The game of billiards = Aim ball for this edge. Amaranth, TE, 1913 |
Garage mechanics = Change car's image. Author unknown |
Garbage = A beggar. Author unknown, TE (possibly), 1920 |
Garbage man = Bag manager. Atlantic, TE, 1991 |
Indira Gandhi = Had Indian rig. Author unknown |
Garnet, Amethyst, Emerald = Three neat art gems, my lad! Author unknown |
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may = Here's why: beauty goes dim early. Hudu, TE, 1987 |
The gendarme = Armed gent, eh?. St Germaine, AP, 1899 |
A gentleman = Elegant man. Nypho, TE, 1911 |
The German Kaiser = A master king here. Atlantis, TE, 1914 |
The German soldiers = Hitler's men are dogs. Awl Wrong, TE, 1945 |
Gladiator = A lad o' grit. M.C.S., C, 1911 |
William Ewart Gladstone = Wild agitator means well. Lewis Carroll, date unknown |
William Ewart Gladstone = We want a mild legislator. Author unknown, The Modern Sphinx, 1879 |
William Ewart Gladstone = It so great will lead man. Author unknown, The Modern Sphinx, 1879 |
Gold and silver = Grand old evils. Author unknown |
The golden days = They gladden so. Author unknown |
Golden weddings = Sign long wedded. Author unknown |
A good name is better than great riches = Be not a hoarder; right acts gain esteem. Mr & Mrs Hector Rosenfeld, 1934 |
Robin Goodfellow = Wood elf or goblin. Arty Ess, TE, 1913 |
Billy Graham = Big rally ham. Author unknown |
Grand finale = A flaring end. Author unknown |
The great American desert = I get a mere sand tract here. Sam Weller, TEE, 1898 |
Greyhound = Hey, dog, run! King Carnival, TE, 1898 |
The grindstone = Thins torn edge. Molemi, 1906 |
The Guardian = Naught I read. Author unknown |
The guillotines = I hit one's gullet. D.C. Ver, TE, 1913 |
Alec Guinness = Genuine class. William Tunstall-Pedoe (also attributed to Dick Cavett), AG, 1995 |
| A gypsy fortune-teller = Gentry, spell your fate. Frankolin, TE, 1915 |
29 anagrams.