTING

G ---- > R

..to the base

PRURIENT

PRURIENT

add another T

I have to INTERRUPT

INTERRUPT

U ---- > E

..know how to read your remarks

INTERPRET

INTERPRET

...after they were published again

T --> D

REPRINTED

REPRINTED

I ---- > A

..came out when those big newspapers

PARTNERED

P > B

BARTENDER

BARTENDER

T ---- > D

..have done better after updating products or their images

REBRANDED

N > I

REBRAIDED

REBRAIDED

B ---- > N

..had to undergo additional procedures to be

REDRAINED

REDRAINED

A church's bell-ringer passed away.

The position was advertised, and a man with no arms applied for the job. The priest gently suggested that with no arms, he couldn't do the job, but the man convinced him give him at least a try-out.

They climbed the bell tower...and he ran toward the bell, and struck it with his head. The peal resounded over the countryside, and they gave him the job.

The next day he went to ring the bell, tripped, bounced off, and fell to the ground hundreds of feet below.

A man waking below saw this and was horrified. He ran to tell the priest what had happened. "Father, do you know this man?" he asked.

"No," said the priest, "but his face rings a bell."

REDRAINED

The position of bell-ringer was again vacant, and was duly advertised again.

Another man without arms came to apply. "That man who fell yesterday -- he was my twin brother. You MUST give me the same chance to do the job that you gave him!"

They led him up to the bell tower. He ran at the bell.. and he, too, tripped and fell to the ground hundreds of feet below.

The same man was again walking down below, saw it all, looked at the man, looked at the priest, and said, "Father, do you know THIS man?'

"No," said the priest again, "but he's a..."

add G

"...DEAD RINGER for his brother."

(sorry)

They don't have a smilie for SCROAN
- A combination of
GROAN AND SCREECH

It doesn't have much cleverness, but

REDRAINED

with D --> T

RETRAINED

could take us to new ways

..but not quickly enough, I guess...

I'd seen this earlier, but couldn't CHIME IN ..
wanted to re-echo DEAD RINGER with a reference, nay a paean, to Jerry Garcia, no doubt a DEAD SINGER ...who's now being ..with an eXtra S ..

RESTRAINED .. & for whom at least one bell tolls ..When my daughter & friends followed them, I'd joke that I'd be grateful when they were dead, but I was truly sorry when he was
PS: I enjoyed the jokes ..truly SCROANers but good'un's!

... but does it take us anywhere?

RESTRAINED

R --> P

PEDESTRIAN

PEDESTRIAN

N ---- > L

..and it may put us up on the roof, as some chimneys easier for Santa to see are

PILASTERED

PILASTERED

E --> O

DEPILATORS

DEPILATORS

- S

..Their quartet,called The Depilators, just became a solo act

DEPILATOR

DEPILATOR

L ---- > H

..for the quartet's demise was that local interest simply

ATROPHIED

ATROPHIED

is

APHRODITE

We could take APHRODITE and change H to Z and make

TRAPEZOID

but I don't think I want to, 'cuz it takes away too many options for nextwording.

Next, I wanted to make THERAPOD. There ought to be a dinosaur of that description. Only it turns out that's spelled "therOpod.

How about

ATROPHIED/APHRODITE

drop P

ATHEROID
Obscure, but real.

ATHEROID

H ---- > S

..than an

ASTEROID

ASTEROID

A ---- > P

..these are within your powers

DIOPTERS

DIOPTERS

O --> I

SPIRITED rejoinder!

SPIRITED

- I

..told me that I SPRINTED to the opera house to see the bass; you said he'd be in the costume that was

STRIPED

STRIPED

R --> O

Great-Recession joke:
What's the difference between a pigeon and a stock-broker?
A pigeon can still make a DEPOSIT on a BMW

DEPOSIT ...I like the BMW joke ..good one!

E ---- > R

..have many cameras need many

TRIPODS ...How many feet are in a yard? That depends on how many were invited to your party ..BTW: Our Germany-trained mechanic who fixes our VW's & now an Audi POSITED that we should never buy a used Jag or BMW (aka Break My Wallet)..FYI (aCRONYMSrUs!)

T > P

DISTORT

DISTORT

T II> E

STEROID

-S

EDITOR

EDITOR

+ S

..when knights were bold ... the heroes & events are now all

STORIED ..some, even, by EDITORS (in abridged versions,no doubt)

STORIED

S --> T

DETRIOT

DETROIT

O ---- > N

..one could try spear-fishing in the Flint River, but this might bounce off the surface

TRIDENT

D > A

NITRATE

NITRATE

R ---- > D

TAINTED

T > P

PAINTED

PAINTED

A ---- > R

..cursively, we (by rote?)

PRINTED

+S

SPRINTED

SPRINTED

I ---- > O

..or ...foregoes? All afore what's goin' afore

PORTENDS

O > E

PRETENDS

PRETENDS

- D

..pluperfect, but it's no less tense

PRESENT

-S

REPENT

REPENT

delete T

PREEN

+O

REOPEN

Trust me - you don't want

REOPEN

add Y

PEYRONE's

PEYRONE

- Y

..never saw it spelled w/o an I, I'll say by way of

OPENER

P > C

ENCORE

ENCORE

O ---- > A

..from side to side

CAREEN

-C

RANEE

RANEE

N ---- > S

..much about the Raj, other than Tim Piggott-Smith & even more Geraldine James

ERASE

+C

CREASE

CREASE

E ---- > T

..constantly, or just a special event

CATERS

T > B

BRACES

BRACES

E ---- > A

..an appROACHable subject

SCARAB

-A

CRABS

CRABS

C ---- > K

..is to me like those Nicaean yips, no, yaps, no..ruf's?arf's,no..

BARKS..that's it .. of yore Could this've been how that Po' boy polished his po'm? (speaking of yore, a lot of my progenitors were crabs; what a grouchy bunch)..Oh, btw ..Helen, we'll always have Paris ..even if Eyeless in Gaza

K > N

BARNS

BARNS

add O

BARONS

S > Y

BARONY

BARONY

- B

..it ain't

RAYON

RAYON

A --> C

CRONY

CRONY

C ---- > I

..strangely funny? he said, with a wry grin

IRONY

Y > S

IRONS

IRONS

add E

SENIOR

SENIOR

R ---- > L

..which seems redundant, now that I think of it

LESION

,...that the Old Grey Goose is dead.

LESION

E --> G

The GOSLINs are cryin'

L > B

BINGOS

BINGOS

+ S

..think they're entitled to

BOSSING..especially those with prominent foreheads

B > T

TOSSING

TOSSING

- S

..your weight in gold

INGOTS

INGOTS

O --> E

INGEST
(if you can stomach them)

N > D

DIGEST

DIGEST

I --> A

STAGED

STAGED

D ---- > R

..that really gets on my nerves; it

GRATES ..so much so that I'd jump down a storm drain if it weren't for those things they have covering it

G > P

PRATES

PRATES

P ---- > O

..and otherwise runs on at the mouth

ORATES

+ C

COASTER

COASTER

C ---- > T

..and then spin the bottle

ROTATES ..and turn,turn,turn the TOASTER

ROTATES

O --> E

RESTATE

If you would be so kind.

