escalator

[karlinann]

clue 1	clue 2	clue 3	letter	word a	word b	word c	letter
1) Temper-Labb	2) Gem- Labb	3) tree abode-Labb	F	1)soften	2)stone	3)nest	O
4) Take for granted- becky	5) Cogitates- becky	6) Disarray- becky	A	4)assume	5)muses	6)mess	U
7) Allow- Labb	8) Rubbish- LABB	9) Wharf - LABB	M	7)Permit	8)Tripe	9}Pier	T
10) figure of speech becky	11) Mr. Standish -becky	12) Stately trees - becky	I	10)simile	11)miles	12)elms	I
13) 8 pints	14) Accompanying	15) Objective	L	13)gallon	14)along	15)goal	N
16) oily-Labb	17) blusters-Labb	18} scorch- LABB	Y	16)greasy	17)rages	18)Sear	G

Place the answer to clue 1 in the first space, drop a letter and arrange the remaining letters to answer clue 2. Drop another letter and arrange the remaining letters to answer clue 3. The first dropped letter goes into the box to the left of space 1 and the second dropped letter goes into the box to the right of space 3. Follow this pattern for each row in the diagram. When completed, the letters on the left and right, reading down, will spell a phrase.

[labbasgle]

16. greasy - drop Y
17. rages - drop G
18. scar

[karlinann]

Labb 16, 17 are correct, but 18 is a different word. Putting them in.

[Becky]

10. simile ???
11. Miles ???
12. elms ???

[karlinann]

yEP! WHIZ KID!

[labbasgle]

sear

[Becky]

7. permit
8. tripe
9. pier

[karlinann]

You ROCK!

[Becky]

4. assume
5. muses -A
6. mess -U

[karlinann]

4 thru 6 going in.

[labbasgle]

1. soften
2. stone - drop f
3. nest - drop o

[Becky]

13. gallon
14. along -L
15. goal -N

[karlinann]

Labb & Becky you both are genius's. Game over!