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- Give up the biscuit - Mike 07/October/07
- Tin whiskers - ESC 06/October/07
- Drives me puce - Catherine 05/October/07
- Is Bismark a herring? - Ron 05/October/07
- Shirley verses Alan - Shirley 05/October/07
- Shirley verses Alan - Smokey Stover 05/October/07
- Shirley verses Alan - Baceseras 05/October/07
- Shirley verses Alan - Smokey Stover 05/October/07
- Familiarity breeds contempt - Karyl 04/October/07
- Might wide of you - SFH 04/October/07
- Don't take any wooden nickels - Jeff Harter 03/October/07
- Little tacker - Karen 03/October/07
- Well-healed - Gnome 02/October/07
- A bell in every tooth - Diane 02/October/07
- All things must pass - Steph 02/October/07
- Kick-in-the-pants - Drdo 02/October/07
- Kick-in-the-pants - Smokey Stover 02/October/07
- They got in just under the wire - Baceseras 01/October/07
- They got in just under the wire - Smokey Stover 02/October/07
- They got in just under the wire - Baceseras 03/October/07
- They got in just under the wire - Smokey Stover 02/October/07
- Sweetly Slip Into the Quiet Night? - Lendall Brady 01/October/07
- "Beauty is only skin deep, but...." - Angela 30/September/07
- "Beauty is only skin deep, but...." - pamela 01/October/07
- Needle all the way into the red - Shirely 29/September/07
- Catch wind of - Brent Johnson 28/September/07
- The old heave oh - Christina 27/September/07
- Easy does it - Muna 27/September/07
- Easy does it - Parthian 27/September/07
- Easy does it - Parthian 27/September/07
- Turn it away - Mpisut 26/September/07
- Turn it away - Baceseras 26/September/07
- The ties that bind - Olivia 26/September/07
- The ties that bind - Bruce Kahl 26/September/07
- Bite your tongue - Dan-o 24/September/07
- Bite your tongue - Vicotria S Dennis 24/September/07
- An angel song - Bob Dillon 24/September/07
- New-fangled - William Cooper 24/September/07
- New-fangled - Smokey Stover 24/September/07
- New-fangled - Bob 24/September/07
- Borrowed plumes - Craig Rolinger 24/September/07
- Polite fiction - Graham 24/September/07
- Didn't touch the sides - Jessica 23/September/07
- Honesty is the best policy - Sri Lakshmi Divya 23/September/07
- Like a dog at a fair - Trewf 23/September/07
- Got nothin on me - Daniel 22/September/07
- Sorry for myself - Batkys 22/September/07
- Biblical sense - Marie 22/September/07
- Biblical sense - R. Berg 22/September/07
- On deck - Marly Huiras 22/September/07
- On deck - Smokey Stover 23/September/07
- A good game played slowly - Jill Thornley 22/September/07
- Tuck in - Alex 22/September/07
- Tuck in - RRC 22/September/07
- Clothes Horse - Marcella 21/September/07
- Red tape - Probe 21/September/07
- Red tape - Victoria S Dennis 21/September/07
- The dead woman walks - Meena 21/September/07
- 7 come 11 - Sony 20/September/07
- Skin in the game - David Cross 19/September/07
- Starving in a garret - Chantal Bourgault 19/September/07
- For the love of God - Ben 18/September/07
- Put a pebble in your shoe - Beth 18/September/07
- The jig/gig is up - Adam Nicholas 18/September/07
- On the DL - BL 17/September/07
- On the DL - ESC 17/September/07
- Swallow a grapefruit - Andrea 17/September/07
- Fatty boombalatty - Amy T 17/September/07
- Gong Show - Tori 17/September/07
- Live. Love. Laugh - Sindy Duarte 17/September/07
- Bark up - Veronica Castillo 17/September/07
- Hang your hat - Andy 16/September/07
- Slouching towards Bethlehem - Melanie Thompson 16/September/07
- Slouching towards Bethlehem - Victoria S Dennis 16/September/07
- Come into one's own - Rachel 16/September/07
- Baby needs a new pair of shoes - Joanne 15/September/07
- Going nowhere fast - Mark 15/September/07
- Going nowhere fast - Baceseras 15/September/07
- Crop up - Kate Hudson 14/September/07
- Class in a Glass - Trish 14/September/07
- I love you... - Vic8874 13/September/07
- I love you... - ESC 13/September/07
- The sky's the limit - Guidegirl 12/September/07
- Make do or do without... - Linda 12/September/07
