Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 23, 2021

curse. swear.

*#@!

abuse, libel

shit / feces

Geez. Geeez.

Four+

Jesus….Mary, Joseph and the donkey

Peace = Love

Strangely, she’s working the Sudoku.

Just put two letters in the same space. I do it all the time and they always work out, although it does lead to some cross words at times.

ETLA but it’s an initialism.

Pluralize.

I can only come up with a six: Fourth

Agape, five letters for love

Shout..yell.

bitch / c@nt

I’m going into divorce mediation with my adulteress soon to be ex-wife today. Please forgive the vulgarity, I hope that you understand.

When I was with a touring theatre company in Sweden, one of my American colleagues had made an interesting observation one day. “You know what I’ve just noticed?” she said. “None of the four-letter-words in Swedish have four letters!”

Hey, remember this one by Peter, Paul and Mary?:

♫ I dig Rock and Roll music

I could really get it on in that scene.

I think I could say somethin’ if you know what I mean

But if I really say it, the radio won’t play it

Unless I lay it between the lines! ♫

Times have changed and that’s sure gone by the board…

rhymes with ‘itch’

The NY Times Mini Crossword actually has clues like that!

Word!

O-k, my answers: thing, idiom, and motto.

Their female dog (under the dining room table) is trying to give them a hint

Hmmm? Uhhh….Mitch McConnell?

Words