RESTATE

R ---- > T

..as you requested: Where there's a will there's a way

TESTATE (or was that bequested?)

TESTATE

T --> L

back to

SEATTLE

S > H

ATHLETE

ATHLETE

T ---- > R

..their necks are made of

LEATHER

LEATHER

another E

ETHEREAL

ETHEREAL

T ---- > D

..so many times that it's not only healed but also

REHEALED ..she hopes someday to be well-heeled

H > P

REPEALED

REPEALED

P ---- > V

..but do not send to know for whom; in the last line, it'll be

REVEALED

REVEALED

adage

LEVERAGED

LEVERAGED

E ---- > L

..cement, but I've always preferred our driveway to be

GRAVELLED ..or, dele the 'e' and make it GRAVELED, your pick

-G

RAVELLED

RAVELLED

L ---- > M

..but said 'It'd be truly great if you make yourself disappear,' they all

MARVELED

a bit of peninsular thinking:

MARVELED

E --> A

DELMARVA (see here, if you need it)

I knew it without looking it up.
Love geography.

DELMARVA

- V

..was on a TV weather report in Chincoteague or Assateague; some who hear & don't recognize the term might be

ALARMED

-A

DERMAL

DERMAL

+ B

..like some apses, naves, but not usually knaves

MARBLED

M >G

GARBLED

GARBLED

- R

..seven little roofs above seven little windows

GABLED

G > T

TABLED

(Take two, they're small)

TABLED

D --> T

TABLETs

TABLET

T ---- > L

..on the program? I vote for Mariinsky

BALLET

A > I

BILLET

BILLET

I ---- > U

.. and his Hi Yo Silver

BULLET

B > G

GULLET

GULLET

- G

..or nylon netting

TULLE

+M

MULLET

MULLET

U ---- > A

..I had a hammer

MALLET

MALLET

add I

ALLTIME

E > O

MAILLOT

MAILLOT

add S

MISALLOT

MISALLOT

L ---- > U

..and I know you're upset;but, don't worry ..it'll be all right

SOLATIUM

A > R

TURMOILS

TURMOILS

O ---- > A

..just because I could see the handwriting on the wall

MURALIST ..

MURALIST

Change U to I and declare a

MISTRIAL

MISTRIAL

- I

..for rain&wind&fire..they call the wind Maria; o'er in the French wine country Languedoc, le vent s'appelle

MISTRAL

MISTRAL

add an A

Oh, don't be such an ALARMIST

ALARMIST

A ---- > O

..I'm more of a

MORALIST

-M

TAILORS

TAILORS

drop L

you've attained
SATORI

-S

RATIO

RATIO

+ N

..now are MRE's ..I knew (and tolerated) them as the C- or K-

RATION ..but would've preferred a RASHER of bacon

...I shall go at once to Roderick and make him and ORATION,"
said Robin Oakapple Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd in Ruddigore

___________________

That was Candian bacon you meant, wasn't it?

RATION

add O

ONTARIO

Originally Posted By: endymion

..now are MRE's ..I knew (and tolerated) them as the C- or K-

RATION ..but would've preferred a RASHER of bacon

Did you ever try the LRRP rations, BTW? Quite tasty, actually, but a bit on the salty side.

ONTARIO

I ---- > C

..his perORATION, saying how much he wanted to break out of his cel

CARTOON

CARTOON

A --> E

CORONET

CORONET

T ---- > R

..to have in your corner is the county

CORONER ..the next-to-last man to let you down..maybe CROONER M. Buble' will sing for the occasion?

PS: I'm not familiar with the LRRP'S ..no doubt they're better than C-/K- or even MRE'S ..even if wood pulp (cf. this week, a Pittsburgh cheese co.'s 'parmesan'.."it's from a tree, ergo organic" ? ) or cardboard

R > D

CROONED

CROONED

C --> L

NOODLER

NOODLER

N ---- > D

..a well-known DOODLER, saw that rasher of Canadian bacon, he

DROOLED

D > C

COLORED

COLORED

C --> S

DOLORES ?

+s

ODORLESS

ODORLESS

D ---- > T

..esp. considering they've named their security sytem

ROOTLESS

ROOTLESS

T ---- > M

..got to the fully-booked inn, they were ROOMLESS; when Desdaemona showed up 'stag' at Iago's coming-out party, out on the moors, she was mo'-or-less

MOORLESS

MOORLESS

leaving just a few [drop O]

MORSELS

-M

LOSERS

LOSERS

L ---- > M

..not the worst, either ..tasty

SMORES

SMORES

E --> A

MORASS
(What's that you say? You need a busier sex life?)

-S

ROAMS

ROAMS

R ---- > A

..ocean

SAMOA

SAMOA

O ---- > S

..let you do these one-a-day at a time, but 'poverty' means you can't

AMASS

Masta

M > P

PASTA

PASTA

S ---- > R

..hard to keep the strands

APART

A > E

TAPER

TAPER

add S

REPAST

Food for thought, that.

Welcome back, May!

P > C

RECAST

RECAST

T --> D

I'm SCARED

SCARED

C ---- > P

..a good ribbing?

SPARED ..past perfect passive, when PARSED..or imperfect when used with ain't

P > T

STARED

STARED

add O

ROASTED

+B

BROASTED

BROASTED (

)

drop A

DEBTORS

got no idea myself, but we have a chain of fast food
advertising 'broasted chicken'.

+U

DOUBTERS

Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adj. Fried under pressure.
Etymologies
Blend of broiled and roasted. (Wiktionary)
Examples
The term "broasted" is a registered trademark of The Broaster Company of Beloit, WI.

DOUBTERS

T --> D

BOUNDERS

BOUNDERS

D ---- > R

..them's what induce people to lie or cheat or otherwise act badly

SUBORNER ..'spech'ly in the 'aymarket

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

TAPER

add S

REPAST

Food for thought, that.

Welcome back, May!

thank you

SUBORNER

B --> D

ROUNDERS

rounders

S ---- > G

..I ever hit in Little League

GROUNDER

+S

GROUNDERS

GROUNDERS

R ---- > D

..are inclined to bet on the

UNDERDOGS

GROUNDERS

R --> A

it's DANGEROUS !
________________

Not-quite-simulposting...
Fortunately it still works:
UNDERDOGS
D --> A
is still DANGEROUS.

Versatile, that A.

DANGEROUS

U ---- > I

..gesture, that was

GRANDIOSE

GRANDIOSE

- O

..checked the various gauges, I got contradictory

READINGS

READINGS

S --> T

GRADIENT

(and BTW for GRANDIOSE you could have made up something out of whole cloth: ORGANDIES

GRADIENT

D ---- > L

..on my mind, such as whether synecdoche is use of a part for the whole

INTEGRAL

L > V

AVERTING

AVERTING

+ L

..for St Michael's School for Boys,near Falls,PA, Villanova asked him to come

TRAVELING ..he now does so for Nike

-R

VALETING

VALETING

L ---- > A

NAVIGATE

-A

VINTAGE

VINTAGE

+ E

..or not?

NEGATIVE

It is now.

