Writers’ Dash: January 2016
Morning Dash 1. a cry for help 2. a case of nerves 3. all for one 4. on point 5. the...
Writers’ Dash: January 2016
Morning Dash
| 1. | a cry for help | 2. | a case of nerves | 3. | all for one | 4. | on point | 5. | the blink of an eye |
| 6. | a piece of advice | 7. | the book of love | 8. | fine for now | 9. | one-on-one | 10. | the sting of the lash |
| 11. | an act of faith | 12. | a breath of fresh air | 13. | gone for good | 14. | on the ball | 15. | a pang of remorse |
| 16. | the shadow of a doubt | 17. | a friend of the family | 18. | all for naught | 19. | on your mark | 20. | a bit of a fix |
| 21. | hope of retrieval | 22. | for the love of God | 23. | left for dead | 24. | on your honor | 25. | sight of a familiar face |
| 26. | a look of scorn | 27. | in the nick of time | 28. | lost forever | 29. | get on with it | 30. | sound of a friendly voice |
| 31. | a shot in the dark |
Evening Dash
| 1. | a note of thanks | 2. | a piece of cake | 3. | free from worry | 4. | off the wall | 5. | a taste of victory |
| 6. | an air of derision | 7. | the hand of fate | 8. | safe from harm | 9. | off alone | 10. | shadow of a smile |
| 11. | the kiss of death | 12. | the edge of the world | 13. | out from under | 14. | off by a hair | 15. | fresh coat of paint |
| 16. | the next of kin | 17. | in spite of it all | 18. | recalled from memory | 19. | off your oats | 20. | a gleam in the eye |
| 21. | the sight of home | 22. | for the sake of modesty | 23. | sent from above | 24. | off the cuff | 25. | a barrel of monkeys |
| 26. | a sigh of relief | 27. | a hint of humor | 28. | seen from a distance | 29. | off and on | 30. | a fox in the henhouse |
| 31. | a pebble in a pond |
Writers’ Dash: December 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Paint the town red. | 2. | The cat’s meow. | 3. | Barking up the wrong tree. | 4. | Close, but no cigar. | 5. | Everything but the kitchen sink. |
| 6. | Put a sock in it. | 7. | Leave no stone unturned. | 8. | When the going gets tough, the tough get going. | 9. | Don’t try kicking against the wind. | 10. | A picture is worth a thousand words. |
| 11. | Where there’s smoke there’s fire. | 12. | Ignorance is bliss. | 13. | A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. | 14. | Never speak ill of the dead. | 15. | Faint heart never won fair lady. |
| 16. | Don’t get mad, get even. | 17. | An idle man is the devil’s playfellow. | 18. | An old fox need learn no craft. | 19. | Curses, like chickens come home to roost. | 20. | Like a fish out of water. |
| 21. | Let sleeping dogs lie. | 22. | Seize the day. | 23. | Little strokes fell great oaks. | 24. | A rising tide lifts all boats. | 25. | Peace begins just where ambition ends. |
| 26. | Confess and be hanged. | 27. | A wink is as good as a nod, to a blind man. | 28. | If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas. | 29. | A cat has nine lives. | 30. | He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. |
| 31. | A good conscience is a soft pillow. |
Evening Dash
| 1. | No man is an island. | 2. | People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. | 3. | Any port in a storm. | 4. | He who pays the piper calls the tune. | 5. | Never look a gift horse in the mouth. |
| 6. | Seeing is believing. | 7. | Dead men tell no tales. | 8. | Set a thief to catch a thief. | 9. | One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. | 10. | Easy come, easy go. |
| 11. | A drowning man will clutch at a straw. | 12. | The worst wheel always creaks most. | 13. | A spark can start a great fire. | 14. | Still waters run deep. | 15. | Discretion is the greater part of valor. |
| 16. | The walls have ears. | 17. | Love makes a good eye squint. | 18. | Brevity is the soul of wit. | 19. | If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. | 20. | They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind. |
| 21. | Don’t beat about the bush. | 22. | You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. | 23. | Don’t knock on death’s door. Ring the doorbell and run. | 24. | While the cat’s away the mice will play. | 25. | Silence is golden. |
