REOAP = OPERA

UHROM = HUMOR

GRLEYC = CLERGY

LDORAL = DOLLAR

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE NEW BARTENDER GOT TO KNOW CUSTOMERS BY ESTABLISHING A – – –

NIRKD = DRINK

NIHOR = RHINO

XTPMEE = EXEMPT

ALNGGY = GANGLY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEIR SMALL LODGING ESTABLISHMENT WAS GETTING READY TO OPEN AFTER YEARS – – –

PRUUS = USURP

PODTA = ADOPT

SUFERE = REFUSE

SLEUUF = USEFUL

CARTOON ANSWER:

AS THE DAILY SPECIAL, CHICKEN NOODLE WAS 50% OFF, WHICH MADE IT A – – –

GUDHO = DOUGH

EKIRS = SKIER

ENOYAN = ANYONE

NSISTI = INSIST

CARTOON ANSWER:

TO GO FROM THE STONE TO THE BRONZE, TO THE IRON, TO THE MIDDLE, ETC. – – –

DBYUD = BUDDY

GAEDA = ADAGE

BRLEIG = GERBIL

PZRIEP = ZIPPER

CARTOON ANSWER:

HER MOTHER AGREED WITH HER THAT STUDYING HARD TO GET AN “A” ON THE TEST WAS A – – –

SFYUS = FUSSY

RNGTA = GRANT

NYISNK = SKINNY

ETRRIW = WRITER

CARTOON ANSWER:

IN 1960, THE U.S. FLAG WAS CHANGED BECAUSE ALASKA AND HAWAII WERE – – –

NWGIR = WRING

MLYIS = SLIMY

FLITUE = FUTILE

SYATTO = TOASTY

CARTOON ANSWER:

FOR THE EAGLE THAT HAD ANOTHER BIRTHDAY COMING UP, IT SEEMED LIKE – – –

COGKE = GECKO

RNLAS = SNARL

TIRBET = BITTER

WGHORT = GROWTH

CARTOON ANSWER:

FOR THE SONGWRITING GUITARIST, IT WAS ALL ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT NOTES TO – – –

FRUGF = GRUFF

LNTIF = FLINT

AONOBB = BABOON

SAUIHT = HIATUS

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE DILAPIDATED ROADSIDE BILLBOARD WAS TAKEN DOWN, AND NOW THERE WAS – – –

ARIYH = HAIRY

KLECR = CLERK

BPAUTE = UPBEAT

SMTAOC = MASCOT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE FISH WAS SMALL, SO SHE RELEASED IT BACK INTO THE WATER AND SAID – – –

SLOAS = LASSO

DAAPN = PANDA

LYIGTU = GUILTY

MRIEHT = HERMIT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE CARPENTER WAS WILLING TO PAY A LITTLE MORE FOR A HAMMER THAT WOULD BE – – –

LTETI = TITLE

RSYOR = SORRY

OHCOES = CHOOSE

NEENLK = KENNEL

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE BAND PLANNED TO GO BOWLING AFTER THEIR GIG BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO – – –