December 06 2010
This Side Up [BB287]
With twenty sleeps till Boxing Day, give or take, can you replace each BOX below with a box-type that can conclude the first phrase, and open the second. For example, fox ■ puppet = GLOVE (a type of box, creating foxglove and glove puppet.) With both phrases and compound words in play, can you unpack the other nine boxes awaiting you?
- bench ■ gang
- passive ■ mail
- love ■ play
- rock ■ stand
- credit ■ toy
- trouble ■ star
- head ■ arm
- grease ■ ball
- easy ■ order
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB SOLUTION 286: Alter one letter, and all six performers become Australian PMs: Barton, Curtin, Rudd, Gorton, Holt, Page
Comments
JT — 06 December at 12:04PM
Got 'em. Rather than post spoilers, some hastily composed hints:
1. Decrease bend in spines (5)
2. Bad habit swallowing duck, say (5)
3. Joint containing hip (2)
4. Homo utters too much to announce gayness (3)
5. Tightly compress lover (7)
6. Quick good time in grass (8)
7. Good guy, Howard, grand and muscular (6)
8. Discharge hot gas (4)
9. Jamaican guy easily limits cash (5)
Nib — 06 December at 01:34PM
I got some different responses. Think you're right with the 2 letter answer, though.
1. Impressive media shortly takes all I am and I have. (5)
2. Expressivo icebreaker? (5)
3. A lighter pair. (5)
4. Musical group sounds prohibited. (4)
5. Hold tight to the end of risque NWA rapper. (7)
6. Soothing edited photography (8)
7. Powerful astronaut loses arm. (6)
8. T-Pain colours head to toe. (5)
9. A short moment for Yen cashback? (5)
Nib — 06 December at 01:34PM
I got some different responses. Think you're right with the 2 letter answer, though.
1. Impressive media shortly takes all I am and I have. (5)
2. Expressivo icebreaker? (5)
3. A lighter pair. (5)
4. Musical group sounds prohibited. (4)
5. Hold tight to the end of risque NWA rapper. (7)
6. Soothing edited photography (8)
7. Powerful astronaut loses arm. (6)
8. T-Pain colours head to toe. (5)
9. A short moment for Yen cashback? (5)