BODY ENHANCEMENT

Credit: NY Times Crossword - July 10, 2011

Ben Pall and David Kahn

In each clue below, the first part can be answered with a familiar phrase or expression, while the second part can be answered by inserting a single letter somewhere into the expression. The inserted letters, when read downward, will spell a word appropriate to the puzzle. For example, the answer to the first clue would be Counting Noses and Counting Noises (inserting an "i").

1. Taking a head-count and what a poltergeist investigator does

2. Saying what people want to hear and a waiter with a bad knee

3. Old TV antenna and a treat for your lagamorph

4. Popular fried snack and out-of -control poultry workers

5. Takes it like a man and vows to climb every peak in the range

6. Worn down by harsh criticism and Rhode Island School defeated

7. Skin cosmetic and a dusting on the side of a gem

8. Fortune tellers and church goers

Answers:

1. Counting noses and counting noises

2. Lip service and limp service

3. Rabbit ears and rabbit pears

4. Chicken fingers and chicken flingers

5. Takes on the chin and takes on the chain

6. Browbeaten and Brown beaten

7. Face powder and facet powder

8. Palm readers and psalm readers

Hidden word: IMPLANTS