NEGATIVE

V --> N

ENACTING

N > R

REACTING

REACTING

G ---- > O

...CREATING (again?) the act of

CREATION that, btw, I just realized, was my REACTION

-R

ACONITE

ACONITE

A ---- > S

..are over there in the floral

SECTION

S > D

NOTICED

NOTICED

E ---- > I

DICTION

DICTION

- O

INDICT

+E

INCITED

Incited

I > E

Enticed

-I

DECENT

DECENT

E ---- > O

..all about it (even tho' I'm a kinda extra myself)

DOCENT

-C

TONED

TONED

+ E

..that would tell a lot about inmate(s), this reveals D-tails

DENOTE ..or D-Tales? or a lot about songs?

DENOTE

E --> N

TENDON

TENDON

O ---- > I

I don't, but I mean to get some

INTEND ...Tab IN (as in INDENT) before starting that next paragraph, please

INTEND

add E

DENTINE

(and I don't mean the chewing gum)

DENTINE

+ V

..and I don't mean inhaled

INVENTED

INVENTED

drop an N

EVIDENT

-T

VEINED

three times I tried to get one in, you're on the ball the AM

;-) (not enough room to put it in the title line above)
________________________________

VEINED

N --> L

VEILED

V > X

EXILED

EXILED

I --> U

DELUXE

-X

ELUDE

ELUDE

+ D

..distracting signals when they

DELUDE

L > N

DENUDE

DENUDE

N ---- > C

..DEUCED things, he thought, before he was able to

DEDUCE what had actually happened

D > R

REDUCE

REDUCE

D ---- > S

..for my remaining on this case, the judge proclaimed

RECUSE

+L

RECLUSE

RECLUSE

E ---- > T

CLUSTER

-C

LUSTER

LUSTER

L ---- > M

..shall pass

MUSTER

Buster

...Buster Brown...

Wow ! Do I remember wearing his shoes !
Showing my age.

+L

BLUSTER

Now where's my Old Kit Bag...

BLUSTER

add O

...to pack up my TROUBLES in?

Remember John Gambling on morning radio? WOR, New York?
(NOW who's old?!)

TROUBLES

O ---- > M

..glasses, and toast Marty Glickman

TUMBLERS Btw, Buster B was played at one time by Arthur Trimble

TUMBLERS

M --> I

BURLIEST

BURLIEST

S ---- > H

..when a friend & I alternated as MC and Thurifer at Bishop Hannan's Sun. Masses, on the odd Sunday I'd wield the

THURIBLE

-U

BLITHER

Yes, halcyon. Gone forever

BLITHER

drop R

BLITHE

BLITHE

+ M

..as are those skilled in use of the

THIMBLE (had to change this quickly to react to the celerity of the BLITHE spirit!) I wonder if Linda Ronstadt could use a thimble; her singing approached 'unpremeditated art'

Simulposting. Works either way.

THIMBLE

add G

BELIGHT

as in
"Here we go Looby-loo;
Here we go loo..."

BELIGHT

L ---- > D

..what's with the get-up?

BEDIGHT

IGHT

D ---- > N

..this, but feel I've spent last few years in the past participle of

BENIGHT Is the person who let the dogs out the same one who turned out the lights & ended the party?

BENIGHT

B --> T

TIGHTEN

TIGHTEN

E ---- > O

..Maybe; I just met a guy named Maria

TONIGHT

TONIGHT?

add a W and get

THINGTWO
(like this)

things getting desperate?

THINGTWO

T ---- > R

..I visited Brighton, in Sussex, not far from

WORTHING

WORTHING

R --> L

NIGHTOWL

NIGHTOWL

- T

..and up half the night

HOWLING

HOWLING

H ---- > B

..he strikes out for the lanes

BOWLING

BOWLING (gives new meaning to the term "pin money")

B --> G

GLOWING

GLOWING

+ R

..at the CYC as a kid, but the hits from flying pins set me to

GROWLING ..that was tough work and 'pin $' is right!!!

-G

J. K. ROWLING

Harry Potter

ROWLING

+ E

..seems to mandate doing this to our expectations

LOWERING .. as has happened to many standards

L > C

COWERING

COWERING

C ---- > T

..or looking over ..

TOWERING

T > L

LOWERING

LOWERING

W ---- > A

..had taken place quite recently in these parts

REGIONAL

R > L

LEGIONAL

LEGIONAL

- I

..and/or Ulysses on the wine-dark sea in a

GALLEON .. or maybe some latter-day Spaniards ???

GALLEON

L --> T

We'll our Vitamin C from eating

TANGELO

TANGELO

O ---- > S

..the name for a gazillion hair salons, they're also brain lesions

TANGLES

T > B

BANGLES

Some TANGLES have Plaques, tau. I mean "too".

And if they jiggle, we might call them

S --> I

GELATIN

I'll go with it, better than bangles.

-A

TINGLE

There's just no TELLING, sometimes

TELLING

E ---- > O

..for whom that chime peals

TOLLING ..nor take ye even a vote at your exit

T > L

LOLLING

LOLLING

L ---- > R

..over river =

ROLLING

+T

TROLLING

Strolling

...through Central Park one day (kids)

STROLLING

T ---- > C

..strolling thru Midtown, fascinated by Radio City's news ticker

SCROLLING

Carolling

CAROLLING

- G

..nephew of my Uncle Sam, walking (at6AMdaily!) from FtMyerS over to a State Dept Bldg in RosslynVA for language training, past the

CARILLON and the Iwo Jima Memorial ..ah, the good old days

Carrillo

Preface with...learning new words...
That Carmilla is some beach.

I > E

CAROLLER

CAROLLER

R ---> D

Go directly to Jail.

COLLARED

COLLARED

- E

..green was my valley?

COLLARD

COLLARD

drop C

about a DOLLAR, I would estimate...

DOLLAR

- A

..I thought that was really funny

DROLL

D > T

TROLL

TROLL

O ---- > I

..even players with cellos 'tween their knees do it

TRILL

T > K

KRILL

KRILL

add E

KILLER Kowalski Rides Again !

K > T

TILLER

TILLER

add A

LITERAL

LITERAL

L ---- > R

..as much as I liked the

TRAILER

You have nothing to lose but your tails

TRAILER

I --> T

RATTLER

RATTLER

R ---- > P

..the only things that babble

PRATTLE

-P

RATTLE

RATTLE

add S

STARTLE

STARTLE

T ---- > S

..took the film offer, even tho' she thought the director

ARTLESS

ARTLESS

E --> A

TARSALS

TARSALS

S ---- > I

..when she got her legs all hog-tied up in them

LARIATS

-I

ALTARS

ALTARS

R ---- > B

..as in bedrock

BASALT

-A

BLAST

BLAST

T ---- > E'

BLASE'

B > G

GLASE

GLASE

add E

EAGLES

EAGLES

+ R

..you'll shine at a party where the big-wig hostess goes all-out &

REGALES

REGALES

R --> L

ALLEGES

ALLEGES

E ---- > Y

..but it's also in those prints, but since it may not be the whole truth, they have extra-wide margins for folks to scribble on

GALLEYS

-G

ALLEYS

ALLEYS

L --> I

EASILY

-Y

AISLE

AISLE

A ---- > T

..nor is he one of those little holes in lace or to put laces through

ISLET ..So, maybe a boy is?

