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sudoku, find anagrams for things, crossword puzzles, read
(actually pay attention?)
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Burfish
Um, no, sorry. None of them involve the word "fish" in their answers. (It was too annoying to work with.)
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The SOUND of the tick-TOCKS was driving him insane
^ *points up* ^
Hey, you just used sound!
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There are several types of clams ending in 'neck' (littleneck, longneck, shortneck, topneck, pinkneck), there are also a few razors. Due to the list of '*necks' the clam may belong to clue 11, yet due to the 'razors', the clam may belong to clue 12 ("...to shear off"). As to the oyster, the only common names I found that do not include the word 'oyster' are bluepoint and tio, or of the oyster-related 'scallop', pure and tipa. And I found nothing in the short list, with or without 'oyster'/'scallop' that strikes me as fitting either clue.
11. What might be considered 'spice'? What common object(s) might have a neck? Find the right words/sounds, string them together to get the answer.
12. Two parts, the same word, which sounds like the answer.
Still looking for fish.
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His eyes big and ROUND, he decided the LACK of visual stimuli was a decidedly bad idea.
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Do you know what they call the person that graduated last in their medical school class?
Doctor?
I don't know much about DMSO, but to my understanding it's harmless in low quantities. (and is found in low amounts in a great number of things)
But because it can dissolve so many chemical compounds, it can be dangerous by getting contaminated with almost anything - ie, you could easily use it to poison someone.
I don't care enough to look up the FDA trials, but I would guess that would be a reason to proceed with caution.
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I was just about to post this, when I saw Williebear had just posted it and you denied it as the solution.
Grouper (Red Grouper, White Grouper, and Blue Grouper)???
As to the riddle 'style', am I correct in...
The clue is a 'cryptic crossword'-like clue, with the word "off" hinting that the other letters are "out of place", i.e., an anagram? E.g., "Turn keys to shear" comprises the letters for oyster (as it does shark, ray, skate and a few other fishes)
That's what I was working on, too ("southern Hake" was the closest I could get. "turn" could also imply an anagram.
Sorry, no to #6. Try 1980's.
are sound-outs.
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clam & oyster?
Nope. The difference would be in the riddle 'style' ... more or less.
Knots?
Grouper
Sorry Wb, neither of those. But welcome to the Den!
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11.Spice up my ... neck?
Kipper?
You're in the right body of water, I think. As far as I'm aware, what I have in mind is considered different.
emperor? skipper? sergeant major vs grunt?
Sorry, none of these.
The descriptors are for a very American thing.
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High-hat
southern hake?
Sorry fabby, no to both.
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Monkeyfaced prickleback
Californian smoothtongue
I know they're not right, but somehow I had to say them. Sorry.
I don't get the 1st part,but
"pitch it way down" ...BASS?
Yup!
pike
drum?
Correct to the 1st, keep beating on the 2nd.
barb - Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genus Barbus or Puntius and related genera.
barb - A cutting remark.
barb - A horse of a breed introduced by the Moors into Spain from northern Africa.
Hmm, I guess if you stretch a bit on each ... but I like the other answer better!
Remaining: 6, 11, 12
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shark?
Yes indeed!
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Alas, now the swine must all wear SLINGS thanks to the LINKS of the chains holding the swings.
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Split Level ?
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Long shot?
Short shrift, perhaps. Sorry.
Don't nag!
Ok, fine!
1. sole
8. perch
7. smelt
and sole and perch and smelt are fish????
edit just got another
& yup, there you go ... No need to keep fishing for clues.
had roost for 8. but think your theme is better. had thought from the title maybe something like won, too, read, blew but now have wisened up a la Dr Seuss and your insight. but thought nag, too? ...hmmm
(2) flounder
(9) ray [electric ray]
and, though it doesn't fit the "Old Horse" part of the clue, "to bellyache" is, in a way, to (10) carp
I am sure you are. It fits the title.
Also correct - though I think it does, a la PG & fabby.
That leaves 3,4,5,6, & 11,12.
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chalk
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woad
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1. My one & only. (Yet you step on me)
2. Fail to muddle through. (Turnover)
3. Pay your way. (Or stick it)
4. Don't play that hot-shot. (Practices at the bar)
5. Doesn't happen often. (Pitch it way down)
6. Executive vs party. (Bangin)
7. Got a whiff of that! (Remove impurities)
8. Sit on the edge. (Mom rules it.)
9. Dangerous when preceded by letters. (Sci-Fi weapon)
10.Quit your bellyaching! (Old horse)
11.Spice up my ... neck?
12.Turn keys to shear off
are a different form compared to the others.
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Ok then.The LOON then tried to placate her by saying, "But I found it on BING!"
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I always think you've gotta be fab, fabby!
How could you not be, with such a spectacular name & avatar? 
I always notice when people say "nuke-ular" instead of "nuclear". Thanks to the Simpsons, there are a *lot* of people who think that's the correct pronunciation.
(My DH is one. GWBush is another. I don't like the association ...)
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Too much SLINKING around where he doesn't belong.
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Or the bad hairdo - Why is he SLICKING his hair back like that?
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Would a Cal-i-forn-i-an be considered as a common name for an animal?
No. You can't classify fruits, nuts, & flakes as animals
even with the governator's accent.& besides, it's properly spelled Ka-lif-for-ni-an.
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There's no accounting for taste. PICKING out his own clothes ends in fashion disaster.
A Mutual Understanding
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A few tries