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endymion6 #221505 07/05/2015 11:17 AM
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CREATURE

C --> S

TREASURE

[add "CH" and turn green ? ]

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S --> C

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RETRACTED


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R ---- > D

..each time it's retold it loses some of its oompfh

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- T

..got a million-word report to fit into effectively one paragraph, it was so heavily

REDACTED

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R > H


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- D

DÉTACHÉ

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DETACHE

- A (and the accent marks)

..were hammered into my brain at an early age

ETCHED

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E > I


ITCHED


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ITCHED

H ---- > R

..where & when it's due, even if it's to the devil

CREDIT

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+ P

DECREPIT

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DECREPIT

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..1,000 words if what you're telling me could be

DEPICTED

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P ---- > A

..who wanted their song to

DEDICATE ? I can't remember...

endymion6 #221529 07/07/2015 3:13 PM
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D > L


DELICATE


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DELICATE

+ U

..the rain is gone ('til this PM, at least)

ELUCIDATE

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DUPLICATE

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PLICATED

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I > A



PLACATED


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P ---- > T

..is to put it through the (w)ringer

LACTATED

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ACTUATED

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A ---- > P

..was coming apart; I fixed it with

DUCT TAPE

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two words back to one


C > I


APTITUDE


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APTITUDE

P ---- > L

..are always given a wide berth

LATITUDE

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ATTITUDE


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ATTITUDE

T ---- > S

..your 20?

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A ---- > R

DETRITUS ...sorry, couldn't resist

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DETRITUS

D ---> Q

QUITTERS

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T > L


QUILTERS


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L ---- > N

..as I did, especially in bright light; I've become a

SQUINTER

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SQUINTER

Q --> E

RETINUES

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RETINUES

U ---- > T

..but also his or her entourage that gets the press'

INTEREST

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TRENISE Gone this way before


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TRENISE

R ---- > C

Your call

ENTICES

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ENTICES

S ---> R

ENTERIC

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ENTERIC

E ---- > I


INCITER

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INCITER

I --> A

CERTAIN

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CERTAIN

C ---- > I

Oh, I don't know; can't think, don't want to move

INERTIA

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I would make INERTIA - I = RETINA but I think we did that one before, also...

Let's not get into an every-three-day cycle:
I --> T
TERTIAN

(like malaria. P. vivax strikes again!)

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