June 14, 2010
Jeopardize my Crossword. (For kids!)
How’s about a new series where I give you a crossword puzzle word or phrase answer and you come up with possible clues? It might be fun to classify your clue using NYT crossword standards; i.e. a Monday clue or a Sunday clue, etc.
Today’s puzzle answer is:
commencement
-Ronya
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“starts with ‘c’ and rhymes with ommencement.”
a twelve letter word for bullshit.
“bullshit (at graduation).”
there you have it.
Snatch
Snatch and grab (colloquially)
I tried to work some pun on “comm[o]n cement,” but was getting nowhere. I had a vision of a Jethro Bodine eighth-grade graduation party out by the cement pond.
Had to give it up. Couldn’t articulate it, but it had a southern accent.
“How you would later describe the first point in the relationship when you thought everything was the dog’s bollocks but later came to realize that, through the unfortunate exercise of trial and error, you were better off cold, alone, and mousy brown.”
Commencement.
Let’s step it up a bit, people. I would classify this one as a Sunday Times entry.
properly chastised.
Woman, you are on thin fuckin’ ice. Here’s yer fuckin’ clue:
“the shedding of one’s thong, say”
I misread Rick’s clue as “come on cement,” so it took me a while to understand why he didn’t think it works.
“Despite what any number of speech-makers will tell you, an end”