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Band aids ........................................AMPS

(an amplifier, or amp, helps provide a rock band with the sound it needs)


They're paid to waste? ...........................HITMEN

(hitmen are paid to kill, or waste, for their boss)


Makeup artist? ...................................LIAR

(some consider it an art to make up a good lie)


Hold hands? ......................................TARS

(sailors, or tars, often work as hands in the hold of a ship)


Check for letters? ...............................RENT

(a rent check usually has to be paid to those letting the apartment once a month)


Rather formally? .................................DANIEL

(Dan, or Daniel, Rather used to be the CBS news anchor)


























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