Saturday, March 24, 2018

RHYMING RIDDLE ANSWERS LIX

The answers to each item in the clues will rhyme.

1. Industrious workers, Polite request words, It cools the coast, Take a nap

2. Academic's retreat, Popular sauce, The "In's" have it, Five-star general and 34th U.S. President

3. Phrase that precedes "Smell my feet", Use tact, Slaying the Nemean Lion, Choices with crepes

4. They flicker in the dark, Children's game requiring a steady hand, What many political campaigns
resort to, Like the third Little Pig's house

5. "I dare you", Satisfactory - meets requirements, Without preparation, "You can stop now"

6. "Keep this quiet", Credit - as at a bar, Shady transaction motivated by greed, California roll ingredient - perhaps

7. Polite in one's behavior, Nonsense, Delicate - easily breakable, Nimble

8. Professional employees, Illustration showing solutions to an equation, We all want the last one, Grain husks - useless stuff

9. Metaphor for being undecided, Nervous, Not logical, "Use your head!"

10. Racetrack denizen, Boxing match, Lummox, Embarrassing defeat

Answers:

1. Busy bees, "If you please", Ocean breeze, Catch some Z's 

2. Ivory tower, Sweet and sour, Political power, Eisenhower

3. Trick or treat, Be discreet, Herculean feat, Savory or sweet

4.  Candle wicks, Pick-Up Sticks, Dirty tricks, Made of bricks

5. Call my bluff, Up to snuff, Off the cuff, "That's enough"

6. "Don't blab", Running tab, Money grab, Imitation crab

7. Civil, Drivel, Fragile, Agile

8. Staff, Graph, Laugh, Chaff

9. On the fence, Feeling tense, Makes no sense, "Don't be dense"

10. Tout, Bout, Lout, Rout 

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