Change the Middle Letter
You can sit on one in a park, change the middle letter & boom, you're at a new location laying out & catching rays
bench & beach
Near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada: MOST ARCANE
sacramento
ED LIVED
deviled
"Look at all those ___!"
chickens
Taylor Swift has an album named after this color
red
A rodent eats up the only vowel & becomes a word of decomposition
rat & rot
On the eastern bank of the Missouri River: RIB SMACK
Bismarck
SEE OVARY
over easy
"Ah! Stop! You almost made me drop my ___."
croissant
Look at the stars! In 2024 this Coldplay hit passed 1 billion views on YouTube
yellow
The underlying subject of a literary work isn't love or guilt but a seasoning great for pasta & roasts
theme & thyme
Probably from French: SIDE OMENS
des moines
COD HEAP
poached
"Hi, welcome to ___."
chili's
They probably had the time of their lives opening Super Bowl 60 with a set that included "Holiday"
green day
Heroic bravery in battle becomes a visible exhalation of steam
valor & vapor
Named for a princess: PAIN SALON
Annapolis
NICE DEBT
Benedict
"I smell like ____."
beef
"Back to Black" is a 2006 album by Amy Winehouse; "Back in Black" is a 1980 release from these Aussie rockers
AC/DC
A description of one bearing a message (or worse, a disease) gets fancy as a French luxury brand name
carrier & cartier
Down south: ASHES ATE ALL
Tallahassee
FLOOD BITES
soft boiled
"Oh my god I love Chipotle, ___."
chipotle is my life
Steve Lacy released this song in 2017
dark red