The Lighter Side (Apr 2021)

I&U Switcheroo
Using the definitions, identify the pairs of words with identical spellings except for the letter I in the first word replaced with a U in the second word.
 
For example:
Make a selection/Ice hockey equipment = PICK/PUCK
 
1. Remote control sound/Chicken sound
2. Man's title/Assemble the troops
3. Advertising song/Tropical forest
4. Having a sharp taste/Dairy stick
5. Flexible, like a gymnast/Wooden planks
6. Drainage channel/From the Netherlands
7. Bookkeeping entry/First time on stage         
8. Fast-growing grain/Popular 1990s haircut
9. Contaminate/Provoke with insults
10. Dimwitted cartoon cat/Short and squat
 

Answers:
1. CLICK/CLUCK
2. MISTER/MUSTER
3. JINGLE/JUNGLE
4. BITTER/BUTTER
5. LIMBER/LUMBER
6. DITCH/DUTCH
7. DEBIT/DEBUT
8. MILLET/MULLET
9. TAINT/TAUNT
10. STIMPY/STUMPY
 

IN THE WAY
Using these definitions, identify the 6-letter words that all end in W-A-Y.
 
1. Breathing passage
2. Freedom to move
3. In spite of everything
4. World War II naval battle
5. Urban transportation
6. Personal transportation device
7. Fashion show stage
8. Comic actor Tim
9. Port city in western Ireland
 
 
Answers:
1. AIRWAY
2. LEEWAY
3. ANYWAY
4. MIDWAY
5. SUBWAY
6. SEGWAY
7. RUNWAY
8. CONWAY
9. GALWAY