S > D

TILED

TILED

+ A

..it's this to be put on KP or Police Call

DETAIL

T > B

BAILED

BAILED

I ---- > C

..ET, phone home, he/she/it

CABLED

C > G

GABLED

GABLED

D ---- > E

.. breed, nonetheless a reliable pooch

BEAGLE

BEAGLE

E --> R

GARBLE

GARBLE

A ---- > U

..when he played Reveille, the boogie-woogie

BUGLER

BUGLER

U --> O

REBLOG

G > B

LOBBER

LOBBER

+ S

..We don't let nobody 'drool on me'

SLOBBER

SLOBBER

B --> T

BOLSTER

Holster

HOLSTER

- L

..to use this term with something other than death, as I fear it's ominous

THROES

THROES

add N

SHORTEN

-s

HORNET

HORNET

- E

..John Wayne played, not Sean THRONE, not Sean

THORN ..but Sean Thornton ..a THORN in the side to Wil Danaher

T > S

SHORN

SHORN

N ---- > E

..your HORNS if you're geese; whinny if you are a

HORSE

HORSE (and its permutations)

change O to B and get all those

HERBS

E > U

SHRUB

Shrug

BRUSH

H --> E

REBUS

REBUS

+ P

..great line

SUPERB

-B

SUPER

SUPER

+ E

..a closer look at this

PERUSE

(sang Stanley Holloway)

PERUSE

E --> C

SPRUCE

SPRUCE

S ---- > K

..or may not be Gene Simmons' favorite expression

PUCKER

Picker

PICKER

Another right/left switch!

R --> L

PICKLE

P > T

TICKLE

Nickel

NICKEL

C ---- > V

KELVIN

-L

KEVIN

KEVIN

add O

INVOKE

V > D

OINKED

OINKED

O --> F

KNIFED

KNIFED

K ---- > E

..and mean what you say, Mac ( de knife?)

DEFINE .. Am Besten, Bertolt!

D > R

REFINE

Feline

(Field emission/spectral line)

Click to reveal..

PEN ILE

add G

PEELING

PEELING

E ---- > A

LEAPING ..or bell-ringing? as in PEALING

L > H

HEAPING Pile of mashed potatoes

HEAPING

A ---- > L

I'm always ready for more of those, as in a 2d

HELPING

...if you stroke a billiard ball with the cuestick a little off-center, it imparts a spin and the ball will curve as it rolls

HELPING

P --> S

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

+ S

..if you stand out on the roof too long, you might come down with

SHINGLES..and have to go see the Doc with his sign by the door

-H

SINGLES

SINGLES

L ---- > R

..whee-ooh, whee-ooh, whoop wee-ooh; so sang the Sensations

INGRESS

S > B

BINGERS

BINGERS

B ---- > T

..have been RESTING; maybe that's why I couldn't see his

STINGER

T > R

RINGERS

RINGERS

S --> H

A HERRING, of course !

Click to reveal..

HERRING

R ---- > A

..ever since they told me I'll be charged at a

HEARING

...you may get something else you didn't ask for

HEARING

drop the G

HERNIA

HERNIA

R ---- > L

..you may have trouble next time you try to

INHALE

-H

ALIEN

ALIEN

E ---- > G

ALIGN

+B

BALING

BALING

A --> O

GOBLIN

GOBLIN

I ---- > O

.. 'The Wrong Box;' but I think there was also one about one that was

OBLONG

OBLONG

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things doesn't

O --> E

BELONG...

Nobel

"I'm searching life for observations, nuances, details. Because
my interest in life is not the event as such, not war as such, not Chernobyl as such, not suicide as such. What I am interested in is what happens to the human being, what happens to it in of our time. How does man behave and react. How much of the biological man is in him, how much of the man of his time, how much man of the man." Svetlana Alexievich

+D

BLONDE

BLONDE

B ---- > A

..nor was it to me rented; it was to me

LOANED ..It's the one about the Blonde who gave up trying to make Kool-Aid because 8 cups of water just wouldn't fit in those tiny packets

A > C

CLONED

CLONED

D ---- > Y

..Orange pekoe? Darjeeling, Darling?

CEYLON

No thyme like the present!

CEYLON

add O for Rosemary

CLOONEY

-C

LOONEY

...Flying Spaghetti Monster!

LOONEY

Y --> D

NOODLE

N > P

POODLE

POODLE

O ---- > Y

..move 'em out

DEPLOY

-Y

POLED

POLED

add E

ELOPED

ELOPED

+ P

PEOPLED

P > R

DEPLORE

DEPLORE

O ---- > I

..or...Added another layer to ??!?

REPLIED

D > T

REPTILE

REPTILE

E --> H

PHILTRE

PHILTRE

L ---- > E

..but you're so attractive, it's thrown me off

PRITHEE

PRITHEE

E --> S

HIPSTER

-H

PRIEST

Stripes

STRIPES

add A

PASTRIES !

-R

Click to reveal..

PASTIES

S ---- > N

..the wizard ..where all has been revealed; or we've eaten from the Tree of Knowledge

SAPIENT

Arvo P�rt, that is. (Pronounced "pear.")

He's from

SAPIENT

P --> O

ESTONIA

+B

OBEISANT

OBEISANT

O --> H

ABSINTHE

Happy keister...are you being cheeky, alluding to the Blizzard of Oz, perhaps? Les arts incoh�rents?

I do apologize for not having a new word. Thanks for the word magic.

ABSINTHE

..the Parisian version of the Decadent Poets liked to keep it in THE BASIN, as in always available? Pernod 'pour' now? Meanwhile, back in the States at the time, the new parents kept the neonate in the

H ---- > S

BASSINET

BASSINET

as he slid down the

S --> R

BANISTER

BANISTER

S ---- > G

..I thought, good, I'm finally getting my grades

BERATING ..Afterwards, in a way, I guess I did

B > L

RELATING

RELATING ( = INTEGRAL, btw)

T --> O

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

E ---- > I

..why, back at the beginning

ORIGINAL

-A

ROILING

ROILING

R ---- > T

..and lots of trouble, gumming up the works

TOILING

=T

OILING

OILING

G ---- > V

..anything but second fiddle

VIOLIN

VOILIN

N --> A

OLIVIA

+B

BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA

B ---- > R

..or, a little of both? Prego

RAVIOLI

I > B

BOLIVAR

BOLIVAR

V ---- > T

song 'Round 'n' Round' comes to mind

ORBITAL .. and Bolivar is a good cigar, btw

ORBITAL

add E

LABORITE

LABORITE

I ---- > P

..Boy, you're gonna carry that weight a long time

PORTABLE

PORTABLE

T --> B

PROBABLE

PROBABLE

P ---- > S

..dead horse with a stick, he would, 'cause any chance he gets, he

BELABORS

BELABORS

O ---- > C

..we played a word game with pieces of actual slate; we called it hard

SCRABBLE

L > R

CRABBERS

CRABBERS

B ---- > E

..always insists on wrapping her arms around us again & again

REBRACES .. no doubt as a way to show added support for all (but leaving us in suspense?)

B > T

RETRACES

RETRACES

S ---- > D

TERRACED

D > E

RECREATE

RECREATE

C ---- > P

..when I give you the signal, you bounce it along. OK, Lan?

