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The Big Holiday Wordplay, Part 2 (Dec 7, 2005)
     T S World W by W C
     I K W T C Bird S by M A

The Big Holiday Wordplay, Part 1 (Nov 16, 2005)
     W T W T Are by M S
     M O The B by C N and J H
     T S P by Baroness E O
     T M A At S by A C
     T I O D M by H George W
     T F M by Betty F
     S B by Jack L
     The P T T F by E R B
     T M Who W T by G K C
     I by Milan K (more than 1 correct answer to this one, anyone will do!)

To B T B (Nov 2, 2005)
     T Bite T B

L, D L and S (Sep 14, 2005)
     L, Damn L, A S

The Big Summer Wordplay Part II, with $500 in Prizes! (Jul 27, 2005)
     T Trees O P by G K C
     L Among T C by P G W
     T G of W by J S
     M, D, R by C Gustav J
     B H by Lew W
     Mrs D by V W
     A G by Anne B
     F W The B T by E H
     D Z by Boris P
     B A C Care by B S

The Big Summer Wordplay, Part 1 With $500 in Prizes! (Jun 29, 2005)
     T C of T W by J L
     T W of T W by H G W
     L Lord F by F H B
     F The E T T M by J V
     Apology by P
     U T C by H Beecher S
     The L W by A C D
     The J by U S
     C Yellow by A H
     T A of H F by M T

Jun 15, 2005
     T My W F I

Test (May 21, 2005)
     T P of M J B by M S

May 4, 2005
     A P F Your T

Apr 6, 2005
     T N S T A A Free L

T C H C Home T R (Mar 16, 2005)
     T C C H T Roost

Feb 16, 2005
     H W Laughs L, L B

Jan 19, 2005
     B It O N

The Big Christmas Wordplay 2004 (Dec 16, 2004)
     L by Vladimir N
     N E-F by George O
     T C In T R by J D S
     T G A by Aleksandr S
     D O A S by A M
     L D by Richard D B
     O F O The C N by K K
     Z And T A O M M by R M P
     S In A S L by R A H
     I T Is A M by P L

The Big Thanksgiving Wordplay 2004 (Nov 19, 2004)
     A C C by C D
     T V of D D by H L
     T M W Was T by G K C
     T K A M by H L
     T Y Before T M by R H D
     A O A by Lucy M M
     The E C O O by L F B
     T Lost C by E R B
     C, T B C by Alan P
     L of T F by W G

Nov 8, 2004
     T L C C I Spots

F F The B (Sep 26, 2004)
     F Favors T B

Sep 16, 2004
     I C, I S, I C

Aug 25, 2004
     B Safe T S

The Big Summer Wordplay 2004, Part 2 (Jul 20, 2004)
     Last O T M by J F C
     A C Y I King A C by M T
     Jane E by C B
     S M by George E (also known as M E)
     C d B by E Rostand
     T H of N D by Victor H
     The M by William W C (more commonly known as W C)
     A Quiet O T W F by E M R
     Black B by A S
     R & J by W S

Jul 13, 2004
     T Fat I I T F

The Big Summer Wordplay 2004, Part 1 (Jun 16, 2004)
     R C by Daniel D
     S F R by Johann W
     20,000 L U T S by J V
     A Through T L G by L C
     T J B by Rudyard K
     T Three M by A D
     I by Sir W S
     Tom B's S D by T H
     C and P by F D
     Dr J A M H by R L S

Jun 2, 2004
     Every M F H

May 26, 2004
     D I T Water

May 5, 2004
     Cold H, W H

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