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That's it for #10. Duhfersure already got the first part.

That is not exactly what I was thinking for the first half but I've got to give you credit. I was thinking:

That's the second one for #4!

Good, but only the first one is right for 15.

This is a variation on the earlier Rhyme Time puzzles created by Brandonb. This time each clue has (at least) two answers. The spelling of the rhyming words can be different but they should have the same number of syllables (and of course rhyme). Example: watery flyer = wet jet / rain plane 1. monkey band 2. superlative dog 3. unemployed tunneler 4. upright support spirit 5. invertebrate virus 6. unsuccessful alcohol 7. dirty finger 8. reduce friction on pipe loop 9. computer covered in thick oil 10. untrue pastry 11. conceited storm 12. beast follicles 13. clown’s irons 14. lower maw 15. avian utterance

You're right. I was going for the other definition of cast that means "look" but this is "look" as a noun not "look" as a verb being a synonym with "gaze".

Octopuppy, it may not have been what you were thinking but... Main Entry: aim Part of Speech: verb Definition: To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something. Synonyms: direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in, cast Source: Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition

A simple answer to your question is , yes, time travel is possible. We are all move forward through time. Einstein teaches us that time is relative meaning that we can compress or stretch certain local areas (moments?) of space-time based on our relative speed and/or mass but we can’t move backwards through it. Assuming that you could some how fix your location on the same relative position on the surface of the Earth. If you were to compress time around you but everwhere else it remained the same you would seem to move faster than usual (think "the Flash"). If you were able to extend time around you but the rest of the world remained the same you could speedily move to to future (like if you were in suspended animation). Quantum physics does imply an infinite number of universes (the multi-verse) that represent every possible (those having a probability greater than zero) chain of events. This means that not only alternate futures exist branching from one “now” but also alternate pasts exist that could have gotten you to the same “now” point. There is also the possibility (now really a good word choice here) that universes exist that contain impossible events but that these never intersect the multi-verse that we can explain. So time travel may "exisist" in the full Hollywood/Jules Vern sense of it, but in an impossible universe. Woah, this is getting a little too heavy for me right now, and no I am not stoned.