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D > R
 DRILLER
 
 
 
 There must be something more esoteric, but tonight
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DRILLER
 
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R > B
 
 BRIDLED
 
 
 Batman: the villain left riddles for the Bats and Robin as
 clues to what he was/is (he's still in the comics) doing.
 
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WINDLESS
 
 If you are going slowly downhill, or if you simply enjoy ill health, you may have the Creeping DWINDLES.
 
 Or if you encoiunter Harry Potter's famous Expelliarmus spell you may end up WANDLESS.
 
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Where are you sailing?Caribbean?
 
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 ISLANDS
 
 
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ISLANDS
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SAILINGS
 
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L > E
 
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AGONISES
 
 "Render unto Caesar..." to be sure, but even before that, give back that which was
 
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STAGNATION ( = ANTAGONIST )
 
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Amazing how close that is to MARTINIs.  And MANHATTANs, too.
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All I am getting is deja vu. 
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 I see your Martini now, Wofa  but will go different word
 
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VARNISH
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 VANISH
 
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 No more lazy than
 
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BANISH
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 BANSHIE
 
 (BTW, 'gulag' is a greatly misused word.  It is a Russian acronym for "Government Department of Prisons")
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What is BTW?
 Me sainted grandmother spelled it this way:
 
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