THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORZ
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/13/945857578/sunday-puzzle-word-sandwiches
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar phrase in the form “___ & ___,” in which the first two letters of the first word plus the first two letters of the last word themselves spell a word. I’ll give you that word as well as a definition of the phrase. You tell me the phrase.
Example: SODA — combination performance –> Song & dance
1. BOAR — Native American weapon
2. CAMO — cunning game that a feline and rodent might play
3. EVAN — old-fashioned phrase meaning “occasionally”
4. ABBE — more than could possibly be expected
5. LASE — amphibious
6. SHAW — overwhelm through a show of force
7. BACH — heavy restraint to keep a prisoner from escaping
8. HOVE — like the positions of the x and y axes on a graph
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