1. (Phrase)
CAUSEWAY
CAUSEWAY
WAY
CAUSEWAY
Answer: A lost cause
2. (Phrase)
Time (with T as a cross)
Answer: Kill time
3. (Phrase)
FeFeFeIRE
Answer: Several irons in the fire
4. (Phrase)
HREE
IVE
LEVEN
EVENTEEN
Answer: Odds and ends
5. (Phrase)
DAFFY MUSCOVY DONALD MALLARD
Answer: Have one's ducks in a row
6. (Phrase)
BANK (but some lines over it)
Answer: Break the bank
7. (Phrase)
APPLAUSE APPLAUSE
(in a circle, reminds me of Lady Gaga's song!)
(in a circle, reminds me of Lady Gaga's song!)
Answer: A round of applause
8. (Phrase)
STORM (with an eye and a location marker in the O)
Answer: Be in the eye of the storm
9. (Misc)
POCKET (with fancy font for CK)
Answer: Pocket change
10. (Phrase)
THE PLOT (the font gets thicker or bolder)
Answer: The plot thickens
11. (Phrase)
SECRET <--
SECRET
SECRET
SECRET
Answer: Top secret
12. (Phrase)
THROWEL
Answer: Throw in the towel
13. (Phrase)
SIGN
.........
Answer: Sign on the dotted line
14. (Phrase)
DUST (with some bite marks)
Answer: Bite the dust
15. (Phrase)
MAN MAN MAN (with some cutout lines at the middle MAN)
Answer: Cut out the middle-man
16. (Misc)
BREAT
Answer: Short of breath
17. (Phrase)
DIPPING (thin font)
Answer: Skinny dipping
18. (Phrase)
Pb 2xLIFE
Answer: Lead a double life
19. (Phrase)
19. (Phrase)
ESCAPE (narrow, thin, and squashed together)
Answer: A narrow escape
20. (Phrase)
OFTEN OFTEN
OFTEN NOT
OFTEN OFTEN
Answer: More often than not
21. (Phrase)
KICK (with each letter going up the stairs)
Answer: Kick upstairs