SWAPPING SPREE
Merl Reagle

The answer to each clue would be a familiar phrase - except that two letters in one of the words of each phrase have been swapped.

1. A spooky marine mollusk
2. Unsung quadrupeds of WWII
3. Timothy Leary's first words as a baby
4. The "flatterburger covered with kissup"
5. Place where you can hear mellow music during an inquest
6. The little old lady from Pasadena who only drove to church on Sunday
7. "Designer plant" that reduces the bug problem at night games and also keeps the infield dry.

HINTS:
Words in which the letters have been swapped:
1. Calm
2. Guns
3. Amino
4. Today's
5. Coroner"s
6. Grandma
7. Trap

Answers:

1. An eerie clam
2. The Gnus of Navarone*
3. "Am I on acid?"
4. Toady's special
5. Crooner's office
6. Pontiac Grand Am
7. Venus Fly Tarp

*The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 movie based on a commando raid in WWII.