WILD WORLD
Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 2013

It's a zoo out there! Each sentence or paragraph may be completed by inserting the name of a creature - great or small - mammal, bird, or insect. Wordplay is fair play.

1. "I'm sorry," the waiter said to me, "but this is a kosher restaurant. We have chicken and beef, but if its _____ for, you'll have to go to on over to Sal's Sausage Shop.

2. The Olympic swimmer's friends assured him that winning a silver medal would be a great achievement, but he'd already decided to _____ the gold.

3. When the annoying woman kept pestering the manager, he finally lost his temper and growled, "I'm busy _____ . _____ someone else for a while."

4. With wide-eyed innocence, the man protested, "You're calling me a con artist? Why, I would never _____ living soul."

5. According to the nursery rhyme, if Jill has already fallen down the hill, _____ be sure to come tumbling after.

6. Instead of buying just one place setting, we decided to buy the whole _____ and caboodle.

7. After dinner, the Abbot stood up and announced which _____ had chosen to serve as his successor.

8. He couldn't stop rantin' and _____ about the political situation.

9. Hopefully the mayor will succeed in lowering the city wage tax, but he's been in office for quite a while. If he keeps procrastinating, his _____ be over before he gets around to it.

10. "Where do get off chargin' me ten bucks for a soda and hot dog? You think you can get away with _____ me blind like that?"

11. I consider swimming in the _____ blow to my dignity.

Answers:

1. porcupine 
2. gopher  
3. lady Bug
4. cheetah
5. jackal
6. kitten
7. monkey
8. raven
9. termite
10. robin
11. buffalo