- What I hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do I understand. - Kim Bennett 12/September/07
- Legitimate beef - David Brown 11/September/07
- I'll go to the foot of our stairs - Jim Davidson 11/September/07
- Wouldn't say Boo to a goose - Ann Tarrant 11/September/07
- Be concerned... - Adalid 11/September/07
- Bologna sandwich - Christine Limon 10/September/07
- Old Haldie - Marty Strong 10/September/07
- Placeholder assets - Shirely 10/September/07
- Run the reasoning - Meral 09/September/07
- Run the reasoning - Smokey Stover 09/September/07
- Run the reasoning - Smokey Stover 09/September/07
- Two wrongs don't make a right? - Benno Nathan 08/September/07
- Two wrongs don't make a right? - Smokey Stover 10/September/07
- Boy crazy - Dale Pierce 08/September/07
- It gives me the creeps - Wendy 08/September/07
- What goes around comes around - M. Reynolds 08/September/07
- Enough skin to cover my eyes - Allyson 08/September/07
- Christmas present - ESC 07/September/07
- Out of string - Ofra 07/September/07
- Keep the lid on - Marco 07/September/07
- Ace the ace - Kat 06/September/07
- Ace the ace - pamela 07/September/07
- Bring home good paper - Brad 06/September/07
- Needle of suspicion - Tom 06/September/07
- Needle of suspicion - Victoria S Dennis 06/September/07
- Needle of suspicion - R. Berg 06/September/07
- Needle of suspicion - RRC 06/September/07
- Needle of suspicion - Victoria S Dennis 06/September/07
- Two in a hill - Max Benson 05/September/07
- Two in a hill - ESC 05/September/07
- Rich plan - FJR 04/September/07
- It's not big and it's not clever - Ygor 04/September/07
- It's not big and it's not clever - Baceseras 04/September/07
- It's not big and it's not clever - Ygor 04/September/07
- It's not big and it's not clever - Ygor 04/September/07
- It's not big and it's not clever - Baceseras 04/September/07
- May-December couple - Walter 04/September/07
- May-December couple - Smokey Stover 04/September/07
- Everything went south - DeLyle Allsup 04/September/07
- Sisters in acid drops - Rosie Chapman 03/September/07
- Stand the drop of York - Susan Lawn 03/September/07
- My stars and stockings - Waania 03/September/07
- Going native - Jane Bennett 03/September/07
- Don't feed the trolls - Wolfgang 03/September/07
- Chap the Pope - Pepper 01/September/07
- Whiskers on it - Parthian 01/September/07
- Whiskers on it - Smokey Stover 01/September/07
- Keep your shoes on - Isabella 01/September/07
- Keep your shoes on - Smokey Stover 01/September/07
- Each to their own - Nigel Calvert 31/August/07
- Live now, pay later - Jane 30/August/07
- Live now, pay later - Smokey Stover 31/August/07
- Live now, pay later - pamela 07/September/07
- Live now, pay later - Smokey Stover 31/August/07
- Blowing smoke... - Carrie 30/August/07
- Blowing smoke... - ESC 30/August/07
- Tighten his jaw - Dora 30/August/07
- Tighten his jaw - ESC 30/August/07
- Disappear... - Jeff 30/August/07
- Disappear... - Parthian 30/August/07
- It is to laugh - Turner 29/August/07
- It is to laugh - Smokey Stover 30/August/07
- Boy oh boy - Jason 29/August/07
- Persons prevented - Lou Sorrentino 29/August/07
- In for a dime, in for a dollar - Rooboone 29/August/07
- In for a dime, in for a dollar - Victoria S Dennis 29/August/07
- A dog doesn't question why he barks - Loren 29/August/07
- A dog doesn't question why he barks - Parthian 30/August/07
- The sun always shines on the righteous - Kathryne Harris 29/August/07
- Terms of endearment - Mar Pavon 28/August/07
- Big fish small fish cardboard box - Lucinda 28/August/07
- Sew buttons on ice cream - T L Gilman 28/August/07
- Grey around the gills - Regan 28/August/07
- Bingo dress - Simon Aitch 28/August/07
- Set free - Eswar 28/August/07
- Used in anger - Randall B. Smith 28/August/07
- Baby, baby... - Calophi 27/August/07
- Shouting the odds - Mike B 27/August/07
- Turn in - Ken Hilton 27/August/07
- Run the gauntlet - Donaldson M. Garschagen 27/August/07
- One way traffic - Sameer 27/August/07
- Leather arse - Jan 26/August/07
