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W_ _ _ _ _ TO THE W_ _ _
Credit: GAMES Magazine  - Sept. 2010
Raymond D. Love 

Each clue below is a familiar four-word phrase or expression in which TO THE are the two middle words. The initial letter of each missing word is given, and the blanks indicate the number of missing letters. For example, given the title clue W_ _ _ _ to the W_ _ _ , the answer would be WORDS TO THE WISE.

Are you U_ to the C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?

1. A _ _ _ _ to the T _ _ _ _
2. B_ _ _ to the W_ _ _
3. B_ _ to the B_ _ _
4. B_ _ _ to the P_ _ _ _
5. C_ _ to the Q_ _ _ _
6. D_ _ _ to the W_ _ _
7. D_ _ _ _ _ _ to the N_ _ _ _
8. E_ _ to the G_ _ _ _ _
9. F_ _ _ _ to the F_ _ _ _ _
10. F_ _ _ to the F_ _ _

Answers:

Up to the Challenge

1. Armed to the Teeth
2. Back to the Wall 
3. Bad to the Bone
4. Beat to the Punch
5. Cut to the Quick
6. Down to the Wire
7. Dressed to the Nines
8. Ear to the Ground
9. Fight to the Finish
10. Fuel to the Fire