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Friday, July 15, 2022

More Runcibliosity (11)

Comic whose timing was never wonky. 
Two bills to win on a female donkey. 
     Jack Benny / Back jenny

Device to break up concrete slab.
Chauffeur: "Into my taxicab!" 
       Jackhammer / Hack jammer

Drab, intuitive crime-solving priest.
Look that betrays how I'm nettled, at least. 
        Father Brown / “Bother!” frown 

English muffins' claims to fame.
Gangsters -- plus au pairs of same.
     Nooks and crannies / Crooks and nannies

Heir to Rock and Cos and Pryor.
Apollo's chariot of fire. 
     Kevin Hart / Heaven cart

Worth of birds depends on where.
Voiced disdain for derriere. 
     Two in the bush / Booin' the tush

TV show where Dunster starr'd.
Breathed before Italian bard. 
     Ted Lasso / Led Tasso

Oodles of cumshaws for passionate fans.
'62 Mercury 4-door sedans.
     Myriad perks / Period Mercs

Sit spin at the skating rink. 
Champagne in re in a drink. 
     Poetry in motion / Moët re in potion

Films foregrounding "Le Jazz Hot."
Beiderbecke cognomen (NOT). 
     Bugle flicks / "Flugel Bix"

Silent movies' slapstick master.
Yellowhair meets Sioux: disaster!
     Buster Keaton / Custer beaten
                                                 -- GFH 

Managed Savoyards' finance.
Shoot a less-than-ardent glance.
      D’Oyly Carte / Coyly dart
                                          -- GFH

Contests not consider'd sport.
Bruce and Mick haul'd into court. 
     Stock car races / Rock star cases

Drumpf eclips'd the Richter scale.
Drumpf deserves ten years in jail.
     For cryin' too loud / For lyin' to crowd

Requisite with block and brick. 
"Me did not mean New York Knick."
     Cement mixer / "Me meant Sixer."

London road where stars one sees.
Flavor notes in tasteless cheese.
     Cheyne Walk / Whey 'n' chalk 

Is it there Der Fuhrer's found...?
Hope Herr Hitler hasn't drown'd. 
     Where in the hell...? / Herr in the well
Yankee scribe of world renown.
Undersea dystopian town.
     Herman Melville / Merman Hellville

Nun whose habit lacks a bodice.
Groom of minor Attic goddess.
     Sister of Mercy / Mister of Circe
Alcohol's thicker than blood.
Its challenge...? Three falls in the mud.
     The hair of the dog / The dare of the hog
Thirteen (rule of thumb).
Five-plus-five bees hum.
     The baker's dozen / The daker's buzzin.'

Platter on a wheel.
"Stop it! Stop the steal!" 
     Lazy Susan / Says he, losin.'

World Wonder antedating Kew.
Says Campbell: "Walking's good for you."
     Hanging Gardens / Ganging hardens.

Spot where Egypt's river starts.
Vikings...? Living in St. Barts...?
     Source of the Nile / Norse...? Of this isle...?

Grand old statue fosters awe.
Screen that film on missing law.
     Colossus of Rhodes / Roll "Losses of Codes"!

Buckaroo who cyclones rides.
One of NASA's breakfast sides.
     Pecos Bill / BacOs pill

Serpents observ'd cuttin' rugs.
Theme treating Huggies and bugs.
     A dance of vipers / "Of Ants, of Diapers"

Aim'd-at pegs in skittles games.
Chests where Luntz keeps survey's names.
     Bowling pins / Polling bins

Campanile’s much more 
than a bubble off plumb. 
Adolescence of Simpson sib's brainbox 
has come. 
     Leaning Tower of Pisa / Teening power of Lisa

Lear's scoop may (or may not) glister.
Norse verse sings of twisted sister. 
     The runcible spoon / The "Spun Sibyl" Rune

Whereon the pants-less boy stands tall.   
Complient Charles's servile call.
     The burning deck / The Durning beck

Quaker puffs -- both wheat and rice.    
Virtue earn'd avoiding vice.
     Shot from guns / Got from shuns

Baseball great -- till Sox turn'd Black.
Broadway play flaunts Hebrew lack.
     Shoeless Joe / Jew-less show 

Evil felt before it's dealt.
"Penis hard." That's Love's canard. 
     Malice aforethought / "Phallus," Amor thought.

Spot where layfolk meet their priest. 
Greens at Gypsy wedding feast. 
         Communion rail / Rom union kale
                                                          -- GFH 

Oater star who'd rarely act. 
Hindu's pallor...? It's a fact.
       John Wayne / Wan Jain
                                         -- GFH 
Actor plays urbane detective.
Treats intestine that's defective. 
    Powell, Bill / Bowel pill
                                      -- GFH

Tsar stands over six feet tall. 
Walmart staffer’s head's not small. 
    Peter the Great / Greeter the Pate
                                                      -- GFH

Roman shares cloak with chap in distress.
Muslims in Scotland affect local dress. 
     Martin of Tours / Tartan of Moors
                                                     -- GFH

John and Ringo, George and Paul.
Face Tiranans -- one 'n' all!
     Beatlemania / Meet Albania

Enormous (if belated) hit.
Gabby was ('twould seem) a Brit.
     Days of Heaven / Hayes of Devon 

Success that's brief and unrepeated.
I love custard, chill'd or heated. 
     Flash in the pan / Passion...? The Flan

Sport enjoy'd by yachtin' dudes.
"Thanks!" from PBS includes...
     Boat Tag / Tote Bag

One more book of Forster's read. 
Join the king...then lay some tread.
     A Room with a View / "Vroooom!" with Aroo

Eighteen minutes in the ring. 
Richard...? Man, that cat can sing!
     Six rounds / Rick's sounds

Out of pocket...? Just two bits!
Shelter when your tech stock splits.
     Shave 'n' a haircut / Haven (a share cut).

Well-attended op'ning nights.
Borscht-addicted Muscovites.
      Bums on seats / Some’s on beets
                                                      -- GFH

Whole they've been withholding.
Earth sign for our molding.  
     The forest for the trees / A taurist for the frieze 

Underwear, from Ts to shorts...
Winnings Chris has glean'd from sports.    
     Fruit of the Loom / Loot of the Froome 

Lill and Dot: celebrities.
"Did you give me all your threes...?"
     The fame of Gish / A game of Fish

A wrestler whose couture was haute.
A one-time king of England's throat.
     Gorgeous George / George's gorge

Dynasty of wickedness. 
Sickly stink in floral dress.
     Another Part of the Forest / Another fart, of the poorest

Antihero fantasizes.
Man fires oast...and aphorizes.
     Walter Mitty / Malter: wit, he 
                                               -- GFH

Weigh, hey and up she rises.
Anna May yob compromises.
     A whaling song / Assailing Wong
                                                    -- GFH

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