Is There a DR in the House?

End of Year Tips

Publisher Dan Roberts turns a year older this month. In his honor each answer will begin with ‘dr.’  Example: Child’s example of a joke: “________ the bathtub, I’m __________.”  

Answers:  Drain, Drowning

1. Let’s _________ straw to see who goes first.

2. Song from the first act of the musical Les Misérables: ‘I ___________ a _________.’

3. A fine, misty rain, often called a ___________.

4. Children practice building evacuation in case of an emergency. It’s called a fire _________.

5. What to do with a car or a golf ball:  _________ it.

6. What to do with a basketball besides throw or shoot it:  ___________ it.

7. Leaky faucets ________ ________ of water continuously.

8. Recruitment for military service or a preliminary version of a piece of writing:  __________.

9. Popular computer game:  Dungeons and __________.

10. Actress and talk show host:  __________ Barrymore.

11. Where one might take clothes that shouldn’t go in a washing machine:  ________ cleaners.

12. Understand? Get my ________?

13. “ . . . pa rum pum pum-pum . . .”, partial lyrics from The Little ___________ Boy.

14. Uniforms worn by military officers are often called _________ uniforms.

15. Classic cartoon character with a sagging face and deadpan humor:  __________ Dog.

16. Capitol of the German state of Saxony:  ____________.

17. To fill a medical prescription, one goes to a _________ store.

18. A male who uses female makeup/clothing for entertainment purposes is called a __________ Queen.

19. It’s getting late. I feel kinda __________.

20. Might have a little __________ (but will not go out on the road!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAN!

Answers:

  1. Draw
  2. Dreamed, dream
  3. Drizzle
  4. Drill
  5. Drive
  6. Dribble
  7. Drip, drops
  8. Draft
  9. Dragons
  10. Drew
  11. Dry
  12. Drift
  13. Drummer
  14. Dress
  15. Droopy
  16. Dresden
  17. Drug
  18. Drag
  19. Drowsy
  20. Drink
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