THIS & THAT (Round 1)

How to Play:

Each correct answer is a common "_______ & _______" phrase, such as "THIS & THAT". To solve, simply switch out one letter in each clue word with a different letter to reveal a common "_______ & _______" phrase.

Example:

➤ _______ & _______

(bell / chair)

[Answer: switch out the "e" in "bell" to "a" and the "r" in "chair" to "n" to come up with the common "_______ & _______" phrase, "BALL & CHAIN".]

Round 1:

➤ _______ & _______

(mold / solver)


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➤ _______ & _______

(fur / gapes)


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➤ _______ & _______

(wait / snitch)


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➤ _______ & _______

(bills / shrikes)


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➤ _______ & _______

(cows / rubbers)

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➤ _______ & _______

(clock / tickle)


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➤ _______ & _______

(shame / cake)


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DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 6)

How to Play:

Each entry lists two or more mystery words, each shown with a pair of different consonants surrounded by the same number of blank spaces on both sides. The blanks must be filled in with identical letters to reveal different words. Crossword style clues are given as a solving aid.

Example:

➤ ___ ___ MM ___ ___

(Hot time)

➤ ___ ___ FF ___ ___

(Endure extremely hot temperature)

➤ ___ ___ PP ___ ___

(Time for hot food)

[The answers are "SUMMER", "SUFFER", and "SUPPER" with the identical letters "S", "U", "E" & "R" in common.]

Round 6:

➤ ___ NN ___ ___ ___

(Heat and then cool metal or glass)

➤ ___ PP ___ ___ ___

(If you lose in court you might do this)

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➤ ___ ___ ZZ ___ ___ 

(You might beat this at the end of regulation to win)

➤ ___ ___ MM ___ ___ 

(It might be this if you didn't beat the above)

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➤ ___ ___ XX ___ ___ ___

(Increasing the volume incrementally)

➤ ___ ___ RR ___ ___ ___

(The act of scratching or damaging minorly)


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➤ ___ ___ FF ___ ___ 

(Mute the sound)

➤ ___ ___ ZZ ___ ___

(Mute the voice)

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➤ ___ ___ DD ___ ___

(All at once without warning)

➤ ___ ___ LL ___ ___

(Morose)

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PAST ROUNDS (for your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: DOUBLE THE FUN (Round 5)

HUMANIMALS (Round 1)

How to Play:

Based on the clue (an initial is provided as a solving aid), each correct answer will reveal a "HUMANIMAL" - a well-known personality whose first or last name is a bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile or insect. Homophones, nicknames and pseudonyms are allowed.

Example:

➤ W. ["crumby" bird] =

__________ * __________

[The answer to the clue is "PIGEON" revealing the "Humanimal" named WALTER * PIDGEON.]

Round 1:

➤ W. [a small rodent does this underground] =

__________ * __________

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➤ [small amphibian] G. =

__________ * __________

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➤ B. [grumpy person] =

__________ * __________

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➤ L. [feathered friend] =

__________ * __________

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➤ B. [wapiti] =

__________ * __________

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➤ N. [ill-mannered person] =

__________ * __________

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➤ T. [the finest roe comes from this] =

__________ * __________

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2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 5)

How to Play:

Each entry is a common phrase consisting of 2 rhyming words. Clue are given as a solving aid. 

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Exclamation used to express surprise or dismay)

[The answer is "HOLY MOLY".]

Round 5:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Term for an ideal, great, super-squad of professionals)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Stick-in-the-mud; codger; boring old fart)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Radio personality whose schtick is to induce thunderbolts of surprise)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Dweeb for avians)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Disparaging dumbed down word for a TV set)


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 4)

"NICHOLASNAMES" (Round 4)

How to Play:

Based on the clue, fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate letters. Then substitute a common nickname ("Nicholasname") for the given proper name in the entry to reveal a correct word.

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ROBERT

(Revered African shade tree)

[The letters to fill in are "B", "A" and "O", resulting in "BAOROBERT", but when "BOB" (the nickname or "Nicholasname") is substituted for the given proper name "ROBERT", the answer to the clue is revealed: "BAOBOB".]

Round 4:

➤ KATHERINE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(In an immobile stupor, perhaps) 

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➤ ___ ___ ___ ALICE

(At long last)


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➤ ___ ___ RITA ___ ___ ___ ___

(How you might describe a gnat or an obnoxious person)

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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ELIZABETH ___

(What you do to make something become real or true)


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➤ RICHARD ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Bird you've probably never seen but related to the Cardinal)


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: "NICHOLASNAMES" (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: "NICHOLASNAMES" (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: "NICHOLASNAMES" (Round 3)

CITY CONNECTIONS (Round 3)

How to Play:

Each entry lists a common word that bridges the gap between two cities of the world. See how many connections you can make.