REPEATER

T > L

REPEALER

REPEALER

E ---- > S

..slope to fall back into bad behavior; they could do so even if the climb were all uphill

RELAPSER

-R

LEAPERS

LEAPERS

E --> U

PERSUAL

PERUSAL

P ---- > F

REFUSAL

-S

EARFUL

EARFUL

E --> G

FRUGAL

FRUGAL

F ---- > V

..me, too. Throwing money around is so

VULGAR

VULGAR

Not even little ones

U --> E

GRAVEL

GRAVEL

+ Y

..the brand new mower, he knew the implications & nodded

GRAVELY

GRAVELY

...and he was V-->L LARGELY justified in doing so

LARGELY

- L

..where he was always REGALLY welcomed, even when wearing his

ARGYLE socks &/or sweater

Y > G

GARGLE

GARGLE

L ---- > D

..but, now I'll deal with this RAGGED scar from a very sharp

DAGGER

DAGGER

A --> U

GRUDGE

GRUDGE

G ---- > F

..layoffs at our plant made me the sole shoe-finisher.My job became even more RUGGED

FUDGER

FUDGER

add E

REFUGE

REFUGE

G ---- > S

..to get the area landfill to decline to accept out-of-state trash; ie, to

REFUSE ..that wretched REFUSE

R > D

DEFUSE

DEFUSE

F ---- > C

..a siren I hear?

SEDUCE

+R

REDUCES

REDUCES

C ---- > M

..or some other SEDUCER; but then it's over, staff polish up their C.V.'s (viz. below), and reality

RESUMES

S > F

PERFUMES

PERFUMES

F ---- > S

..he's right whenever he

PRESUMES

-s

SUPREME

SUPREME

E --> I

UMPIRES

U > E

EMPIRES

EMPIRES

E --> S

IMPRESS

IMPRESS

I ---- > E

..and not to be outdone; three can play that game

EMPRESS

EMPRESS

M --> R

REPRESS

REPRESS

R ---- > D

..iron to run a dry-cleaning business for any length of time, lest it have a tendency to

DEPRESS

P > D

DRESSED

DRESSED

D ---- > R

..furniture I've always managed to bury under immense clutter

DRESSER

DRESSER

add T

DESSERT

...and I hope you get just that!

-s

DESERT

DESERT

drop R

STEED

+A

SEDATE

SEDATE

D --> R

EASTER

EASTER

E ---- > T

..when I set a record of sorts as a chocolate-egg

TASTER

T > B

BASTER

BASTER

add a T

BATTERS

BATTERS

S ---- > Y

..& catchers are more effective in their AA & AAA versions

BATTERY

BATTERY

A --> Y gives

YTTERBY

a small island in Sweden where four Rare Earth elements were first found and identified, and for which they are named

Way to go with the cartography ! ! !

YTTERBY

Y ---- > U

Alas, I cannot..would that I could UTTER BY verse REBUTTY; I'd utter GET RUBY, GET REBY...Ah, ah, ah GET READY in a voice

BUTTERY

Tom Lehrer � The Elements

(See him sing it here )

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,

Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium,
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.

There's YTTRIUM, YTTERBIUM, actinium, rubidium,
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
There's strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.

There's holmium and helium and hafnium and ERBIUM,
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and TERBIUM,
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.

And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium,
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.

There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium,
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium.

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
And there may be many others but they haven't been discovered.

(with a footnote by Aristotle)

UTTERLY amazing...

T > C

CUTLERY

CUTLERY

U --> A

TREACLY

TREACLY

R ---- > U

.. of how pretty she is

ACUTELY ..Kudos on the G & S - style periodic table!

Y > M

CALUMET

CALUMET

C ---- > B

..change my mind too much, I tell them I won't be quiet about it

MUTABLE

-A

TUMBLE

TUMBLE

T ---- > B

..a bee in your bonnet?

BUMBLE

bubble

gum

BUBBLE

B --> R

and BURBLEd as it came

BURBLE

virtually unchanged

..when lasers were intro'd, these rays started a raze-craze & a new way toward

RUBBLE

RUBBLE

R ---- > A

..with those bright shiny beads. Pass the bubbly

BAUBLE

B > G

BELUGA

BELUGA

G ---- > N

..Miss Otis regrets, Madam, today she's

UNABLE

UNABLE

U --> E

BALEEN

R

ENABLER

ENABLER

R ---- > T

TENABLE

TENABLE

N --> D

BLEATED

BLEATED

B ---- > F

When ewe did, that knocked us over

DEFLATE

-A

FELTED

FELTED

+ C

DEFLECT

D > R

REFLECT

REFLECT

C ---- > I

..see how they grow

FERTILE

-I

LEFTER

LEFTER

R ---- > I

..would be proud of you. 'Tho he may have spelled it the other 'why'

LEFTIE

T > S

SELFIE

SELFIE

E ---- > T

Me, too ..truth be told, I'd be hard-pressed to get one that'd be recognizable, as my tech-ed has been

STIFLEd

STIFLE

I ---- > E

FLEETS

+I

LIEFEST

LIEFEST

F ---- > N

..the strength for it

TENSILE

-T

senile

SENILE

+ E

..in the legal process, willing or un-

LIENEES ..Was that a (no doubt, deliberate) senior moment of un-capping? I've had a few 'beaut's' lately .. Good on'ya!

LIENEES

E ---- > C

.. a capella version of the Sounds of

SILENCE by a group called The Cloisters

+A

SALIENCE

SALIENCE

- A

..is more prosaic than poetic

LICENSE

Incense

INCENSE

C ---- > T

..sense for it do? This witchcraft is too wicked, too

INTENSE

INTENSE

+ T

..dormez-vous? Ou, etes-vous

SENTIENT ..as in conscious

-T

INTENSE

INTENSE

E --> G

NESTING

NESTING

N ---- > R

..you're a fine girl; but, with creme de menthe, you become a

STINGER

+A

GRANITES

GRANITES

E --> F

STRAFING

STRAFING

S ---- > G

..slip me some skin

GRAFTING

F > E

GRATEING

GRATEING (you sure that's how its spelled?)

G --> S

ANGRIEST

ANGRIEST

A ---- > E

..Let's put on a show! Then we can form a committee

STEERING

STEERING

I --> O

ESTROGEN

ESTROGEN

E ---- > R

..and maybe make you

STRONGER

O > A

STRANGER

STRANGER

G --> I

RESTRAIN

-T

sorry, I was going on an old post.

Try that again? Looks like not one but a whole bunch of changes.

as above your post

RESTRAIN

+ T

..kind of exercise I permit myself

RESTRAINT

RESTRAINT

Put 'em back the way they were...

