02 April 2020

Rebuses


Many, many years ago I submitted a group of rebuses to a local Kentucky publication.  I encountered them again yesterday while using this quarantine time to weed through old memorabilia.

In retrospect two of them are totally unfair (#12 = "center of attention" and #10 = "Last of the Mohicans) and #9 ("prepared") is incorrect.  The others I think are still valid.  I'm particularly pleased with #4 and #13.

Readers are invited to post answers in the Comments.

17 comments:

  1. I would like to share this with some friends who bored during quarantine.

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    1. May I suggest sharing the entire "puzzles" section?

      http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/search/label/puzzles

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  2. Mistake in identity
    Capital gains
    together we stand, divided we fall
    a phid (aphid)
    abridged dictionary

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  3. Mistaken identity, probably, to clarify Anon @12:07 PM
    Scrambled eggs
    Still working on the others...

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  4. The curse of Frankenstein (cursive Frankenstein)

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  5. endless cycle
    doctor's note (?)

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    1. Not bad, but not what I had in mind. Try to remember a Dolly other than Parton...

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  6. Why is "prepared" incorrect?

    We are only missing 11 and 13 now (assuming "aphid" is correct).

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    1. It's a pair of "pre"s, which would generate "prepaired," not "prepared." "Prepared" as a rebus would be "Pr" (as a "pared" "pre").

      13 was solved by smittypap.

      11 is still pending. I'll post a spoiler tomorrow if nobody figures out who Dolly is.

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