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November 14 2010

Siesta Break [BB284]

Interrupt your first answer with a short sleep [ZZ] to dream up your second. For example, actress Miranda/Hawaiian, say = PIA/PIZZA. No mixing is required.
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  1. Drug courier/dog restraint  
  2. Yorkshires district/stuns
  3. Only/intoxicate
  4. Handy initials?/woozy
  5. Boringly/damp
  6. Bird/zestful
  7. Document/misfire
  8. Expression/sail
  9. Disney monkey/busy  

Any other soporific variations?

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK

BB283 SOLUTION: Murdoch/O’Hare, Hawke/d’Alpuget, Kenny/Curry, Cartwright/ Hewitt, Douglas/Jones, Donaldson/Christian, Bening/Beatty, Rossi/Degeneres, Spencer/ Crowe, Clarke/Bingle, Lee/Gale, Kennedy/Sitch, Moore/Kutcher, Adams/Beckham

Comments

Gymbunnies — 14 November at 07:25PM

We're wondering if this one might have sparked the post, but modesty forbade its inclusion?

Whined/recent book by da man

DA — 14 November at 07:53PM

Better than:

Heap/it sows sows

Gymbunnies — 14 November at 09:07PM

But not so rampantly clued!

Here's a combo (it doesn't take long to start bending the rules):

Breathing rattle/RSL club + valley/bewilder = razzamatazz

john morss "JPR" — 14 November at 09:15PM

JPR sez: modesty might also forbid,
Singular pain in the arse/animal member

GymBunnies — 14 November at 10:12PM

Back on topic:

purchase/in
charges/headwear
chips/curls
length/rain

dg — 15 November at 10:56AM

without a bit of moisture/with a bit of moisture

dg — 15 November at 11:18AM

accept/happening

dg — 15 November at 12:52PM

stereotypical rural Aussie shtik?/stereotypical rural Aussie nick?

DA — 15 November at 01:08PM

Love the 'dehydrated' example, dg - very classy. (Wish I'd thought of it!)

Will ponder your last one over lunch.

SK — 15 November at 01:29PM

Wandering a bit further down the cryptic path...

I'm not quite a perfect "ten"/But I'm above all the ground-dwellers

Or more conventional...

Farm sound/Hall or Mackenzie

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