Reverse Verses Puzzle


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Each of the verses below defines two words,
the second is the reverse of the first.
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Detractors will say I'm too greedy by far, ------ Avid
Turn me around, I'm an opera star. ------ Diva

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1.  ' Tis true... I'm just a common conjunction,
Reversed, Holding water is my major function.

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2.  You may find one of these at the end of a drill,
Reversed, With one of these around, you may get quite ill.

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3.  I am sometimes replaced with 'can' or 'might',
Reversed, Add a touch of cinnamon and sugar, and it'll taste just right.

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4.  A tropical infectious disease of the skin...
Reversed, A glider or hammock you might do this in.

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5.  At the right kind of meet, this you will do,
Reversed, Dogs, cats, and yes we have 'em too.

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6.  This is a device designed to snare,
Reversed, Some folks have one in their hair.

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7.  Forward this word is often preceded by door,
Reversed, Do this to your head and you'll end up on the floor.

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8.  To go into in a sharp, thrusting way,
Reversed, These creatures are rarely seen during the day.

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9.  Forward, it's a city, village, or town.
Reversed, It's been said, "To get lots of protein, just swallow one down."

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10. If it's done to your drink... you could be killed!
Reversed, If you'd like, you could put one on your windshield.

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11. A word that relates to the number two,
Reversed - Get it right and I will praise you.

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12. A smell or a name given to a small bear,
Reversed, If you throw it, you'll win at the fair.

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13. A means of transport, gliding on rail,
Reversed, Where you go for something on sale.

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14. This Scotland's in England, that's really queer,
Reversed, I need one to take home my beer.

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15. A man-eating giant in ancient folklore,
Reversed, I have proven it to you, therefore.

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16. Returned what was owed, it's only fair,
Reversed, It's some clothes for the small to wear.

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17. Your frame of mind, glad or sad,
Reversed, It's a cause of one that's bad.

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18. Used to turn things that you sup,
Reversed, The bellhop picks them up.

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19. The tense man sometimes this way acts,
Reversed, They're after-dinner snacks.

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20. A skunk can be one if you let 'er,
Reversed, How one fixes an unravelled sweater.

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21. Vehicles to ride on day or night,
Reversed, Another name for bright.

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22. This appreciation for a service, I accept,
Reversed, It's an artist, in drafting adept.

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23. Control and direct your four-legged friend,
Reversed, With disputes his days are spent.

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24. One hundred of these equal one rial,
Reversed, It's an amphibian, it's no gavial.

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25. It's an elevated blemish on the skin.
Reversed, It's what horses like to lie in.

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26. A durable twill-weave cotton fabric,
Reversed, Extracted minerals from the azoic.

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27. If you can do this, you could show at the Tate,
Reversed, Take me there after you operate.

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28. You owe me more money, this fiver's just half,
Reversed, It is found in the guts of a calf.

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29. Take the stuff from above to make this Dutch cheese,
Reversed, Now it's done, manufactured with ease.

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30. Midwives do this, it's how we are born,
Reversed, How one treated another with scorn.

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31. You're wrong, Homer Simpson, this word's not a deer,
Reversed, You can carry your bricks near your ear.

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32. Upon you no punishment I shall inflict,
Reversed, It's an object that tocked and then ticked.

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33. I've put booze in your drink and it's really well mixed,
Reversed, It's a transfer that's permanently fixed.

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34. What Homer said also means drop a line,
Reversed, If I'd gone there, my mind would be fine.

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35. Named after a volcano, a gas burner of fame,
Reversed, Place one's stake, in a poker game.

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36. As an opposite of a gentleman am I treated very well,
Reversed, Though not really different, they avoid me as if I smell.

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