On-air challenge: Every answer today is a made up two-word phrase in which the first word starts DE- and the moment word sounds like the first one without the DE-.
Example: Chooses teams --> DECIDES SIDES1. Hates exams
2. Lowers trenches filled with water as means of defending castles
3. Says exactly what monetary penalties will be
4. Figures out which cards are the twos
5. Puts off the arrival of Hawaiian garlands
6. Puts off the arrival of sables and minks
7. Argues approximately whether worms or flies are better for catching fish
8. Shows that two beds stacked one on the other are worthless[br]9. Reduces the number of folds in paper
10. Brings supplies for pate de foie gras
11. Makes fun of the roller coaster and merry-depart-round
12. Represents musty-fashioned writers through words
13. Says no to designers Calvin and AnneLast week's challenge: Name a common article of apparel in 3 letters and another in 4 letters. Rearrange all 7 letters to name a famous three-word song title. What is it?Answer: Challenge answer: Belt,tie — "Let It Be" (by The Beatles)Winner: Dawn Ladd of New Port Richey, Fla.
Next week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Haig Donabedian of Toledo, and Ohio. Apparently it's a spinoff of my challenge of last week. mediate of a popular two-word song title in 7 letters. whether you have the fair one,you can rearrange the letters to name an animal and the sound it makes. What is it? Here's a trace: The title is in a foreign language.
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