R --> E

REINSTATE

REINSTATE

R ---- > T

..no will there's no way

INTESTATE

+R

INTERSTATE

INTERSTATE

T ---- > M

..or is there a place inland where it

TERMINATES

TERMINATES

I --> U

MENSTRUATE

MENSTRUATE

- T

MENSURATE

MENSURATE

A --> L

ULSTERMEN wanted

ULSTERMEN

E ---- > A

..and I feel a bit guilty about this; but, everything goes in cycles ..and this is all I can come up with

MENSTRUAL ..come back in a month; we'll be hiring

-M

NEUTRALS

NEUTRALS

no more U

STERNAL

S > E

ETERNAL

ETERNAL

E --> N

LANTERN

LANTERN

+ I

..and maybe it'll eventually be like an X-Ray

INTERNAL

INTERNAL

N --> G

ALTERING

ALTERING

G ---- > V

..for a drink, entr'acte

INTERVAL

- I

VENTRAL

VENTRAL

V ---- > I

..central to the army's existence, if not success

LATRINE

-I

LEARNT

LEARNT

T --> I

LINEAR

nearly

NEARLY

L ---- > S

..and for simpler things my heart

YEARNS

learns

LEARNS

N ---- > V

..threads; especially effective when the GOP or a bolero involved

RAVELS

-S

RAVEL

RAVEL

A ---- > E

..this soap'll improve your balance & keep ya clean

LEVER

RAVEL

E --> O

VALOR

PS - A "varlet" should be a "little varl" - what's a varl?

can't find varl anywhere

-V

ORAL

ORAL

+ B

..I couldn't find 'varl'/varlet either; I'll guess either the male form of harlot or someone employed to park chariots at medieval inns

LABOR ..or maybe someone who liked to TRAVEL but had trouble reading a map?

L > T

TABOR

TABOR

T ---- > R

..Johnny TREE-mayne for planting trees, or his work in the Boston

'ARBOR? ...Or, was he J TEAmayne?

ARBOR

O --> I

Well, it's Passover, let's introduce the

RABBI

+T

RABBIT

RABBIT

T ---- > E

..who loves to invite mates over in NSW for cookouts

BARBIE

A > F

FIBBER

FiBBER

drop B

BRIEF

B > G

GRIEF

BRIEF

F ---- > B

..I will, with all the FIBER of my being, offer you my Congressman this

BRIBE

BRIBE

never got you very far with

B --> A

BERIA

BERIA

+ I

..but a hombre can do muy bueno out on the peninsula

IBERIA

+S

SIBERIA

SIBERIA

I ---- > R

..that's too good to pan

BRAISER

BRAISER

I'll see your bump and I'll

B --> E

RERAISE

RERAISE

- I

..can be a very effective

ERASER

ERASER

A --> T

TERSER

TERSER

S ---- > V

..Oh,yeah; go ask Hillary. She knows a lot about that subject

SERVER

+E

REVERSE

REVERSE

- S

..it's important that we as a nation hold our heroes in high esteem

REVERE

E > T

REVERT

REVERT

R ---- > I

..a kind of cinema, but I don't think they really meant it

VERITE'

T > Y

VERITY

VERITY

Y ---- > T

..with a hot potato

TRIVET

TRIVET

T --> U

VIRTUE

VIRTUE

U ---- > S

..keepin' on

STRIVE

STRIVE

V --> A

SATIRE

A > B

BESTIR

BESTIR

T --> C

SCRIBE

+A

ASCRIBE

ASCRIBE

add C

ASCERBIC

ASCERBIC

B ---- > P

..of Lord Peter Wimsey?

CAPRICES

CAPRICES

drop C

SCRAPIE

SCRAPIE

C ---- > T

..or, for that matter, the Caribbean?

PIRATES

+S

TRAIPSES

TRAIPSES

just add another A

ASPIRATES

ASPIRATES

I ---- > E

..or items in women's clothing ads

SEPARATES

SEPARATES

E ---- > I

..be with you; I'll be off dealing with some

PARASITES

-A

RASPIEST

RASPIEST

R ---- > T

..on the shelf, PASTIES are the

PASTIEST..and in some cases the most appealing

PASTIEST

P --> U

SITUATES

SITUATES

- I

..over there, behind those fancy

STATUES

STATUES

...for (drop U)

TASTES

T > C

CASTES

Castles

-C

TASSAL

Vassal

VASSAL

S ---- > I

..only with thine eyes

SALIVA

-S

AVAIL

Anvil

hmeep hmeep

I > A

NAVAL

navel

A > O

NOVEL

or sour something, anyway..

NOVEL

V --> M

LEMON

Originally Posted By: endymion6

RASPIEST

R ---- > T

..on the shelf, PASTIES are the

PASTIEST..and in some cases the most appealing

Les boutons tendres, Minni Di Virgini; Cubism! What fun! Thanks

melons

MELONS

L ---- > G

..that picture looks a lot like what I had in mind; how did you

GNOMES ? Thanks!

+A

MANGOES

MANGOES

O --> I

ENIGMAS

-s

GAMINE

GAMINE

M --> T

EATING

A > L

TINGLE

TINGLE

T ---- > M

..when those tingles inter

MINGLE

M > S

SINGLE

SINGLE

L ---- > N

..us former naval off'cers should come here to register

ENSIGN (Where were the former cmdrs of USS Scranton this weekend?)

G > A

INSANE

INSANE

S ---- > C

..eye teeth to see that again

CANINE

-C

INANE

INANE

add D

ENNIAD

ENNIAD

N ---- > L

..I didn't do it

DENIAL ..and I thought there was no I in a team of nine

+G

ALIGNED

ALIGNED

+ M

..want to see anyone

MALIGNED

Originally Posted By: endymion6

ENNIAD

...and I thought there was no I in a team of nine

MALIGNED

L --> I

[I must have IMAGINED that E-into-I. (ENNE- excuse will do. My bad!)]

Originally Posted By: endymion6

MELONS

L ---- > G

..that picture looks a lot like what I had in mind; how did you

GNOMES ? Thanks!

Gnope...I gnu when I put two and two and two together.

IMAGINED

- D

I was never 1 to take the easy way out..but 'two-get-her'...

IMAGINE that!..

IMAGINED

I ---- > R

..ignore that; I should have gone with

MARGINED

+S

DREAMINGS

DREAMINGS

D ---- > I

MIGRAINES

MIGRAINES

I --> T

EMIGRANTS

EMIGRANTS

M ---- > T

..say that again

RESTATING

RESTATING

S --> E

INTEGRATE

INTEGRATE

E ---- > G

You have a point there

TARGETING

T > H

GATHERING

GATHERING

G ---- > L

..on two new planets announced yesterday possible in future for any

EARTHLING

H > F

FALTERING

FALTERING

drop T

FINGALER

FINAGLER?

FINAGLER

A ---- > I

..the first time, there'd be little need for

REFILING ..Fingaler may be a variant on an Irish name FINGAL, or maybe not

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

FINAGLER?

Right. A person who finagles.

REFILING

E --> T

TRIFLING

Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

FINAGLER?

Right. A person who finagles.

OK
I was confused over FINGALER.

regaling

REGALING

G ---- > O

..especially if he stays close to home

REGIONAL

REGIONAL

add B

IGNORABLE

IGNORABLE

+ B

..about a dead horse, but I think I'll let it pass

BELABORING

BELABORING

- O

..when the DA (that blabbering idiot)was told by the judge that the charges against me were indeed

BRINGABLE

-B

RINGABLE

RINGABLE

B ---- > M

..or can a hypochondriac also be prone to

MALINGER? And, can they do it standing up?

