Clue: What the thief did at the
vegetable counter?
Hint: H – T – – K – L – – K

H E    T O O K
A    L E E K

Clue: What the good valet knows
about his “inventory”?
Hint: T H E L – – – S P – S – T – – N

T H E    L O T U S
P O S I T I O N

Clue: Overconfident Chinese guys
pretending to be white?
Hint: C O C – – A S – A – S

C O C K Y    A S I A N S

Clue: Greeting for Hitler’s horse?
Hint: H – – – – – – – E R

H E I L    S I L V E R

Clue: Wal-Mart greeter’s chore?
Hint: H – – – Y – – T Y

H O W D Y    D U T Y

Clue: Vassals dine?
Hint: S – – F S S – –

S E R F S    S U P

Clue: Elton John, after gaining
a lot of weight?
Hint: B – – S – R

B I G    S I R

Clue: Big Felines On Campus?
Hint: – – A T – A T –

F R A T    C A T S

Clue: Sweet sorrow for
the constipated?
Hint: – – – – – – G

F A R T I N G

Clue: Anchorage for Cheerios?
Hint: C – – – – L P – – T
Contributor: Ponylope

C E R E A L    P O R T

Clue: Concern of the excrement
photographer?
Hint: F – – – L L – – – – H

F E C A L    L E N G T H

Clue: What donkeys do
on their way to the beach?
Hint: – R – – F – R – – R –

B R A Y    F O R    S U R F

Clue: Pompous priest?
Hint: A L – – – – G –
Contributor: Ponylope

A L T A R    E G O

Clue: Unpleasant medical procedure
you might get from your local deli?
Hint: – – Y O C O – O – – C

M A Y O    C O L O N I C

Clue: Name for the new baby girl
of a dedicated geometry teacher?
Hint: S C – – – – E

S C A L E N E

Clue: What the accused pornographer wants for his trial?
Hint: A W E – – H – – – – – R Y

A    W E L L    H U N G
J U R Y

Clue: Hillary, after Rush’s Limbaugh’s radio commentary?
Hint: P I – – – – I E D C – I – – – –

P I L L O R I E D
C L I N T O N

Theme: A letter is deleted from a common phrase
Clue: Microsoft ad slogan in the
Mexican market, circa 1985?
Hint: V – – – C O – – O S

 V A Y A    C O N    D O S

Clue: Cursing conifer?
Hint: N – – – – T Y P – N –

 N A U G H T Y     P I N E

Clue: The lowest-cost mail
service one can buy?
Hint: P A – – I A L P – – –

 P A R T I A L    P O S T

Theme: Dialogue from porno movies
Clue: High school lad’s question for
his poetry instructor?
Hint: D A R – I – A – A – – A C H

 D A R E    I    E A T
A    T E A C H

Clue: Nauseating highway?
Hint: T U R – – U – –

 T U R N P U K E

Clue: A defective court proceeding?
Hint: D – – D – – P R – C – S S

 D O O    D O O
P R O C E S S

Clue: Ice-cream-parlor ceremony?
Hint:
D O – – – – D I P – – – – – T I O N

 D O U B L E    D I P
R E C E P T I O N

Clue: Wayne Newton’s lined-up
furry friends?
Hint: D O N – – – C H – – N

D O N K E Y    C H A I N

Clue: German gent who lives beneath
the street?
Hint: S – W – R K R – – T

S E W E R    K R A U T

Theme: A letter is added to a common phrase
Clue: Donut shop for cops?
Hint: C O R – – – – B – – – – Y

C O R O N E R    B A K E R Y

Theme: A letter is deleted from a common phrase
Clue: Freeway for probate lawyers?
Hint: I N T – – – – – – H – – H – – Y

I N T E S T A T E
H I G H W A Y

Theme: A letter is changed within a common phrase
Clue: Snake’s interior-decoration objective?
Hint: F  – – – S H –  –

F A N G    S H U I

Clue: Unpublished Hemingway confession?
Hint: T H – I M P – – – – – – O F
B E – – – – – – – S T

T H E    I M P O T E N C E
O F    B E I N G    E R N E S T

Clue: Imperfection in the butt?
Hint: A – – F – – L T

A S S    F A U L T

Clue: Heavier downpour of ground sirloin?
Hint: M E A – – – R S H – – – R

M E A T I E R    S H O W E R

Clue: Tainted pasta?
Hint: F – T – D – – N I

F E T I D C I N I

Clue: Transgression of a harridan?
Hint: S – – O – A B – – – H

S I N    O F    A    B I T C H

Clue: Losing team’s 1923 epithet for the guy who batted in the winning run?
Hint: A N I N – – – V E N – – – –
R U – –

A N    I N C O N V E N I E N T
R U T H

Clue: Bowler’s lament?
Hint: S P – – T H A – – – – –

S P L I T    H A P P E N S

Clue:  “Goldfinger” character updated for the Pakistani demographic?
Hint: P U – – Y L – – – – –

P U S S Y    L A H O R E

Clue:  Troubles at the maternity ward?
Hint: M I – W – – – – – – S I S

 M I D W I F E    C R I S I S