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ DAMSEL ___ ___

[Answer: the word "DAMSEL" connects the two cities "AMSTERDAM" and "SELMA".]

Round 3:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ AGONY ___ ___ ___


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ CASBAH ___ ___


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➤ ___ ___ BATHER ___ ___ ___ ___


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➤ ___ ___ LOVE ___ ___ ___ ___


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➤ ___ ___ ___ RIDGE ___ ___ ___


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: CITY CONNECTIONS (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: CITY CONNECTIONS (Round 2)

MISSING PERSONS CASES (Round 6)

How to play:

Using the clues and connector word as a solving aid, fill in the blanks in each entry to reveal the identity of a well-known "missing person". 

Example:

➤ Cool jazz cat on even KEEL:

 ___ ___ KEEL ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[Answer: the missing person is “DuKEELlington".]

Round 6:

➤ Flamboyant musician plays hard for every rock ‘n roll EVENT he plays at:

___ ___ EVENT ___ ___ ___ ___


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➤ In the role of Chauncey Gardiner, this actor was quite TERSE:


___ ___ TERSE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


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➤ European leader who is notably LAMER than her predecessor:


___ ___ ___ ___ LAMER ___ ___ ___


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➤ Tennis player hits high notes in her on-court ARIAS:


___ ARIAS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


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➤ Former tennis star to SEVER ties with husband:


___ ___ ___ ___ SEVER ___


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➤ U.S. president could really STRUM a guitar if he wanted:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ STRUM ___ ___


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSON CASES (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSON CASES (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSON CASES (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSON CASES (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSONS CASES (Round 5)

3-PEAT CHALLENGE (Round 1)

How to Play:

Using "Scrabble eligible" 3-LETTER WORDS only, combine chains to complete a single longer word. Clues are listed for each linked "Scrabble eligible" 3-letter word.

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Little demon; little crumb; little worker)

[The answer is "IMPORTANT" which is composed of 3 "Scrabble eligible" words of 3 letters each: "IMP" (little demon); "ORT" (little crumb); and "ANT" (little worker).]

Round 1:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Almighty creator; this can be "for the course"; specialized physician)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Show zero respect; download this on your phone; you might lend this to sympathize with someone)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

("__-xer"; historical period; crag)

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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Dine, quaintly; shore bird; "___" easy, how you likka your eggs cooked?)

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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Able to; accomplished something; swallowed something for sustenance)


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MOVIE TIME = GROOVY RHYME (Round 3)

How to Play:

It's Movie Time! Each correct answer will be a Groovy Rhyme! Entries list a sentence with a hint about a real movie and a clue indicating the movie's alternate rhyming title. Based on the clue logic, discover the rhyming title of the real movie . . . OR . . . if you prefer, the real movie and its rhyming title.

Example:

➤ Movie about vigilante NYPD officer John McClane who won a poker game with this, an Ace against a King:

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"

[Answer: Based on the clue "won a poker game with this, an Ace against a King", the answer to the Rhyming Movie Title is "High Card", which rhymes with the Real Movie Title, "Die Hard".]

Round 3:

➤ George Clooney flick about a lawyer "fixer" / gambler knee-deep in murderous intrigue who takes a break to peddle around a southwestern Ohio city whose motto is:

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"


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➤ Movie about a mobster turned movie producer who wagered not thirty or fifty, but wagered this amount on an upcoming project to succeed:

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"


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➤ Movie about a bare knuckle brawling group whose contestants' only salve was a quickie pre-match massage:

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"


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➤ Movie about a lonely and disturbed TV addict wanna-be technician is actually NOT the true tale but (The):

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"


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➤ Movie about a mild-mannered accountant on the run for murder in the Old West who was also incontinent and at night needed a:

Rhyming Movie Title: "________ * ________"

Real Movie Title: "________ * ________"


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: MOVIE TIME = GROOVY RHYME (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: MOVIE TIME = GROOVY RHYME (Round 2)

2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 4)

How to Play:

Each entry is a common phrase consisting of 2 rhyming words. Clue are given as a solving aid. 

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Exclamation used to express surprise or dismay)

[The answer is "HOLY MOLY".]

Round 4:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Goofy slang for a "cigarette" of "Mary Jane")


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

("Da Kine" on da island)


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➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___  * ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Gibberish)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Someone might suggest you take one if you're freaking out or overly hyper)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___

(Back 'n forth finger pointing to assign guilt)


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: 2-WORD RHYMING PHRASES (Round 3)

FAMOUS NAMES: FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING (Round 4)

How to Play:

Each entry lists what appears to be a meaningless or silly multiple word phrase that actually disguises a well-known person's name. Solve the clues by figuring out the literal or homophonous synonym of each word (or phrase within the phrase).

