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NATION

O -> E

INNATE


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ANCIENT

I -> S

from the very old to the brand-new

NASCENT

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- N

..and go to Innisfree...


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somehow nobody now refuses (acknowledgements to W S Gilbert)

ASCENT

C -> S

ASSENT

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N ---- L

.. was assured by the girl wearing the

TASSEL

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T > P

PASSEL


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PASSEL

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...and not the 'list' variety


HASSLE

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HASSLE

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sold by the seashore

HASSLE

A -> L

SHELLS

(sometimes sold not by the seashore but rather by the bushel)

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O ???

S > '


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...but maybe not 'til she feels better; when she


HEALS

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Makes very little difference. The tiniest of differences, actually. Arbitrarily small, one might say.

LASHED

H -> T

DELTAS

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...her wounds were SALTED ...now, it's her perseverance that one

EXALTS

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RELATES

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A > B


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TREBLES

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..a boom box is a kind of

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...'cause there's nothing I shall want


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BLUSTER

- B

..it shall have lost its

LUSTER ...but what's that in the bushes..thought I heard a RUSTLE

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LUSTER

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.. what was the RESULT? A lot of

UNREST

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TUNER


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My guitar sounds off-key; pardon me while I

RETUNE

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RETUNE


Wasn't it plunk your magic twanger, Froggy? Hiya, Kids..Hiya, Hiya...Billy Gilbert???
Also, there was a lady named Bethune around that time, who has 0 to do with this ...
other than her surname almost fit ... anyway ...an E for an A is second

NATURE to me now ...like looking out & looking in ...

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NATURE

E -> S

SATURN

(What do you call a denizen of the moon Titan? It's a "SATURNALIAN," of course!)

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SATURN

- A

... if it weren't for that N, I'd have called that A TURN for the WURST ... and if NATUS weren't in Latin, your alien just outside of Saturn'd be a born-ag'in SIN-TAUR ...as it is, we'll just round up the li'l-un's out-the-back ...

RUNTS

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RUNTS

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..if it's love among the (ouch!)


RUNES

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U ---- > T

..I resemble that remark! ...


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You have nothing to lose but your scales.

PRESENT

sdd S

SERPENTS

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...I was trying to think of a nice gift for that new couple, Adam&Eve...but they don't like anyone who

PRETENDS

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PRETENDS

drop the T

"Hey, big SPENDER,
Spend a little dime on me!"

For extra credit - what product had that jingle? "I'm today's new ..."

(I thought I did this hours ago, but I don't see it. Grrr. Must have previewed it but not submitted it. Again.)

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SPENDER

P ---- > L

..wouldn't hardly 'as made 'im this, wou'd i't now ...


SLENDER

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SLENDER

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ENDLESS

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L ---- > R

..as there are

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LENDERS


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