LIMERIDDLES III
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
September, 2015
Kirk Miller

LIMERIDDLES are a combination of limericks, riddles, and puns. One or more words in each limerick have been omitted. Use rhyming patterns and clues within the limerick to fill in the blanks. The number of blanks indicates the number of letters in the answer word or words. For example,

Lengthy fairy tales surely are wrong.
Though the story line may be quite strong,
When the creatures have roared,
Little kids will get bored
'Cause they _ _ _ _ _ _ completely too long.

The missing word would be DRAGON - as in "drag on."

1)
Many people had reason to grouse
At a concert of music by Strauss.
Pesky termites, it seems,
Ate the theater's beams
Near the end, and they
_ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ .

2)
Politicians do have a deception
That they're felons. This often's not fiction.
But I think you should know
That it's not always so,
'Cause politicos lack _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

3)
For attorney's fees he is aching.
In a fix of composer's own making,
A Beethoven tune
He copied, so soon
In the courtroom the  _ _ _ _ _  he'll be taking.

4)
A laundromat owner named Josh
Lives a life that is easy and posh.
He has very few woes.
As his company grows,
In laundry he's always _ _ _ _ _ .

5)
The new magazine's concept was bold.
Origami designs would be sold.
But subscribers were few,
So the publishers knew
After only one issue they'd _ _ _ _ .

Answers:

1. brought down the house
2. conviction
3. Fifth
4. awash
5. fold