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Kickshaws Kick´shaws`

n. 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy.
Art thou good at these kickshawses!
- Shak.

2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy.
Some pigeons, . . .
 by Dave Morice

Rioted Deva

Editor Dave has no easy task. The thousand letters sorted, perused. No value items, there were none. The English were standouts--among the best. New talent; the old producer continued for years. Those who transpose words--any form. Verses, poems. The lamb Mary had, `rewrit' many times. "There's not one thing new under the sun." Ha! Dave's "Dictionary--words play."

Quickies A macromolecule macromolecule, term that may refer either to a crystal such as a diamond, in which the atoms are identical and held by covalent bonds (see chemical bond) of equal strength, or to one of the units that compose a polymer.  is a "big little" whereas a majorette is a "little big." (And ridicule means a "little laugh".) The animals are all types of chessmen. (I lied about the shrimp ("prawn") to clue punsters and to mislead if not infuriate others!)

Bananagrams 16 by Edmund Conti

1. louse, ousel 2. myna, many 3. parrot, raptor 4. petrel, pelter 5. owlet, towel 6. hikers, shrike 7. woodhen, hoedown 8. hear, rhea 9. falcon, flacon flac·on  
n.
A small, often decorative bottle with a tight-fitting stopper or cap.



[French, from Old French; see flagon.]
 10. attire, ratite ratite (răt`īt), common and general term for a variety of flightless birds characterized by a flat, raftlike sternum rather than the keeled sternum, designed to support flight muscles, typical of most birds.  
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