RHYME TIME IX
Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each clue below can be answered with a three-word rhyming phrase of the form __________ A __________ or __________ THE __________. For example, given the clue CHARGE A FAIRY WITH A CRIME, the answer would be INDICT A SPRITE.

1. Flood a sanctuary
2. Rush a stoneworker
3. Respect the ruling order
4. Annoy a fish
5. Frustrate the judicial body
6. Understand the basic component of matter
7. Imitate a skeptic
8. Scorn royal power
9. Condemn an undertaking
10. Be without an Asian beast of burden
11. Speed up a public vote

Answers:  

1. DELUGE A REFUGE
2. HASTEN A MASON
3. ESTEEM THE REGIME
4. HARASS A BASS
5. THWART THE COURT
6. FATHOM THE ATOM
7. MIMIC A CYNIC
8. DISDAIN THE REIGN
9. CENSURE A VENTURE
10. LACK A YAK 
11. EXPEDITE A PLEBISCITE