ANIMAL TALK  I
Credit: Chicago Tribune Crossword
Edgar Fontaine (#1-7)

Each clue below can be answered with an expression containing the name of an animal.

1. Dubious buy
2. Tuxedo
3. Low-tech TV antenna
4. Guffaw
5. Hoax
6. Dow slump
7. Greatest part
8. Out of place or awkward feeling
9. Evil disguised as good
10. Self-investigation
11. Fake crying
12.Let well enough alone
13. Exaggerated account
14. Difficult issue that's deliberately avoided
15. Bar denizen
16. Avocado
17. Kind of men's facial hair
18. Odiferous plant

Answers:

1. Pig-in-a-poke
2. Monkey suit
3. Rabbit ears
4. Horse laugh
5. Mare's next
6. Bear market
7. Lion's share
8. Bull in a china shop
9. Wolf in sheep's clothing
10. Fox watching the chicken coop
11. Crocodile tears
12. Let sleeping dogs lie
13. Fish story
14. Elephant in the room
15. Lounge lizard
16. Alligator pear
17. Walrus mustache 
18. Skunk cabbage