I'm sure our intention was NOT STYMIE but you did just the same. How about a hint?

"I declare, under oath..."

MISTY NOTE
Testimony

And after you have studied it well, you'd better
SCAN IT again, SON!



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SCAN IT ...SON

sanctions

After swimming, you must divest yourself of

EEL SUSS.

EEL SUSS

useless


..and going from the ridiculous to the sublime, we proceed from EEL SUSS to I APE BLINDNESS

I APE BLINDNESS

indispensable..........whew!

Highlander to caddy: "Give me the

No. NINE CUDGEL for this fight."

NINE CUDGEL

indulgence

Fishing in a RARE POND ...

Hmm.

RANE-DROPs keep falling on my head...

My wife has a RED APRON.

I bought some postage stamps on my P.O. ERRAND.

There's a Bishop named Doran, and a middle-East expert named Doran, and so there was of course a time that was PRE-DORAN. And my sink was plugged PRE-DRANO.

There's an Australian plant called PORANDER.

Maybe it's the Governor extending Executive Clemency, assuming the role of PARDONER.

Why do I not think any of these is what you have in mind?

Arnie, is it

PARDONER??

A PARDONER was a medieval cleric who raised money for the Church (and often for himself) by selling papal indulgences. So, yes, it's correct.

EVA T LILAC - sounds like the title of a spam mailing, doesn't it?
Make up your mind already.

EVA T LILAC

will sell you Viagra in a heartbeat!

Unless you
vacillate..

I would think about moving, but I have:

LOCAL TIES

Change an L to an I and meet a SOCIALITE...

or, leave it alone and OSCILLATE.

BEAVER TERRE

BEAVER TERRE

reverberate

Having caught the Mexican outlaw, he was given a BANDIT CURSE

BANDIT CURSE

disturbance

The blackboard did not
BODE CHALK well, Bob.

You're a BLOCKHEAD, Charlie Brown --L. van Pelt

That's one SMART MOLE in my garden; I couldn't catch him no matter hard I tried

EL MARMOTS if your garden is in Mexico..

I need a hint!

Am I right?

I'd guess so, KHC. Post another one!

YES! Maelstrom it is. Your turn now.

Friend? What are we fishing for?

AMI? POND MENU?

PANDEMONIUM !

I tried to grow dried flowers but my garden just wasn't
SERE ENOUGH...

GREENHOUSE!

Next time he opens his big mouth, throw an

OBI OVER RUSH

Six whole minutes! Wow, I thought Greenhouse would be tougher that that!

OBI OVER RUSH

herbivorous

Remember when...
Mantle and Maris had SURE BATS

SURE BATS

abstruse

Raw oysters:
ONCE TRIED... never fried.

I know it's RECONDITE but I'm going to have to look it up 'cuz I don't know what it means...

Meantime, let's try COTERIES.

Indeed it is.

COTERIES

esoteric

The doors at Green Gables don't close. Please check

ANNA'S HINGES.

ANNA'S HINGES

shenanigans

How not to copy CDs?
I RIP NOISELESS BIT

I RIP NOISELESS BIT

responsibilities
(Whew, that took awhile!)

Bring on the St. Bernards and their whiskey...
GROG TEAMS

GROG TEAMS

mortgages

They're waiting for you, Harpo - SO PLAY, MARX!

SO PLAY, MARX

paroxysmal .....?

No colonoscopys needed if everyone had

COLONS UNIV

COLONS UNIV

convulsion

Cheap brandy IN COGNAC ENVY

Hints, Arnie? This one's a killer!
One word? Two? I'm almost out of scrap paper.

WM

IN COGNAC ENVY

Wordmatic, he's graced us with conveyancing...
I think. I need a drink!

Your vote can be NAY! or it
CAN BE AYE!

CAN BE AYE

abeyance

I'm going to Woolworth's! So i'll have
A DIME TIME

A DIME TIME

immediate fun at the lunch counter @ Woolworth's...

Can a LION play the TUBA?

LION TUBA

ablution

Searching for a spy? ONE'S TRAITOR!

ONE'S TRAITOR

restoration

Don't touch that--we don't know where it's been!
This COY CANE could be VIRAL!



edited to correct spelling of solution!

Of course we know where it's been, and even where it's going! That's
CLAIRVOYANCE !

Here's a yarn for the high-class knitter: ELITE SKEINS

ELITE SKEINS

Scary Carrie.... telekinesis

Greenland has an
ICY MONARCH.

ICY MONARCH

chiromancy

Drawers of poetry: ODE PAINTERS

ODE PAINTERS

Now TIN ODE PAINTERS would give PREDESTINATION...but the way things are, without tin, they just gave up in DESPERATION.

(Let him who is without tin among you sing the first tone...)

Moving right along - despite all this talk of clairvoyance and telekinesis and chiromancy and predestination and what have you, it's very hard to substantiate THE CLAIMS.

THE CLAIMS

alchemist

Ah, change is good. John Glenn went from a
MINT ASTRONAUT to a Senator!

MINT ASTRONAUT

transmutation

King rodent? SNOOTIER RAT

MINT ASTRONAUT

restoration

MUANCE (Greek subtleties)

Edit: Oops! it wasn't mint astronaut, of course - it was snootier rat

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MUANCE
Acumen

Never try to STUN OR MOCK those less clever than you.

STUN OR MOCK

Moonstruck (nice warm movie)

Abolish Gym! SLICE P.E.

SLICE P.E.

along with music, art, foreign language, and recess... !!

eclipse

In the library,
KIDS READ... 2 words