-A

GREMLIN

GREMLIN

L ---- > G

..the way they got traffic in that busy Russian square so easily

MERGING

-M

GINGER

GINGER

I --> A

GRANGE

GRANGE

G ---- > O

..call it Carrot-top

ORANGE

ORANGE

add R

GROANER

GROANER

R ---- > S

..obviously wasn't familiar with the (East- or West)

ORANGES

-A

GONERS

GONERS

+ A

..as in Wild-___ ...These mules ain't 'zackly donkeys

ONAGERS

ONAGERS

O --> T

STRANGE

STRANGE

T ---- > L

..or those who'd cheat them

ANGLERS

-R

ANGELS

ANGELS

S --> C

GLANCE

ANGELS

+ B

..the Jesuit who wrote that taught me in 1964 (Richard Grady,SJ)..but --as was the case with most of my other teachers --not much ..certainly not enough

BANGLES ..and bright, shiny beads

Tangles

S > T

ELEGANT

ELEGANT

G --> R

ETERNAL

Lantern

LANTERN

N ---- > S

..and a deer caught in its blinding light? It was men I was looking for, not poachers

ANTLERS

-S

RENTAL

RENTAL

add S

STERNAL

R > I

ENTAILS

ENTAILS

add M

ALIMENTS

(Don't complain, it coulda been "I'm sick." That works, too...)

ALIMENTS

- M

..non est disputandum

SALIENT .. Yeah, I know, and all that that ENTAILS ..but, as at a buffet, where one might be buffeted by 'grabbers at life's banquet,' I couldn't resist la piece de resistance

Silent

SILENT

+ L

..let them eat cake, but .. KALE is an alternative

LENTILS ..no?

Utensil

UTENSIL

U ---- > E

I simply haven't the strength for it

TENSILE

-U

INLETS

INLETS

L --> R

SINTER

+W

WINTERS

WINTERS

N ---- > A

..tables? They also serve who only stand ..around???

WAITERS

WAITERS

I --> E (except after C)

SWEATER

S > H

WEATHER

Theatre

THEATRE

T ---- > H

..place the wool's from. Was it whence the banshee was wailin', or was it from the one on the hill ..where the mist of May is in the gloamin' & all the clouds are holdin' still

HEATHER

H > L

LEATHER

Pleather

(PETA friendly)

PLEATHER

P ---- > E

..light, airy, delicate..like dancing in air

ETHEREAL

ETHEREAL

add U

ELEUTHERA

(this makes no sense atoll)

ELEUTHERA

A ---- > O

..pound my head against a wall (as in trying to find a way out of this island!) than be without my Siberian ginseng

ELEUTHERO ..maybe a double-swap can get us out of this? I have a feeling this alleged word won't be any better

once again too many letters

EULETHERO

H --> R

Anybody wanna play in the

TREEHOUSE?

(but I don't yet know where we'll go afterwards...)

I was thinking of HETEROUS but it turns out to be Finnish.

Or HETEROSE, but that turns out to be Brazilian, or something.

But what about SHOETREE? That's real enough!

SHOETREE

+ M

..where others may have been thinking about finish

THREESOME

-E

THEOREMS

THEOREMS

drop E

SMOTHER

(Wasn't Mothers' Day last weekend?)

SMOTHER

M ---- > B

..drinks neither hot nor cold really

BOTHERS ..if only there were a device that'd do that

H > A

BOATERS

BOATERS

+ S

BOASTERS

B > R

ROASTERS

ROASTERS

A ---- > K

..ones to use for which different folks makes for very effective

STROKERS (that song wasn't one of the COASTERS', was it?)

strikers

I played left halfback

STRIKERS

R --> E

left half backsides

KEISTERS

KEISTERS

K ---- > D

..but I did

RESISTED

R > D

DESISTED

DESISTED

S --> N

DESTINED

DESTINED

T ---- > G

..who are you wearing?

DESIGNED Isn't that whom? You mean Cronyn? There was a dandy. No, they were his in-laws

D > R

RESIGNED

RESIGNED

drop S

REIGNED

REIGNED

R ---- > D

I chose to overlook that

DEIGNED .. as befitting (Sartor Resartus?) a ruler; it SEAMED the thing to do

D > F

FEIGNED

FEIGNED

G ---- > D

..in de middle of de block I was

DEFINED ..Reminds me: remember Eddie Feigner (softball pitcher with four-man team beating countless full teams on tour)? Nothing put on about him

D > R

REFINED

REFINED

E ---- > S

..are keepers

FINDERS

FINDERS

F --> I

INSIDER

except the SEC might object

-I

DINERS/RINSED

DINERS

I ---- > E

..thick as thieves

DENSER

S > F

FENDER

FENDER

E --> I

FRIEND

F > B

BINDER

BINDER

I ---- > E

..a pub crawl...maybe including Beckham's Pub?

BENDER

B > L

LENDER

LENDER

D ---- > T

..I couldn't back off because I had a 2d mortgage (giving new meaning to the term

RELENT

RELENT

add A

ETERNAL

ETERNAL

T ---- > D

..until we convinced that Appelate Judge of the 2d Circuit (who happened to be on Hand) that the person named Michael was not only a woman but she was also

LEARNED

N > C

CLEARED

CLEARED

D --> T

TREACLE

TREACLE

T ---- > V

..here comes Eddie Haskell again

CLEAVER

-A

CLEVER

CLEVER

C ---- > A

..see clearly now

REVEAL

V > P

REPEAL

REPEAL

E--> O

PAROLE

PAROLE

+ D

..me reviennent comme un echo lointain..then I'm outta here like a

LEOPARD and headin' for other spots

D > E

PAROLEE

PAROLEE

L ---- > T

..asked the surgeon

OPERATE

-O

REPEAT

REPEAT

+ D

..the one about what happened to my bell-bottoms

TAPERED

Papered

Gift wrapped

PAPERED

+ A

..is how they said those front- & profile views of me on the PO walls

APPEARED

APPEARED

R ---- > S

..well done .. as in the clever 'geste,' the nicely put 'bon mot' that conveys a message without overt indication

APPEASED ..there've been good'un's recently; this is closer to medium rare

S > L

APPEALED

APPEALED

+ R

..if you can give us a description; how was the sew-&-sew

APPARELED

a>l

rappelled

Too bad PAPERDOLL isn't one word...

RAPPELLED

- P

..sliding down the side of the building, he became a swift

PEDALLER

PEDALLER

- L

to the PLEADER who wanted to know about his guns, Patton's handles were

PEARLED ..his Mom's house was known for its door 'knocker,' made, nac(h)r'-ly, of mother-of-pearl

-D

DEALER

DEALER

D ---- > S

..for whom the bell tolls, PEALER (which I couldn't find in a dictionary, alas) ...you'd be pushing the envelope

SEALER

-A

LEERS

LEERS

add S

LESSER (he said frankly)

LESSER

L ---- > T

..let's take it from the top ...Adelaide's Lament, not Dowson's this time

RESETS ...put your Heart&Soul into it..in F (as in Frank, not Foltinowicz)

+A

EASTERS

EASTERS

E ---- > B

..and those who butter them up

BASTERS

...let's make this a joint effort:

BASTERS

S --> B

RABBETS (sic)

RABBETS

B ---- > Y

..whatever wood you put afore'im ..to make bedesks,betables or

BETRAYS..or you get your money back ..doubly if you're sic & need meals on wheels trayed in

B > C

SECTARY

Ecstasy

ECSTASY

C --> R

STAYERS

Slayers

-L

SAYERS

SAYERS

S ---- > P

..at the Preakness weren't whistlin' dixie (even tho' it came from the horse's mouth), nor were they exaggeratin' when they said there was a GALE force involved..it'll be payback time at the Belmont

REPAYS

+P

PREPAYS

PREPAYS

E --> C

SCRAPPY

SCRAPPY

C --> U

PAPYRUS

...too bad you can't turn it into A.P. Syrup....not many sugar shacks compare to those from home. Kids from the local school collected sap from the trees around the village and processed in the school's sugar shack. Had sourdough pancakes this morning; syrup on the brain.

