WHAT DID YOU SAY? XIII
LISTEN CLOZE-LY
Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 14, 1996
Cathy Allis Millhauser
Each clue below can be answered with wordplay based on a familiar phrase. Can you name the familiar phrase and figure out the wordplay answer?
1. Francis Bacon's question to Shakespeare
2. Selfish years of youth
3. Train, as some sheep
4. Apple orchard worm's average diet
5. Niagara barrel-rider's reaction
6. Farmers' specialty group
7. Black-and-blue Scot of yore
8. Like some dog's coats
9. Toward the back at some British restrooms
(BIG) HINTS:
The familiar phrases are:
1. "Your place or mine?"
2. The Ice Age
3. Make good use of
4. Par for the course
5. False alarm
6. The Peace Corps
7. Robert the Bruce
8. Fleece-lined
9. At loose ends
Answers:
1. "Your plays or mine?"
2. The I's Age
3. Make good ewes of
4. Par for the cores
5. Falls alarm
6. The peas' corps
7. Robert the Bruise
8. Fleas-lined
9. At loos' ends
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