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Out of the Box 59: Material Relationships




We have a colorful language that includes idioms and phrases that make sense only in a narrow context.  While these aren't quite oxymorons; there is a strange sounding relationship between the object and its material modifier.  Consider the clue and then unscramble the anagram.  Have fun.


Clue                             Anagram                                 Answer
Skeet                           EGO PLIANCY:                    Clay Pigeon
Kaw-Liga                    ADD ONION WINE:           
Heavy on the gas        TEA OF OLD:                                   
SCUBA ancestor        LONG I RUN:                       
Error free fielder         OLD GG LOVE:                   
Picnic ware                 A RANCH PIPE:                  
More picnic ware        STRAW LEVIS REPLICA: 
Drink enabler              PIG'S CLASS SLATE:          
Wood smoother           DRAPE SPAN:                     
Political boundary      AN IRONIC RUT:     

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