...they still have an A&P out your way? I haven't seen one here for longer than I care to remember !

How 'bout RU-PALSY .. as in a condition acquired from excessive cross-dressing?

There's PLAYS UP but I don't think it'd be legal ...and maybe SUPPERY, but I can't find a dictionary that BUYS that one either

??????????? so I'll steal Luke's line ..I got nuthin'

PAPYRUS

Y --> E

PAUPERS

PAUPERS

drop A

UPPERS

-P

SUPER

Endy, you may use it all you want.

SUPER

drop P

Are you SURE ?

SURE

+ O

EUROS

EUROS

add T

OUSTER

OUSTER

O ---- > L

..maybe that's why I never took a shine to it

LUSTER

LUSTER

+ B

..but beware of the guy whose favorite HowdyDoody character was Mr.

BLUSTER ..he may wind up running for office

B > C

CLUSTER

CLUSTER

S --> T

CLUTTER

-L

CUTTER

CUTTER

- T

..the double-crossing of a pair of heels; let's call the whole thing off

TRUCE..tonight we'll call it a day

T > B

BRUCE

BRUCE

C ---- > L

..Was he nae heralded by Robbie Burns? Somebody's made a bundle o'er the years

RUBLE

+M

RUMBLE

RUMBLE

R ---- > H

..in the rumble in the jungle was nothing if not

HUMBLE .. just ask him

H > M

MUMBLE

MUMBLE

U --> E

EMBLEM

EMBLEM

L ---- > R

..I'd never join a country club that would allow me to be a

MEMBER

EMBLEM

drop M

BELEM

Bleed

BLEED

B --> I

ELIDE

ELIDE

I ---- > V

..or jump right in

DELVE

E > I

DEVIL

DEVIL

E ---- > I

..when you started throwing plates

LIVID

L > V

VIVID

VIVID

V ---- > E

..and it may have been academic

IVIED

-I

VIED

VIED

V ---- > M

..the proverbial

DIME

Lime

LIME

L ---- > M

..Marcel Marceau ..

MIME ..but with Chansons AVEC Paroles

The choice is yours; in the memetime I will reflect upon Charles Sanders Piece (flasbacks).

Meme or time

MEME

E ---- > O

..I didn't know TIME was out; I didn't get the

MEMO

TIME

add R

It'll have to stand or fall on its own MERIT

MERIT

R --> C

METIC

METIC

T --> R

CRIME

crime

+ A

..to miss a MEMO; maybe that's the way things are done in

CRIMEA ..do I get a MERIT badge for overlooking it? Or maybe a promotion to Overseer?

Originally Posted By: endymion6

CRIMEA ..do I get a MERIT badge for overlooking it? Or maybe a promotion to Overseer?

+ A

Not in

AMERICA

AMERICA

M ---- > V

..seems relevant these days

AVARICE

Varieta

A > Y

VARIETY

VARIETY

- A

..maybe, but Beauty is the real deal

VERITY ...that's all I know

V > P

PYRITE

PYRITE

E --> A

PARITY

PARITY

+ O

..of getting into shape

TOPIARY

TOPIARY

Y --> C

APRICOT

APRICOT

P ---- > T

..cheese there's a whey

RICOTTA

RICOTTA

T --> H

HARICOT

+S

CHARIOTS

CHARIOTS

- A

..from bare, ruined choirs

CHORIST ..I might've sampled some haricots verts with Ben Hur; alas, I'm in the twilight of such day

Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8

+S

CHARIOTS

So weird. Via cognates I had the thought that your last name could be Wainwright. And I thought of cousins. Chariots, close enough for me.

CHORIST

T ---- > D

..bare, ruined flowers

ORCHIDS ..and we're no longer in the twilight of such day

ORCHIDS

H --> D

DISCORD

DISCORD

- C

..on the tales from JJA's years; not all were

SORDID

Druids

DRUIDS

add E

RUDDIES

RUDDIES

- I

..blushin' goin' on.

UDDERS

May ?'d JJA above; as in the 'orchids' entry, it refers to James J Angleton, late of CIA, paranoid about moles; reclusive grower of orchids..I don't think he was big on Shakespeare, but I had sonnet 73 on the brain from an earlier word (chorist, maybe)

+R

RUDDERS

RUDDERS

F --> H

SHUDDER

-D

RUSHED

Good word endy,but I beat you with rushed

Yours good also; I don't know why this happens from time to time, but I am shown an entry that looks to be the latest, try to react to it, and find minutes later that I'm a day late & $1 short, so to speak ..sorry ...it may be this machine I use; who knows?

Certainly can't be the geezer using it, now, can it? I'll try again ...take care!

RUSHED

U ---- > A

SHARED

Originally Posted By: endymion6

Yours good also; I don't know why this happens from time to time, but I am shown an entry that looks to be the latest, try to react to it, and find minutes later that I'm a day late & $1 short, so to speak ..sorry ...it may be this machine I use; who knows?

Certainly can't be the geezer using it, now, can it? I'll try again ...take care!

Happens all the time. I respond to a post only to see someone
beat me to it. Or I respond to a post on an email only to see
it was a post about ten posts too late.

D > M

MASHER

MASHER

M ---- > P

..the way to go home

SHERPA

Now that one took me by surprise; way to go! Good.

+S

SERAPHS

SERAPHS

R --> L

HAPLESS

HAPLESS

S ---- > Y

..through the hourglass

SHAPELY

(...to excite your languid spleen)

SHAPELY

H --> R

PARSLEY

PARSLEY

- L

..this one, it seems,

REPAYS

Originally Posted By: endymion6

RUDDIES

- I

..blushin' goin' on.

UDDERS

May ?'d JJA above; as in the 'orchids' entry, it refers to James J Angleton, late of CIA, paranoid about moles; reclusive grower of orchids..I don't think he was big on Shakespeare, but I had sonnet 73 on the brain from an earlier word (chorist, maybe)

Well, I'm certainly no seer. I'd have never figured that one. Dirty work, CIA. That'd make me paranoid. Closest I got was JJ Abrams. Thanks.

Prayers

...how about a bird or two?

PRAYERS

A --> O

OSPREYS

(Maybe even followed by a couple of molluscs?)

OSPREYS

O ---- > A

..and others with neuter focus

SPAYERS

PS: Sorry if my 'JJA' was confusing; I did that only because I'd spelled out his name just above that

You did now didn't ya. Missed that one. Apologies.

But, coincidences of councidences, wasn't there a Wainwright at the BBQ tonight! Not sure what the universe is saying....something to do with meme, semiotics, reconstruction and cognates.

Carry on. No interpretation possible.

Slayers

-S

LAYERS

LAYERS

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