Friday, November 9, 2012

FOR THE BIRDS II

Each clue below can be answered with the name of a bird or an expression somehow related to birds.

1. A slang term for a coward
2. A slang term for a failure or flop
3. Player on a Baltimore baseball team
4. Savings for a rainy day
5. Hiring more people to do less work
6. Goofy or crazy
7. An easy, unsuspecting target
8. Final performance
9. Return a favor
10. Marry, without increasing expenses
11. To stare at, follow closely, or stalk someone
12. To have to admit that you were wrong, and take back what you said

HINTS:
9. The bird involved is a tern.
10. The bird involved is a toucan.

Answers:

1. Chicken
2. Turkey
3. Cardinal
4. Nest egg
5. Featherbedding
6. Cuckoo
7. Sitting duck
8. Swan song
9. One good tern deserves another.
10. Toucan live as cheaply as one.
11. Bird-dog
12. Eat crow

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