Full Skull [BB289]
20 December, 2010
On paper, DAMP SWAMP seems like a rhyming pair, just like GROWN CLOWN. Yet both false rhymes fall short, as only their endings, not sounds, are shared. Using the clues below, can you figure out a dozen other false pairs?
- Wide street (5,4)
- Hobart girl (6,6)
- Adult attitude (6,6)
- Kennel? (5,5)
- Czech pox (6,6)
- Keg tiff (6,7)
- Vile spirit (4,5)
- Sophia Loren? (5,5)
- Boxer badge (5,6)
- Piggy climax (7,6)
- Kudos trace (8,7)
- Harshest peak (8,7)
Care to challenge us with a few of your own?
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB288 SOLUTION: Hyena, weasel, sloth; Dryden, Rilke, Dante; Cairo, Athens, Tunis; Jewel, Usher, Sting (one-name singers); heart, kernel, core; merry, drunk, boozed; Oliver, Cats, Carousel; crane, tsetse, march (flies); pearl, paper, pottery (wedding anniversaries)
BB288-A SOLUTION: H/pen, l/tame, p/nest, Iceland/Ireland, y/howl, yap/k, clamp/clasp, harried/hurried, previous/precious
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