BAD PUNS XL

UP A TREE 

The Puzzlemaster Presents

Will Shortz

Fill in the name of a tree to complete a bad pun.

Ex: To see how to operate a fax machine, watch me _____ the "start" button. The answer word would be CYPRESS - as in "watch me as I press the "start" button.

1. After scoring the winning soccer goal, Sally became the most _____ girl in school.

2. If Virgil loses this poker hand, he _____ us 50 more dollars.

3. With this much studying to do before tomorrow's exam, I _____ an all-nighter.

4. As soon as the rodeo pony started to _____ fell off.

5. The grandmaster admitted he was a _____ from a very early age.

6. If Jerry parks the car in the city, make _____ lock the doors.

7. After the office staff messed up, we knew the boss would _____ one out.

8. In preparation for the dreadful deed, Cleopatra kept an _____ a small box.

9. The President of the United States had dinner at our house, and that's the very _____ sat in.

10. The barber didn't recognize the boys until they said, "_____."

11. There has never been, for patients who are really _____ powerful medicine.

Answers:

1. POPLAR (popular)

2. WILLOW (will owe)

3. MAPLE (may pull)

4. BUCKEYE (buck, I)

5. CHESTNUT

6. HEMLOCK (him lock)

7. BALSAM (bawl some)

8. ASPEN 

9. CHERRY (chair he)

10. EUCALYPTUS (you clipped us)

11. SYCAMORE (sick, a more)