SUDOE = DOUSE

NUREP = PRUNE

FMHOAT = FATHOM

NAGGEE = ENGAGE

CARTOON ANSWER:

BEFORE IN-EAR DIGITAL HEARING AIDS WERE INVENTED, THEY WERE – – –

BAILI = ALIBI

LYRUT = TRULY

SMCIYT = MYSTIC

LEWNUL = UNWELL

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN SHE SAID THEY’D CLEANED UP 100 BAGS WORTH OF ROADSIDE TRASH, SHE MEANT IT – – –

ETLFE = FLEET

BOIML = LIMBO

MHIYSM = SHIMMY

TTIRHF = THRIFT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE OLD CLOCK OCCASIONALLY BECAME INACCURATE AND NEEDED TO BE RESET – – –

TOBHO = BOOTH

DTLIA = TIDAL

NIMWON = MINNOW

ZYILTG = GLITZY

CARTOON ANSWER:

WITHOUT ANY OTHER NUMBERS AROUND, THE ZERO HAD – – –

EHNSE = SHEEN

FHETT = THEFT

GUPYMR = GRUMPY

SMIHYW = WHIMSY

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER GETTING BEHIND A CAR SPEWING THICK SMOKE FROM ITS EXHAUST, – – –

MAFER = FRAME

TNHOM = MONTH

NEEVAU = AVENUE

LOORIE = ORIOLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE ASTRONAUTS JUMPING ABOVE THE LUNAR SURFACE FOR A PHOTO WERE – – –

VRIPY = PRIVY

GEISN = SINGE

VIDAEC = ADVICE

NALIDS = ISLAND

CARTOON ANSWER:

A DOCTOR EXAMINED THE ARACHNID’S LEGS AFTER SHE BECAME WORRIED ABOUT HER – – –

NRYUN = RUNNY

TTOCE = OCTET

LELACO = LOCALE

ROHUSD = SHROUD

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT WOULD BE BUILDING THE NEW SUBWAY LINE WAS – – –

KVOEE = EVOKE

IVICC = CIVIC

NHESTC = STENCH

SRIHTT = THIRST

CARTOON ANSWER:

TO A PETROLOGIST, THE STUDY OF GRANITE, LIMESTONE, BASALT, SHALE, ETC. IS – – –

WTERH = THREW

RYOFT = FORTY

LKLEYI = LIKELY

BIBRTA = RABBIT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE AUTHOR’S PARTNER UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT, WHICH WAS – – –

ASESY = ESSAY

FRGTA = GRAFT

TLILET = LITTLE

ATOPOT = POTATO

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE EVIL WITCH WELCOMED THE VISITORS AND INVITED THEM TO – – –

ODTSO = STOOD

VAEWE = WEAVE

TGONET = GOTTEN

MLTEHE = HELMET

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN IT CAME TO COMPLETELY PAYING OFF HER MORTGAGE, SHE WAS ABLE TO – – –

NUWOD = WOUND

GYBGA = BAGGY

GOUTHH = THOUGH

RYETRA = ARTERY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE BAT WAS BEING PRESSURED TO GIVE UP HIS FAVORITE SPOT AND WOULD NEED TO – – –