OCCUPATIONAL VERBS
U.S. SENATORS BEFORE & AFTER
Homophones
COMMON BONDS 'Things that..."
Before and After
Punny titles
400

To sip a drink slowly, making it last longer

to nurse

400

A title cop played by Clint Eastwood, of all people, becomes the democratic Senate majority leader from Nevada

Dirty Harry Reid

400

Flung or ceremonial chair

Thrown/throne

400

Shoelaces,
tongues,
scores

Things that are tied

400

One half of an iconic folk-rock duo plays an obedience-themed children's game.

Paul Simon Says

400

This former janitor from Boston instead of meeting with Robin Williams (and 42nd president) went looking for babes on Epsteins's island

Good Bill Hunting

800

To alter something in a tricky way; it may be done to a baseball or to a photo

doctor

800

A Massachusetts female senator gets to the bottom of the JFK assassination as a group appointed on Nov. 29, 1963

Elizabeth Warren Commission

800

To kill or a winter vehicle

Slay/sleigh

800

Wine,
a ship,
Croce's time

Things in bottles

800

This Vegas casino with a Roman theme becomes the royal residence and private retreat of Louis XIII.

Caesars Palace of Versailles

800

Daily Double

An archeological romantic comedy where Harrison Ford finds love in Asia and decides to get married

1200

TV cops get frustrated when a suspect in custody does this 2-word slang phrase meaning getting representation

lawyer up

1200

A 1970s pitcher whose name precedes a type of arm surgery takes a Senate seat for Arizona

Tommy John McCain

1200

Ruins and latin for king

Wrecks and rex

1200

Snowballs,
suitcases,
mules

Things that are packed

1200

18th-century Prussian king and military genius is also a large body of water in Northern Utah.

Frederick the Great Salt Lake

1200

The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Alice and her sister Jane, who set out on "a mission from God" to prevent the foreclosure of the Roman Catholic orphanage in which their children are being  raised.

The Blues Mothers

1600

To steer, as a captain may steer a ship through rough waters

pilot

1600

A "saintly" Southern California city becomes a senator who "fights" for the entire state

Santa Barbara Boxer

1600

Financial gain or Biblical Amos or Jeremiah

Profit/prophet

1600

Gear,
chatter,
Pandora's

Boxes

1600

Spielberg's DNA-cloned dinosaurs take up residence in Monopoly's second-most-expensive property

Jurassic Park Place

1600

Charles Bronson moves to Los Angeles with his daughter. After his daughter is murdered at the hands of several gang members, Kersey chooses to become a chef.

Death Dish

2000

As a noun it means a clergyman; as a verb it's to attend to another's needs

minister

2000

A South Carolina senator stars in Silverado 

Tim Scott Glenn

2000

Large marine creature or loud lamentation

Whale or wail

2000

Months,
eggs,
dirty title film commandos

Things that come in a dozen

2000

Daily Double

This colorful North American bird is also a central figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel

2000

This young wizard from Hogwarts fights Voldemort with a mustache and beard instead of a wand

Hairy Potter