- Apple pie and glory - Fred 26/August/07
- Good faith efforts - Grace 26/August/07
- Good faith efforts - R. Berg 26/August/07
- When in Rome - Galen 26/August/07
- In/on the market - Grace 26/August/07
- I've got my bike outside. - Len Taylor 24/August/07
- What goes around comes around - Anonymous 24/August/07
- Left eye - Dave Jackson 23/August/07
- Left eye - ChrisA 23/August/07
- Nobody puts Baby in a corner - ESC 23/August/07
- All found - Adrian 23/August/07
- All found - Smokey Stover 23/August/07
- Bored to tears - Frances 22/August/07
- Dead on the money - S. Willard 22/August/07
- Every cloud... - Rameeza Awais 21/August/07
- Every cloud... - RRC 21/August/07
- Agel fires - Deb 20/August/07
- Frightened Isaac - Magwitch 20/August/07
- Dancing in the dark - Lang Allen Reeves 20/August/07
- Dancing in the dark - Smokey Stover 20/August/07
- Stupid is as stupid does - Walt. 20/August/07
- Pigeon pair - Greenspark 20/August/07
- Ideas above one's station - Michael Mayer 19/August/07
- Ideas above one's station - R. Berg 19/August/07
- Go to the dogs - onni Thompson 19/August/07
- Go to the dogs - Smokey Stover 20/August/07
- Go to the dogs - Lewis 20/August/07
- Light a candle... - Shrutika 19/August/07
- Two Babes in the Woods - Fay Smith 19/August/07
- Hit your straps - Sameer 19/August/07
- Just in case - Elaine 19/August/07
- You Wot - jf3000 18/August/07
- You Wot - David FG 19/August/07
- Go like the clappers - Stanley Eveling 18/August/07
- Throw someone to the wolves - Kaye Richey 18/August/07
- Throw someone to the wolves - ESC 18/August/07
- Throw someone to the wolves - RRC 18/August/07
- Throw someone to the wolves - ESC 18/August/07
- Ruff shod - Allan W. Deela 18/August/07
- Worst case scenario - Brian Handy 17/August/07
- Money for old rope - Marc Latham 17/August/07
- Billy no mates - Dan 17/August/07
- Put your hand up - Sameer 17/August/07
- Play the percentages - Cate 17/August/07
- Play the percentages - R. Berg 17/August/07
- The shutters are down - Sameer 16/August/07
- Dew Work - Justine 16/August/07
- Hitting his straps - Ian Macdonald 15/August/07
- My bad - Chris Hopson 15/August/07
- Onward through the fog - Harry 15/August/07
- Souls on board - Lyle 15/August/07
- Souls on board - Victoria S Dennis 15/August/07
- Poem - Sallie Ranken 15/August/07
- Live, laugh, love - Marsha 15/August/07
- Red in tooth and claw - Marg Anton 15/August/07
- Herd cats through a waterfall - Todd Lamkin 14/August/07
- Herd cats through a waterfall - Victoria S Dennis 14/August/07
- Save money - Paula Mellon 14/August/07
- Good enough for government work - Rick Stone 14/August/07
- Get a little drunk... - Christine 14/August/07
- Shot in the head - Mary Bower 14/August/07
- Shot in the head - Bob 14/August/07
- Buttons pop - Ellie 14/August/07
- Baseball gripped me - Dave Hobbs 13/August/07
- Boot camp - Tala 12/August/07
- Boot camp - ESC 12/August/07
- Boot camp - ESC 12/August/07
- Boot camp - ESC 12/August/07
- Born on Sunday - KelWall 11/August/07
- False dawn - OJ 10/August/07
- False dawn - Smokey Stover 10/August/07
- The extra mile - Armando 08/August/07
- Oo much cheese - Oscar 08/August/07
- Joe Bloggs - Suse Kearns 08/August/07
- Fall between the silos - MM 07/August/07
- Money makes you funny... - Joseph Gielen 07/August/07
- Birds of a feather - Meredith 06/August/07
- I got soul - Mar Pavon 06/August/07
- It's all in the family - Karen 06/August/07
- Fell into the right hands - Oiri 05/August/07
- On the beach - Kahrobaie 05/August/07
- The meaning of life - Graptus Henderson 04/August/07
- By the wayside - Deborah M. Coelho 03/August/07
- Sometimes a river - Confused 03/August/07
- Sometimes a river - RRC 03/August/07
- Sometimes a river - Smokey Stover 04/August/07
- Sometimes a river - RRC 03/August/07
- All the world is stage - Mandy 02/August/07
- All the world is stage - RRC 02/August/07
- All the world is stage - Smokey Stover 02/August/07
- All the world is stage - RRC 02/August/07
- Look like the back of a bus - BT 02/August/07
