DIS-INFORMATION
Credit: Will Shortz in The Puzzlemaster Presents

Complete the blank in each of  the following sentences with a word starting with the prefix "dis-" that completes the sentence in a punny way. "Dis-" always equals "this" in the pun. As a bonus hint, a definition of the "dis-" word appears somewhere in the sentence.

Example:
Please take apart dismantle from over the fireplace.
(dismantle = "this mantle"; defined in the sentence as "take apart')

1. __________ seems to look with scorn on his native Copenhagen.
2. __________ was filled with alarm by the mess she had to clean up.
3. __________ was thrown out of the Shakespearean poets' club.
4. No one could convince Elvis to the contrary not to use __________ for his blue shoes.
5. Firing __________ at the terrorists' base will break up their evil operation.
6. We decided to take the money from __________ we found on the street and scatter it about.
7. If you play __________ on the piano the result will be arguing and fighting.
8. One who argues with me a lot said, " __________ plate is not as pretty as the bronze one.
9. The perfume tester said, "I do not agree with the majority! __________ stinks!"

Answers:

1. Disdain  (This Dane; "look with scorn on")
2. Dismayed  (This maid; "filled with alarm") 
3. Disbarred  (This barred; "thrown out")
4. Dissuade  (This suede; "convince to the contrary")
5. Dismissal  (This missile; "firing")
6. Disperse  (This purse; "scatter about")
7. Discord  (This chord; "arguing and fighting")
8. Disputer  (This pewter; "one who argues a lot")
9. Dissent  (This scent; "do not agree")