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HOMOPHONES

200

'Crafted, or the upstairs cleaning lady'

made/maid

400

'Run away from a tiny circus bug'

flee/flea

600

'Fuel from a bog, or the "Little Rascal" dog'

peat/Pete

800

'Followed footprints through the forest, or a large expanse of land'

tracked/tract

1000

'A serving piece that can be fancy, or a fancy name for a card in the deck'

the tray/trey

ACTORS & ROLES

200

'This macadamia nut rancher said, "I don't know where I stop & Gomer begins"'

Jim Nabors

400

'Lawrence Olivier was fired from "Queen Christina" because he was "too nervous and scared of" this Swede'

Greta Garbo

600

'Peter O'Toole has received 2 Oscar nom. for playing King Henry II, 1 for each of these 2 films'

The Lion in Winter & Beckett

800

'He escaped the Nazis in "The Sound of Music", but the caught & shot him in "Crossings"'

Christopher Plummer

1000

'Joan Crawford played this Somerset Maugham trollop before Hayworth, but Rita did it in 3-D'

Sadie Thompson