TALKING ANIMALS

Robert H. Wolfe

 

The answer to each clue below is a phrase that contains the name of an animal.

 

1. Live dangerously

2. Trample shore birds

3. Mental image of Smokey

4. Immediately 

5. Formal endorsement

6. Competitive drone

7. Words that precede, "Don't talk back" in a 1958 song

8. Elaborate display or presentation

9. Words that follow,  "The cat and the fiddle"

10. Evil disguised as good

Answers:

 

1. Skate on thin ice

2. Walk on stilts

3. Bear in mind

4. Right off the bat

5. Seal of approval

6. Spelling bee

7. "Yakety yak"

8. Dog and pony show

9. "The cow jumped over the moon."

10. Wolf in sheep's clothing