Short Rhymes

Inflate the value of an asset in order to sell it when the value is high, leaving others to face the crash: ___ and ___

When you receive what you are due for a job you have completed

Leader or otherwise prominent person of a group, one who perhaps likes to act the part by appearing to possess large cranial capacity

US Naval Construction Battalions, as the abbreviation of the two essential words is spelled out

Loss, by one place to another, of professionally or intellectually capable people usually seeking better returns for their talents

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), felt primarily by insufficient production of tears

One party assigning culpability to another, usually without any attempt at seeking a solution, playing the ____ ____

Ring or tab that is pulled to open a can or other container

Balancing action resulting in legs pointing up

Piscine culinary item

Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel Project, the largest, most complex, and most technically challenging highway project in American history

Passage past a particular point in space, can also refer to a place considered too lacking in interest to merit stopping for a visit

Younger male who is the object of romantic attention

Film-making technique that elongates the time in which an action occurs

A vehicle, usually a car, with two portals of entry and exit on each side

Uncompetitive race, often sponsored to raise money for a charitable cause

Pubic louse: a ____ in the ____

One whose mane is of a cerise shade

Large truck with an attached trailer usually used for hauling freight

Event arranged for a famous person to make contact with the public, e.g. a politician on the stump: ____ and ____