| 26. | There is no honor among thieves. | 27. | He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon. | 28. | In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. | 29. | Every man has his price. | 30. | He who hesitates is lost. |
| 31. | As thick as thieves. |
Writers’ Dash: November 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | The walls have ears | 2. | Weasel words | 3. | Easy come, easy go | 4. | Flamboyant | 5. | Foothill |
| 6. | Postcard | 7. | Caught red-handed | 8. | White noise | 9. | Snow storm | 10. | Clown |
| 11. | Last straw | 12. | Paint | 13. | Freak out | 14. | Home alone | 15. | Paper |
| 16. | Alabaster | 17. | Jaywalker | 18. | Run amok | 19. | Kangaroo court | 20. | Break the ice |
| 21. | The whole shebang | 22. | Dotage | 23. | Lonely road | 24. | Odd socks | 25. | Swan song |
| 26. | Needful things | 27. | Whistle | 28. | Draw a blank | 29. | Lipstick | 30. | Half-cooked |
| Extra | Lily-livered |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Vessel | 2. | Walter Mitty | 3. | Puerile | 4. | Pipe dream | 5. | Bird dog |
| 6. | Sneeze | 7. | Radioactive | 8. | La-di-da | 9. | Tattoo | 10. | Ambrosial |
| 11. | Emote | 12. | Birdsong | 13. | Whisperer | 14. | Samurai | 15. | Intergalactic |
| 16. | Topaz | 17. | Phallic | 18. | Sassafras | 19. | Barter | 20. | Hum |
| 21. | Burnish | 22. | Coffee break | 23. | Rinky dink | 24. | Sickly | 25. | Maniacal |
| 26. | Salad days | 27. | Jink | 28. | Seance | 29. | Flyblown | 30. | Whoosh |
| Extra | Billow |
Writers’ Dash: October 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Perspective | 2. | Gesture | 3. | Contour | 4. | Illusion | 5. | Preserve |
| 6. | Impasto | 7. | Realism | 8. | Vibrant | 9. | Compose | 10. | Reflection |
| 11. | Cogent | 12. | Luminosity | 13. | Synthetic | 14. | Crimson | 15. | Tertiary |
| 16. | Dappled | 17. | Analogue | 18. | Spectrum | 19. | Alter Ego | 20. | Artifice |
| 21. | Canvas | 22. | Figure | 23. | Hegemony | 24. | Lyrical | 25. | Motif |
| 26. | Plastic | 27. | Solvent | 28. | Cityscape | 29. | Symbol | 30. | Tactile |
| 31. | Caricature |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Proportion | 2. | Technique | 3. | Uninhibited | 4. | Glaze | 5. | Spontaneous |
| 6. | Pigment | 7. | Opaque | 8. | Abstraction | 9. | Imagine | 10. | Rendering |
| 11. | Exuberance | 12. | Hue | 13. | Static | 14. | Bleed | 15. | Preconceive |
| 16. | Aesthetic | 17. | Angular | 18. | Background | 19. | Brushwork | 20. | Canon |
| 21. | Found | 22. | Gender | 23. | Happening | 24. | Ink | 25. | Lever |
| 26. | Malleable | 27. | Husk | 28. | Pose | 29. | Replica | 30. | Shutter |
| 31. | Still Life |
Writers’ Dash: September 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Dark Matter | 2. | Density | 3. | Space Probe | 4. | Orbit | 5. | Earthbound |
| 6. | Big Bang Theory | 7. | Equinox | 8. | Supernova | 9. | Sunspot | 10. | Terminator |
| 11. | Pulsar | 12. | Totality | 13. | Terrestrial | 14. | Gravity | 15. | Crater |
| 16. | Satellite | 17. | Vacuum | 18. | Cosmos | 19. | Wavelength | 20. | Zenith |
| 21. | Weightlessness | 22. | Nadir | 23. | Waning | 24. | Rocket | 25. | Solstice |
| 26. | Ascension | 27. | Interstellar | 28. | Black Hole | 29. | Zodiac | 30. | Crescent Moon |
| 31. |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Cluster | 2. | Milky Way | 3. | Waxing | 4. | Inertia | 5. | Wormhole |
| 6. | Corona | 7. | Mass | 8. | Venus | 9. | Flare | 10. | Universe |
| 11. | Radiant | 12. | Umbra | 13. | Light-year | 14. | New Moon | 15. | Ozone |
| 16. | Nebula | 17. | Rotate | 18. | Element | 19. | Galaxy | 20. | Earthshine |
| 21. | Astronaut | 22. | Atom | 23. | Starlight | 24. | Magnetic Field | 25. | Constellation |
| 26. | Time | 27. | Event Horizon | 28. | Aurora | 29. | Lunar | 30. | Falling Star |
| 31. |
Writers’ Dash: August 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Motive | 2. | Evidence | 3. | Abduction | 4. | Collude | 5. | Conspiracy |
