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PERMANENT INKSTAIN FOR VALERIE MATTHEWS



WEEK TITLE SYNOPSIS INK Types
1254 Inkorporation--a change-one-letter contest Change the name of a present or past business, store or agency (not just a product) by adding one letter, deleting one letter, transposing two letters or substituting one letter for another. H
1105 A lit obit of fun Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2014. H
965 Foaling around Breed any two of the horses in this year's Triple Crown races and name their foal. H
939 MASH 2: The Retread Combine two movie titles and describe the result. H
932 We'll call them your-mama jokes Tell us an original "your mama" joke. H
922 A Banner Week Write entirely new, humorous lyrics to the tune of “The Star-Spangled Banner”; they can be on any subject. H 2
921 Give Us Willies Write an original Little Willie poem, perhaps reflecting our current era. This is a venerable four-line genre in which Master W. does some nasty thing and doesn't tend to learn to be a Good Boy by poem's end. H
919 Good Luck With 13 Alter a 13-letter word, phrase or name by one letter (add a letter, drop a letter, switch two letters somewhere in the word, or substitute one letter for another) and describe the result. H
916 Bank shots Take any headline, verbatim, appearing anywhere in The Post or on washingtonpost.com from April 22 through May 2 and reinterpret it by adding a "bank head," or subtitle. H
719 We Har the World Come up with a creative name for a sports team for a town or city anywhere outside the United States. H
714 Amalgamated Steal Merge two or more company or product names into a new, ORIGINAL company or product. H H H
708 What Kind of Foal Am I? Breed any two from a list of 100 of the horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown races and provide an appropriate name for their foal. H
707 What Would YOU Do? Use only the words appearing in "The Cat in the Hat" to create your own work of "literature" of no more than 75 words. H
701 Untitlement Here are the covers for what just might be Bob Staake's next four books. What are they called and what are they about? H
691 Haven't Got a Clue Make all the clues in the provided crossword ooh-clever or at least ah-that's-funny, even the little words. H
689 Busted Play Come up with a more objectionable or stupid toy than a working fart-powered toy rocket. H
681 Ticket to Write Write a jingle for a business (or its product), organization or government agency, set to a Beatles song. H
674 Limerixicon 3 Supply a humorous limerick based on any word in the dictionary (except proper nouns) beginning with ca-. H