THEME: phrases lacking AGE (clever title)
GOOD ONES: Plight when the caterer cancels? HOST(age) PROBLEM
River project evaluation? DAM(age) ASSESSMENT
Psychiatrist who falls asleep during sessions? SHRINK(age) PROBLEM
Cleaning out a clothes closet? GARB(age) DISPOSAL
Current designation AC/DC
Spat end ULA [no
?]
Super finish? IOR [this has a
?]
Rare indication? RED [as in steak]
Stock phrase AT PAR [not a trite expression]
Shooting Starr BELLE [note two R's]
Front end? IER [too bad it wasn't AGE]
It's a cinch in Sappho OBI [a Japanese belt]
Fussy twosome? ESSES [note ?: the are two S's in
fussy]
First name in nature photography ANSEL [in both senses of the term]
BTW: Some old-time pop references: LON [Chaney]; IRENE [for the song "Goodnight Irene"]; ASTA [dog in
The Thin Man movies & books]
ILS is third person plural --- in French only
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