| 6. | Encounter | 7. | Counterfeit | 8. | Dupe | 9. | Embezzle | 10. | Hostage |
| 11. | Lurk | 12. | Plead | 13. | Execute | 14. | Trespass | 15. | Strangle |
| 16. | Riot | 17. | Undercover | 18. | Verdict | 19. | Wiretap | 20. | Vagrant |
| 21. | Red-handed | 22. | Gang | 23. | Intuition | 24. | Fingerprint | 25. | Punish |
| 26. | Nuisance | 27. | Disturbance | 28. | Code | 29. | Bloodstain | 30. | Fraud |
| 31. | Vigilante |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Witness | 2. | Clue | 3. | Archive | 4. | Consent | 5. | Detain |
| 6. | Espionage | 7. | Slander | 8. | Footprint | 9. | DNA | 10. | Science |
| 11. | Bond | 12. | Force | 13. | Lethal | 14. | Hijack | 15. | Judge |
| 16. | Deviant | 17. | Complex | 18. | Forgery | 19. | Expose | 20. | Liberty |
| 21. | Coroner | 22. | Discovery | 23. | Jury | 24. | Informant | 25. | Trigger |
| 26. | Extort | 27. | Bribe | 28. | Forensic | 29. | Crack | 30. | Encounter |
| 31. | Contempt |
Writers’ Dash: July 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Immortal | 2. | Sway | 3. | Museum | 4. | Queue | 5. | Electrify |
| 6. | Lipstick | 7. | Odd socks | 8. | Braid | 9. | Pig’s ear | 10. | Foist |
| 11. | Carnage | 12. | Sneeze | 13. | Limb | 14. | Moribund | 15. | Daylight robbery |
| 16. | Junket | 17. | Catawampus | 18. | Telephone | 19. | Torrefy | 20. | Empire |
| 21. | Birdsong | 22. | Dust | 23. | Ship of fools | 24. | Bete noir | 25. | Pipe dream |
| 26. | Doodle | 27. | Hound dog | 28. | Blink | 29. | Park bench | 30. | Nosebleed |
| 31. | Mercy |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Peel | 2. | Steep | 3. | Murderous | 4. | Text | 5. | Tryst |
| 6. | Shotgun | 7. | Element | 8. | Stagecoach | 9. | Quiver | 10. | Invisible |
| 11. | Harbinger of Doom | 12. | False Gods | 13. | Shell fire | 14. | Laugh | 15. | Storm in a teacup |
| 16. | Jugular | 17. | Terminal | 18. | Crystal clear | 19. | Dragonfly | 20. | Gone |
| 21. | Bite-size | 22. | Zoo | 23. | Wedge | 24. | Spearmint | 25. | Cross |
| 26. | Tool | 27. | Peace | 28. | Dial tone | 29. | Secret Government | 30. | Combustion |
| 31. | Pellet |
Writers’ Dash: June 2015
Morning Dash
| 1. | Device | 2. | Evacuation | 3. | Blasphemy | 4. | Industrious | 5. | Crass |
| 6. | Untouchable | 7. | Jiggery-pokery | 8. | Eternize | 9. | Germinate | 10. | Neutral |
| 11. | Cogwheel | 12. | Blench | 13. | Bury | 14. | Rubberneck | 15. | Broken mirror |
| 16. | Falter | 17. | Seasick | 18. | Grasping | 19. | Layer | 20. | Hollow hills |
| 21. | Visionary | 22. | Smear | 23. | Slit | 24. | Impulse | 25. | Hull |
| 26. | Pang | 27. | Stammer | 28. | Delirious | 29. | End times | 30. | Canopy |
| 31. |
Evening Dash
| 1. | Moonbow | 2. | Hidebound | 3. | Derring-do | 4. | Butterflies | 5. | Displace |
| 6. | Crusade | 7. | Territorial | 8. | Fugitive | 9. | Gypsy | 10. | Fiery |
| 11. | Brush | 12. | Angle | 13. | Corrupted | 14. | Crown | 15. | Ashen |
| 16. | Wax and wane | 17. | Rigged | 18. | Aged | 19. | Plutonium | 20. | Abyssal |
| 21. | Meridian | 22. | Swamp | 23. | Channel | 24. | Rotation | 25. | Scope |
| 26. | Hammer | 27. | Taxing | 28. | Partial | 29. | Curve | 30. | Symbolic |
| 31. |
Writers’ Dash: December 2015
Morning Dash 1. Paint the town red. 2. The cat’s meow. 3. Barking up the wrong...
Writers’ Dash: November 2015
Morning Dash 1. The walls have ears 2. Weasel words 3. Easy come, easy go 4. Flamboyant...
Writers’ Dash: October 2015
Morning Dash 1. Perspective 2. Gesture 3. Contour 4. Illusion 5. Preserve 6. Impasto 7....
Writers’ Dash: September 2015
Morning Dash 1. Dark Matter 2. Density 3. Space Probe 4. Orbit 5. Earthbound 6. Big Bang...
Writers’ Dash: August 2015
Morning Dash 1. Motive 2. Evidence 3. Abduction 4. Collude 5. Conspiracy 6. Encounter 7....
Writers’ Dash: July 2015
Morning Dash 1. Immortal 2. Sway 3. Museum 4. Queue 5. Electrify 6. Lipstick 7. Odd...
Writers’ Dash: June 2015
Morning Dash 1. Device 2. Evacuation 3. Blasphemy 4. Industrious 5. Crass 6. Untouchable...