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RASH Puzzle Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.
1.Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets.
2.Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.
3.Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.
4.Homophones/homonyms. Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).

Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve:
•If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.
•Italicized words identify homonyms that are not exact, but close. For example, Panel Moms might translate into Jury Mothers. Jury Mothers may be as close as we could get to Jerry Mathers. Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.
•Hyphens separate partial word (usually a syllable) clues. For example, Craft-panel could translate to Art (synonym for craft) – jury (synonym for panel). This could represent Archery (translating the appropriate homophones).
•Multiple words with no spaces or hyphens constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)
•Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. For example, the remains untranslated as the in the answer.

I know one on sight:

1. Neiman-Marcus

I have to answer #18 because, as I've said on the Bored before, I used to work for them:

Hewlett-Packard (you-lit pack-hard)

Two more that I can spot:

31. Kellogg's (kill-logs)
46. McDonald's (Mack-dawn-Olds)

1. Neiman-Marcus
4. Motorola
5. Mercedes Benz
9. Toyota
14. Hundai
21. Bell Atlantic
25. Exxon Mobile
27. Wells Fargo
28. Kodak
29. Green Giant
34. Time Warner
35. General Electric
36. 3M
37. Calvin Klein
40. Target
47. Old Navy
48. Sears Roebuck
50. Anheuser Busch

I think #16 is wrong. Rather than Coldwell Banker, it should be Ford Motor (fjord moat-or).

Ooh, I just got #38.

Harley Davidson (hardly day-fed-sun)

22. Coca-Cola (Nuts=Cuckoo=Coca?)
30. American Express

I got one!

23. Sony (Sew knee)

Well, it was sort of quilting related.

Consolidating and adding a few (bolded):

1. Neiman-Marcus
2. Nabisco
3. Johnson and Johnson
4. Motorola
5. Mercedes-Benz
6. United Airlines
7. Accenture
8. Oscar Meyer
9. Toyota
10. Boeing
11.
12. General Motors
13. Google
14. Hyundai
15. Proctor and Gamble
16. Ford Motor
17.
18. Hewlett-Packard
19. Sara Lee
20. Starbuck's
21. Virgin Atlantic
22. Coca Cola
23. Sony
24. MGM
25. Exxon Mobile
26. Sysco
27. Wells Fargo
28. Kodak
29. Green Giant
30. American Express
31. Kellogg's
32.
33. Disney
34. Time Warner
35. General Electric
36. 3M
37. Calvin Klein
38. Harley Davidson
39. Victoria's Secret
40. Target
41. L.L. Bean
42. Fidelity
43. Enterprise
44.
45. Amazon.com
46. McDonald's
47. Old Navy
48. Sears Roebuck
49.
50. Anheuser Busch

I wonder whether 49 is Motel Six (Moe-tell sex). --Bob

11 is Raytheon

I thought 43 was Triumph. Or something else that literally means "come out winners".

plasticene wrote:I thought 43 was Triumph. Or something else that literally means "come out winners".

Triumph sounds right.

I'm thinking the last syllable of 17 is -ware. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:I'm thinking the last syllable of 17 is -ware.

I considered that, too, but could only come up with Tupper, Farber and Corning, none of which I could link to "Pitch."

Estonut wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I'm thinking the last syllable of 17 is -ware.

I considered that, too, but could only come up with Tupper, Farber and Corning, none of which I could link to "Pitch."

It's a big stretch, but maybe "pitch" is "tar" and that was as close as they could get to "Tupper." Although I would've used "dinner" as a clue, I think, if that were the case.

I think 32. is Clearasil (Clear-hassle)

44. might start with Century (sentry)

mrkelley23 wrote:I think 32. is Clearasil (Clear-hassle)

44. might start with Century (sentry)

Century 21

Vandal wrote:

mrkelley23 wrote:I think 32. is Clearasil (Clear-hassle)

44. might start with Century (sentry)

Century 21

How does Spices connect to 21? --Bob

It doesn't. Just hoping someone else could connect them.

Other brands starting with Century:

CenturyLink - but no connection to spices

Vandal wrote:It doesn't. Just hoping someone else could connect them.

Other brands starting with Century:

CenturyLink - but no connection to spices

I think if the link was sentry/century, then lookout would be italicized.

When I tried to crack the unanswered ones a few days ago, I thought maybe Spices translated to Seasons... but I couldn't come up with a brand name ending in Seasons...

lb13

When in doubt, go to the thesaurus:

sentry:
guard
sentinel
lookout
monitor

spices:
salts
seasons

Are we sure that "lookout" is one word and not "look out", as in "pay attention to"?