Example:

➤ Genuflects Lout = _______ * _______

[The well-known person is "KNEELS BOOR" = NIELS BOHR, whose answer is arrived at by transliterating the two homophonic synonyms of "genuflects" ("KNEELS") and "lout" ("BOOR").]

Round 4:

➤ Goat Quartz = _______ * _______

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➤ Chromosome Marker Irish Green = _______ * _______

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➤ Indian Ascetic Grinning = _______ * _______

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➤ Small Size Chauffeur = _______ * _______


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➤ Wee Wee Wrestling Arm Hold = _______ * _______


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PAST ROUNDS (for your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: FAMOUS NAMES - FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: FAMOUS NAMES - FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: FAMOUS NAMES: FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING (Round 3)

IN LIVING COLOR (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each entry lists a word, phrase, person's name, or book or movie title with a color adjective. Clues are given as a solving aid.

Example:

➤ _______ * _______

(Once sucked in, nothing can escape from this)

[The answer is "BLACK HOLE".]

Round 2:

➤ _______ * _______

(Place where you can buy illicit goods)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ _______ * _______ * _______

(How the Rockies, say, are described in "America the Beautiful")

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➤ _______ * _______ * _______

(Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow this to a magical kingdom)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ _______ * _______

(What everyone hopes for on December 25)

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➤ _______ * _______ and _______

(Sam-I-Am stars in this children's book)


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: IN LIVING COLOR (Round 1)

HOMONYMITY (Round 1)

How to Play:

A rose is a rose is a rose . . . unless it's a rose that sounds like a rose but has a different meaning or spelling. Each entry in this puzzler requires you to complete a logical sentence by filling in the blanks with a first name and its homographic or homophonic iterations.

Example:

➤ ________ was quite ________ because she was about to ________ her beau.

[The answers are "MARY", "MERRY" and "MARRY".]

Round 1:

➤ ________ my words, ________ was off the ________ about his wildly inaccurate guess.

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➤ I wonder if ________ ________ ever sign his ________ to pass along his estate to his heirs?

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➤ ________ happened to observe a crow ________ an egg from the nest of a ________.

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➤ ________ dug into his wallet for a large ________ in order to pay the ________ at the restaurant. 

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➤ The cop was looking for the prostitute's ________, a guy named ________ who had hidden in the men's ________ to escape detection and arrest.

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NAME DROPPERS (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each entry lists a sentence or phrase to logically complete by dropping a person's name in the blank. The name may or may not be vernacular-speak, a homonym or pun, or even phonetically accurate, so long as it works.

Example:

➤ You must have been vacationing in Hawaii as that’s quite a ________ got there!

[The most appropriate answer, in the form of a person's name, is "TANYA".]

Round 2:

➤  Taking Tammy Wynette’s song to heart, the woman stood by ________ through the thick and the thin.

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➤ Is ________ house or inda yard, asked Mr. Brooks’ assistant who was looking for him.

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➤ Did ________ the river or was the water too high, asked Ollie?

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➤ I told ________ secret, said Huck.

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For a good education in Texas, you can’t ________ University.


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: NAME DROPPERS (Round 1)

STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 5)

How to Play:

Stereotypes exist for a reason, so they say. But can there possibly be a kernel of truth to any of these stereotypical sights and events? Surely, you have seen or heard of them all . . . right? Find out by completing the stereotype scenarios below.

Example:

➤ Have you ever seen a billy goat munching on a ________ ________?

[The answer is "TIN CAN".]

Round 5:

➤ Have you ever seen a student bring an ________ to school to butter up her ________?


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➤ Have you ever seen an ________ send ________ ________ from high atop a mesa as a way to communicate across a long distance?


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➤ Have you ever seen a dog ________ a ________ in the backyard?


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➤ Have you ever seen a dog bite or chase after a ________ trying to deliver the ________?


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➤ Have you ever heard of a ________ on his dairy delivery rounds actually screwing around with a bored ________?

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PAST ROUNDS: (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 4)

"PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 7)

How to Play:

Each entry requires you to "PHIL" in the blank with a male or female first name. Clues are given as a solving aid to reveal a name subsumed into the word.

Example:

➤ This person has a macabre fascination with death:

NECRO __________ IA

[The person's name is “PHIL” and the word is “NECROPHILIA”.]

Round 7:

➤ This person is in the process of getting used to a lot of things:

 AD __________ G

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➤ This person has an announcement to make:

DE __________ TION

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➤ This person is worried about abdomen ailments:

__________ C

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➤ This person is concerned with cleanliness:

S __________ TION

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➤ This person has her strings pulled:

__________ ETTE

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 5)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 6)