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BOONDOGGLETerm for work so futile, palliative, useless or wasteful that it makes the mind boggle; or, an American Scout's plaited varicoloured neckerchief toggle that aptly rhymes with its English cousin, the w
BRIGPrison in an Ameri can warship
GRAVEYARDSHIFTSerious distance to travel for work so late
IMBUEMake the mind take in sort of bum that is surrounded (5)
DICEGAMEBoggle or Yahtzee
GAMEBoggle or bridge
WORDGAMEBoggle or Scrabble
SENSELESSFeeling not quite so futile
USELESSApplication not quite so futile (7)
PROFLIGATEWildly extravagant or wasteful (10)
PRODIGALExtravagant or wasteful
HOMEALONE1990 film that Roger Ebert called "so implausible that it makes it hard for us to really care about the plight of the kid"
AWKWARDIt's so dark in the West of the state that it makes one clumsy (7)
NEGATESSeen to tag it so that it makes it ineffective (7)
THEREDVIOLIN"It produces music so beautiful that it makes you want to cry."--Roger Ebert, 1999, 3 1/2 stars
CHARM"The one ___ of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties", Oscar Wilde. (5)
DUFFA word for coal dust; decaying leaves; dough; flour pudding boiled in a bag; something broken, faulty or useless; or, the buttocks or rump (4)
BASKETCASEInformal term for a person or thing regarded as useless or unable to cope (6,4)
PROFITABILITYFact that it makes money tip: for Libya, it might turn out (13)
ROTAU.K. term for "work schedule" that anagrams to "taro"