THEME: animal sounds replace first words (minus a final consonant) of familiar phrases
GOOD ONES: Statistical aid for sheep? BAA GRAPH [except that's pretty much how we in Brooklyn said it /bahw
r/, including the math teachers]
Doomsday beginning? DEE
Code name MORSE
Served up a whopper LIED [I know, it's "served a Whopper" but it sounds like McDonald's]
Start of a big race? ADAM
It's a matter of degrees ANGLE [I know, the term is "a matter of degree"]
BTW: Longtime family-owned firearms company BERETTA [not just a century or two or three or four, they've be around since the Renaissance]
Nonthreatening type PUSSYCAT [maybe, but mostly it's used to describe someone (or my dog, for example) that is thretening by appearance but is harmelss in reality]
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun