RHYMING RIDDLE ANSWERS LXIV

The answers to each item in the clues will rhyme.

1. Apparently, It'll never happen, League leaders, Unethical plans

2. What good breaks may do, Seven-Up flavor, Relax - no hurry, All numbers are one or the other

3. Signing place, Sir Francis Drake's ship, Greet the day, Old pick-up line

4. Classical dance form, French Impressionist painter, Provide money to offset a cost, Word to acknowledge a good point made at your expense

5. Popular tasting room items, Words spoken just before an Oscar is awarded, "The talk" critters, Most seasonal of all seasonal items

6. Kind of fiction, Kind of sound, Kind of Internet connection

7. Very narrow point of view, "It's up to you", Once abundant bird - now extinct, Scientific principle of the atomic bomb

8. Very tasty, Sensible and prudent, Spiteful and malevolent, Overly assertive about petty things

Answers:

1. So it seems, In your dreams, Winning teams, Shady schemes

2. Stop on a dime, Lemon-lime, Take you time, Composite or prime

3. Dotted line, Golden Hind, Rise and shine, "What's your sign?"

4. Ballet, Manet, Defray, Touche

5. Wine and cheese, "The envelope please", Birds and bees, Christmas trees 

6. Sci-Fi, Hi-Fi, Wi-Fi

7. Tunnel vision, "Your decision", Passenger pigeon, Nuclear fission 

8. Delicious, Judicious, Malicious, Officious

Credit #6: Manny Nosowsky
                   NY Times Crossword
                   October 20, 2005