MIRROR IMAGES I

(Original Title: HEAR HERE)

Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept. 2003

Eva Silversmith

Answer the first clue in each pair with two words which, when read aloud in reverse order, will answer the second clue. Answers will include homophones and homographs.

Example:

Kiss a young lady ........................................ BUSS a MISS

Arrive at the depot too late ...................... MISS a BUS

1)

Pen a novel

Schedule a wedding

2)

Give Yogi a weapon

Roll up a shirtsleeve

3)

Lower a musical note a half-step

Observe a deflated tire

4)

Climb over a barrier

Dispose of a stolen bathroom item

5)

Add the finishing touch to Cherries Jubilee

Abandon your sweetheart

6)

Teach tricks to a performing insect

Run from an Amtrak coach

7)

Score a test using the class average

A gradual turn on an uphill road

Answers:

1. Write a book/Book a rite

2. Arm a bear/Bare an arm

3. Flat a "C"/See a flat

4. Scale a fence/Fence a scale

5. Flame a dessert/Desert a flame

6. Train a flea/Flee a train

7. Grade on a curve/Curve on a grade