Days of mourning over here. Our dear Queen so efficient, honorable, charming and dedicated to her role. A smile to light our screens, a sense of humour revealed recently. How many royal dignitaries would allow themselves to be filmed leading James Bond onto a helicopter or opening her handbag to show Paddington Bear that she had she too, kept a spare marmalade sandwich. A remarkable lady in so many ways.

Asea-sonorous

Worthwhile acts can produce happiness

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Trust me, my entry will be much, much better than that.

I'm guessing it will need to be! I have a feeling that this comp will produce some excellent results---from real poets. So do I, unpoetic as I am, dare an entry? It should be elementary. Oh, look!

Fortunately, there is, if you look well ahead enough

Wish I had the skill to send you a rose. But have a lovely day, dear lady. What's it like to turn 40?

Unalike as caterpillar and snake

Bare-Rare (how to take steak)

Sore-Fore (golfer's call)

Secure seatbelts, bumpy night ahead

Fire-Sire

Friends help when you're mistaken

Dine-Fine (my answer)

Then that's where I'll be

Sadly another story lies here, lonely and dying--anyway, it was fun writing it.

Wine- vine (where it originates)

Breeze blowing from the south

Just ignore that first twinge

Mice-Mine (or yours?)

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Now just need to actually get some words down on "paper"

Welcome to the club, Scott, but I wish I had the patience to list all the character names etc. as you do.

Arthritis has never bothered me Yet!

Estimated-ictus

Vile-Vice (have many)

Esteem-beret

Milk-Mile ( morning walk)

Twinkling feminine eyes, my weakness.

Style is whatever suits you

Sentence-darling

Wand-Wind (burp, excuse me}

Fortunately I feel very fortunate!