Abandon hope all ye who enter here =
Hear Dante! Oh, beware yon open hell.
Patrick J. Flavin, 1935 |
Absence makes the heart grow fonder =
He wants back dearest gone from here.
Patrick J. Flavin, 1935 |
The accidental =
Chance dealt it.
Nypho, 1949 |
Acetaminophen =
The "no-pain" acme.
Nightowl, TE, 1988 |
Action. =
A tonic.
Howard W. Bergerson, WW, 1969 |
Actions speak louder than words. =
Talk or airs can not show up deeds.
Erik Bodin, 1932 |
The active volcanos. =
Cones evict hot lava.
Viking, date unknown |
Actors ~
co-star.
William Tunstall-Pedoe, AG, 1995 |
Actors =
Or cast.
Viking, date unknown |
Admiral Richard E. Byrd Expedition. =
Hardy American Explorer bid; did it.
George B. King, 1935 |
Admirer. =
married.
Author unknown |
Advertisements =
Items at venders
Viking, date unknown |
The Aesculapian. =
Heals acute pain.
Hercules B. McPherrin, 1933 |
Adulatory =
Laudatory.
The Gink, 1970 |
Spiro Agnew =
Grow a penis.
Dick Cavett |
Airfields =
Aid fliers.
Ab Struse, F-SP, 1982 |
An aisle =
Is a lane.
Awl Wrong, TE, 1939 |
Alexander the Great. =
General taxed earth.
Amaranth, TE, 1912 |
Allegories =
Lies galore.
Author unknown |
Woody Allen =
A lewd loony.
Willaim Tunstall-Pedoe, AG, 1994 |
The almshouse. =
A homeless hut.
D.C. Ver, date unknown |
Alphabetically =
I play all the ABC.
George B. King, 1932 |
Alphonse Bertillon's measurement. =
Ear lobes thus tell prison men names.
Viking, date unknown |
Amanuensis. =
A man's in use.
Gen. E. Norre, Thedom, 1895 |
The amateur thespians. =
Inapt hams use theatre.
Erik Bodin, 1932 |
Amenity =
Any time.
Author unknown |
American =
Main race.
Park, NP, 1905 |
American indian =
I red man, I an Inca.
Author unknown |
The American Indian. =
I am in a thinned race.
Hercules, TE, 1924 |
The American Indian reservation. =
It is one area red man can thrive in.
Erik Bodin, 1932 |
America's cartoonists. =
No artists are as comic.
Author unknown |
Roald Amundsen. =
Laud'd Norseman.
Miss Anna C. Bardnell, 1932 |
Anagrams =
Ars Magna. [Latin: "Great Art"]
DCVer, 1931 |
Antagonist ‡
not against.
Arcanus, TEE, 1898 |
Anathema. =
A man hate.
Lateo, TE, 1914 |
Andersen's Fairy Tales. =
Read elfs' yarns in a set.
Amaranth, C, 1911 |
Angered =
Enraged.
William A. Moore Jr, 1899 |
Animosity =
Is no amity.
Lord Baltimore, NT, 1896 |
The answer ~
Wasn't here.
Si, 1937 |
The antique furniture store. =
Oft hunt queer treasure in it.
Amaranth, TE, 1925 |
Apple Macintosh =
Laptop machines.
William Tunstall-Pedoe, AG, 1995 |
Appropriateness =
Is apt, sane, proper.
R. 0. Chester, Evening Telegraph, 1905 |
Apt =
Pat.
King Carnival, Telegraph Twisters, 1905 |
Arabian Desert =
A date is barren.
Author unknown |
The Archeologist =
He's got a hot relic.
Al Gebra, TE, 1963 |
The Arctic Circle =
Chart ice circlet.
F.J. Kathman, 1932 |
The Aristocracy =
A rich Tory caste.
Ess Ell, NP, 1906 |
Armageddon =
Mad god near.
Fanacro, TE, 1973 |
The artesian wells =
Water's in all these.
Viking, TE, 1933 |
Chester Arthur =
Truth searcher,
Camillius, GD, 1883 |
Asinine =
Is inane.
Hoodwink, 1958 |
Asperity =
Yet I rasp.
Amaranth, TE, 1926 |
Aspersion =
No praises.
Molemi, The Oracle, 1907 |
The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln =
A pistol in an actor's rebel hands; a fine man is shot.
Jessie McPherrin, TE, 1951 |
The Associated Press ~
Has editor's set space.
Hercules B. McPherrin, 1932 |
Asthenic =
Thin case.
Author unknown |
As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined. =
See treatise's intent: "Begin with child."
Mrs. Hector Rosenfield, 1933 |
The astrologer =
He got star lore.
Primrose, Somerset Messenger, 1898 |
Astronaut =
Unto a star.
Author unknown |
Astronomer =
Moon-starer.
Lewis Carroll (also printed in plural form in "Farmer's Almanack", Boston, 1821) |
Astronomers =
On! More stars!.
Author unknown |
Asseveration =
As one avers it.
Balmar, Perplexities, 1900 |
Athletics =
Lithe acts.
Mabel P., Pittsburgh Post, 1900 |
Atom bombs. =
A mob's tomb.
Howard W. Bergerson, Word Ways, 1972 |
The automobile radiator. =
A tour made it heat or boil.
Wanderoo, TE, 1920 |
Aye. =
Yea.
Amaranth, Enigmatic Oddities, date unknown |
66 anagrams.