ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD
TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
BEFORE & AFTER
Words that should rhyme
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THAT '70s SONG
400

A word following "ready, willing &" becomes this weasel-like animal

sable

400

2004: "For reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon style"

George W. Bush

400

A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down

the Eiffel Tower of Babel

400

Someone held against his will & the cost to mail a letter

hostage & postage

400

Chemical element:
COIL SIN

silicon

400

"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk"

"Stayin' Alive"

800

To choose by vote; with an "S" in front, you get this related word meaning to choose in preference to another

select

800

1995: "Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping Congressional victory"

(Newt) Gingrich

800

A New Jersey governor tries a modeling career & marries Billy Joel (for a while)

Chris Christie Brinkley

800

A baboon & a burro

monkey & donkey

800

Unwanted facial feature:
CHUB ON DELI (two words)

double chin

800

"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride, but something touched me deep inside the day the music died"

"American Pie"

1200

A word meaning to analyze a sentence in terms of grammar becomes this word meaning meager or scant

sparse

1200

1958: "Crisis in Algeria brought WWII hero back to power in France"

de Gaulle

1200

Laughing Green Giant exclamation to the first president of Vietnam

Ho, ho, Ho Chi Minh

1200

Medieval pestilence & a Central European capital city

plague & Prague

1200

Any temperamental diva:
PIN ON DRAMA

prima donna

1200

"Holly came from Miami, F‑L‑A, hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A."

"Walk On The Wild Side"

1600

A European viper, front-loaded with an "S", gets a little more depressed as this word

sadder

1600

1981: "Solidarity leader struck first blows against Kremlin's empire"

Lech Walesa

1600

James Joyce's last novel goes back to school at a university in Winston-Salem

Finnegans Wake Forest

1600

 One of your parents & someone in a tub

father & bather

1600

California city:
NO SERF

Fresno

1600

"Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band"

"Tiny Dancer"

2000

Non-magical "Harry Potter" folk illegally import an "S" to make this word

smuggle

2000

Daily Double 

1935: "Ethiopia's king fought an incursion by Italy's strongman, Mussolini"

2000

Founding father Patrick Henry's "choice" quote leads into the 1949 Tony-winning Best Play

"Give me liberty or give me Death of a Salesman"

2000

A big toe ailment & the Teamsters

bunion & union

2000

Doing things the easy but sloppy way(two words
INCORRECT STUNG

cutting corners

2000

Daily Double

"All you did was wreck my bed, and in the morning kick me in the head"