YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING
Once again, the title is perfect. By concentrating on the way the words sound, you have the trick, but you don't really know that until you get one. As in WASHINGTONPOSTURE, which is clued with "Public stance of a member of Congress?" See, you've added "ure" onto something well-known. Another nice one is "Newspaper write-up that's light on criticism?" NOMEANFEATURE. Heh. And maybe the best is "Turn more heads than intended?" (ALLURETOOWELL).
So what did you think of MADCAPS? It seems like "Eccentrics" is a noun and "madcap" is an adjective, but maybe I'm wrong about that. I did like "You can see right through 'em" for SPECS. Because see, they correct your vision... making you able to see right. Heh. And speaking of vision, "It can be a strain on the pupils" was a tricky clue for COURSELOAD. And then there's the classic "What was once yours?" (THINE). Heh. Nice. And "Something a Brazilian is unlikely to wax" (SKI) was also amusing.
Overall, a fun and funny Sunday.
- Horace
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