RHYMING RIDDLE ANSWERS LXXVII

The answers to each item in the clues will rhyme.

1. Commonplace, Children's game or someone who is in command, Where the heirs would like to be, Caught in the act of stealing

2. Beatles song and a board game, Long-lived publication about what to watch on the small screen, Steadily growing force or movement, Romantic-Fantasy-Adventure movie with Inigo Montoya

3. Not directly involved in a messy situation, Miss Muffit's meal, Ante, For or against in voting

4. Recurrent pattern of growth and decline - coming and going, Busy and active, Paid athlete between an amateur and the big leagues, It contains raw eggs but it's yummy

5. Lead sled dog - probably, Free from jail - at a price, Goods offered at a low prices in the face of financial ruin, Wide area and variety of land forms

6. Sentry's question, Baseball great DiMaggio, What edelweiss does in the "Sound of Music" song, Where the condemned are living

7. Location of the best of a bunch, Phrase on a winning poker hand or taunt when one-upping rivals, Think really hard for an answer, Way of doing something using as little money as possible

8. Mythical town in the Scottish Highlands and subject of a Lerner and Loewe musical, With little time to spare, Basic kitchen stirring item, Risk everything and go for it

9. Illegal investment likely to collapse, MLK's famous speech, Clear complexion, What things often are

Answers:

1. Run of the mill, King of the hill, In the will, Hand in the till 

2. Ticket to Ride, TV Guide, Rising tide, Princess Bride 

3. Above the fray, Curds and whey, Pay to play, Yea or nay

4. Ebb and flow, On the go, Semi-pro, Cookie dough

5. Alpha male, Out on bail, Fire sale, Hill and dale

6. Friend or foe, Joltin' Joe, Bloom and grow, On death row

7. Top of the heap, Read 'em and weep, Dig deep, On the cheap

8. Brigadoon, None too soon, Wooden spoon, Shoot the moon

9. Pyramid scheme, "I Have a Dream," Peaches and cream, Not what they seem