- Pots for rags - Kate Barry 02/August/07
- Mote in God's eye - gloria duarte 01/August/07
- The drop of a cheque - Maria 01/August/07
- Raise expectations - Pete Shovlin 01/August/07
- Raise expectations - Baceseras 01/August/07
- Raise expectations - Baceseras 02/August/07
- Raise expectations - Baceseras 01/August/07
- Itch your nose... - Su 01/August/07
- Putting on the dog - John 31/July/07
- 25 point Tossup - Kevin 31/July/07
- Touch base - Steve Seelig 31/July/07
- Best is the enemy of better - MM 31/July/07
- Best is the enemy of better - Bob 31/July/07
- Best is the enemy of better - Smokey Stover 31/July/07
- Best is the enemy of better - Bob 31/July/07
- An Englishman's home is his castle - K McDonald 31/July/07
- A horse of a different color - Ian Kusz 31/July/07
- A horse of a different color - Bob 31/July/07
- A horse of a different color - R. Berg 31/July/07
- A horse of a different color - Bob 31/July/07
- Busy as a beaver? - Kathy 30/July/07
- Busy as a beaver? - ESC 30/July/07
- Breaking bread - Tracy 29/July/07
- Breaking bread - R. Berg 29/July/07
- Work wonders - Saeed 29/July/07
- A blind pig - Phil 29/July/07
- A blind pig - ESC 29/July/07
- Get one`s rocks off - Frankie 28/July/07
- Get one`s rocks off - Bob 28/July/07
- Cover your ass - Cllnrggls 28/July/07
- Gripped with fear - Jeff Dunn 27/July/07
- Needle in a haystack - Lee Dennis Armstrong 27/July/07
- Cloth cap and whippets - Leena Simojoki 27/July/07
- Cloth cap and whippets - Victoria S Dennis 27/July/07
- A good apple... - Billy 27/July/07
- Run that one by me - Luis 27/July/07
- Knee high - Lynn 26/July/07
- Knee high - Baceseras 26/July/07
- Keep your head above water - jmbuik 26/July/07
- The doghouse - Romen 26/July/07
- Kick into touch - Scarlet 26/July/07
- Charlie's Dead - Linda Jackson 25/July/07
- Coming down like the bars of hell - Baceseras 25/July/07
- Coming down like the bars of hell - ESC 26/July/07
- Coming down like the bars of hell - James Briggs 26/July/07
- Stair-rods - lewis 26/July/07
- Coming down like the bars of hell - ESC 26/July/07
- Talk a blue streak - Lynn 25/July/07
- Talk a blue streak - ChrisA 25/July/07
- Rinning like a mule eating briars - Lisa 25/July/07
- Fringe benefits - Karla DeTienne 25/July/07
- Squeaky clean - Fazman 25/July/07
- No walk in the park - Cindye 25/July/07
- Herbert - Hermione 24/July/07
- Herbert - ChrisA 24/July/07
- Call me, I am the book - Johs Chr Johansen 24/July/07
- Take no prisoners - Benjamin 24/July/07
- Glimpse of the obvious - Alexander 24/July/07
- Grew up unceremoniously - Fernando 24/July/07
- Grew up unceremoniously - ESC 24/July/07
- A liberating time - Fernando 24/July/07
- His way or the highway - Fernando 24/July/07
- Put on a show - Boris 24/July/07
- What the cat saw - Parthian 24/July/07
- The last button on Gabriel's coat - Cricket 24/July/07
- Bright as a dollar - Rachel 23/July/07
- Six to five and pick 'em - Michael Brulot 23/July/07
- A rod for his own back - Sam 22/July/07
- Going to the wall - Tim Steele 22/July/07
- Work wonders
- Breaking bread
- Putting on the dog
- Itch your nose...
- Charlie's Dead
- The meaning of life
- Sometimes a river
- The extra mile
- Born on Sunday
- Joe Bloggs
- Herd cats through a waterfall
- Souls on board
- Worst case scenario
- Put your hand up
- Ruff shod
- Go like the clappers
- Going to the wall
- Ideas above one's station
- Take no prisoners
- Stupid is as stupid does
- Light a candle...
- Hit your straps
- Herbert
- Baby, baby...
- Turn in
- Terms of endearment
- In for a dime, in for a dollar
- No walk in the park
- Boy oh boy
- Each to their own
- Ace the ace
- Placeholder assets
- Wouldn't say Boo to a goose
- Make do or do without...
- Come into one's own
- Skin in the game
- Dew Work
- Sorry for myself
- Got nothin on me
- Like a dog at a fair
- Honesty is the best policy
- An angel song
- Run that one by me
- The ties that bind
- Needle in a haystack
- Sweetly Slip Into the Quiet Night?
- All things must pass
- Is Bismark a herring?