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RECEIPTED

E-->D

PREDICTED
I said that already

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T ---- > V

..and ease before eyes...

PERCEIVED

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confused

(Not what was PREDICTED !)

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- P

..as I was

DIRECTED

Sorry, I must have been on the wrong page, Mr Scorcese; can we do another take?

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C > E

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Isle, say!

REEDITED

I-->S

DESERTED

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..but


DETERRED

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deterred

T > F

DEFERRED


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DEFERRED

R-->N

DEFENDER

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F ---- > A

..Like Bambi, when I stood in your headlights, I was

ENDEARED

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ENDEARED - I was thinking of the more modern "FRIENDED."

But be careful; it takes only a minimal change to make it into

E-->G

ENDANGER

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endanger

A > E

ENGENDER


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D ---- > I

...and effect


ENGINEER

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ENGINEER

E-->W

RENEWING

(We could also make N-->Z ENERGIZE but I fear that would lead to a dead end. This might, anyway...)

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RENEWING

W ---- > G

.. resorting to this word makes me feel as if I'm failing to follow suit &

RENEGING

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N ---- > M

..that there was also GREENING, so maybe something other than wofa's feared dead-end may be

EMERGING

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out of the greenery came the EMERGING

G-->T

REGIMENT

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regiment

-M


INTEGER


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INTEGER

E-->A

GRANITE

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- I

..an INGRATE, when she didn't do handstands when given

...the tiny ring with the even tinier

GARNET

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+A

TANAGER


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T ---- > M

..is a favorite

MANAGER .... which might lead us to a subject-line

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manager (too easy)

+B

BARGEMAN


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G ---- > K


... on the subway is the

BRAKEMAN ... I was usually happy with the gentleman's C, and I noted that I couldn't get you to take the 'A' ... nicely done!

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B > D

MANDRAKE


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M ---- > O

...and go right to the root of it ...where someone garbed in a heavy coat with a hood might be said to be

ANORAKED PS: I feel terrible about this ...All I've come up with is a lament
(O!ARIADNE, get us out of this labyrinth, that this word has made us unable to PARADE ON ... My sincere apologies ...from one in bedlam ...

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Could the New Jersey Turnpike (and others of that ilk) be said to have six, or eight, or even ten
K-->L
ROADLANEs ?

'Cuz from there we could easily get to ADRENAL and onward.

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ADRENAL

A ---- > E

.. something that I

LEARNED

..from reading Ring LARDNER ...Well done, wofa! Thank you ...

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LEARNED

E-->I

IRELAND

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Ireland

I > A

ADRENAL


Sorry, not paying attention

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IRELAND


A > B

BLINDER


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BLINDER

add U

UNBRIDLE

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Unbridle

-U

BRINDLE


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BRINDLE

..port or starboard? ...

I thought about BRIDLE ... and then RELINED ...( which i declined)

but the haunting memory of my ANORAKED ( that was a stretch to begin with)
led me to conclude that my only option is

BLUNDER

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U > E

BLENDER


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BLENDER

B-->I

REDLINE

(In Boston the Red Line [of the MBTA subway] goes from Alewife to Mattapan or Braintree. There's also the Green Line, the Blue Line, and the Orange Line.)

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+C

RECLINED


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R ---- > S


SILENCED

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S > P

PENCILED


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- P


DECLINE

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