________ of the ________  IV

NAME OF THE GAME
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
September, 2016
Raymond Love

Listed below are 22 familiar phrases or expressions that contain the words "of the" in the middle, as in N_ _ _ of the G _ _ _. The initial letter of each missing word is given. Can you fill in the blanks to complete each phrase? In the above example, the completed phrase would be Name of the game. The number of blanks indicates the number of missing letters in the two words. When all the blanks have been filled in, the answers will be in alphabetical order. Use the hints below the clues if you are stuck.

1. A _ _ of the A _ _ _ _
2. B _ _ _ _ _ of the B _ _ _ _ _
3. C _ _ _ _ of the C _ _ _
4. E _ _ of the S _ _ _ _
5. H _ _ _ of the M _ _ _ _ _
6. L _ _ of the J _ _ _ _ _
7. L _ _ of the L _ _ _
8. L _ _ _ _ _ of the P _ _ _
9. L _ _ _ _ _ of the L _ _
10. L _ _ _ of the P _ _ _ _
11. L _ _ _ of the D _ _ _
12. M _ _ _ _ _ of the R _ _ _
13. N _ _ _ of the W _ _ _ _
14. O _ _ of the B _ _ _
15. P _ _ _ of the L _ _ _ _ _
16. R _ _ of the M _ _ _
17. S _ _ _ of the T _ _ _ _
18. S _ _ _ of the T _ _ _ _ _
19. S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the F _ _ _ _ _ _
20. T _ _ _ of the T _ _ _ _
21. T _ _ _ of the C _ _ _ _ _ _
22. W _ _ _ _ _ of the W _ _ _ _ _

HINTS:
1. Test answer option
2. Dregs
3. Best of the best
4. Quiet amid chaos, perhaps
5. You can get carried away in it
6. Eat or get eaten
7. Overview of general conditions
8. Baddest bad boy
9. Strict interpretation
10. Energetic one, perhaps
11. Get the short straw
12. Non-commital
13. Area
14. Suddenly
15. Best of the bunch
16. Average
17. Earthquakes, for some
18. Revealing error, some think
19. When the going gets tough........
20. Center of attention, for the moment
21. 2001, for example
22. Heavy burdens, metaphorically

Answers:

1. All of the above
2. Bottom of the barrel
3. Cream of the crop
4. Eye of the storm
5. Heat of the moment 
6. Law of the jungle
7. Lay of the land
8. Leader of the pack
9. Letter of the law
10. Life of the party
11. Luck of the draw
12. Middle of the road
13. Neck of the woods
14. Out of the blue
15. Pick of the litter
16. Run of the mill
17. Sign of the times
18. Slip of the tongue
19. Survivor of the fittest
20. Talk of the town
21. Turn of the century
22. Weight of the world