Couldn't bear to have my digressive Dreiser tribute remain the most recent post...so just to push it down the page where it can blend in better amidst the rest of the digital foliage I offer this useless time waster for those who have already finished today's crossword or figured out how to save social security.

By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word. Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads VOKAHLIUPPW will be a real word.

OVAL
POST
SKIN
MALT
WHEN
SLAB
MISS
FUND
APED
SPED
SWAY













Hint: Oval becomes opal














HINT 2: When becomes Wren













Hint 3: The word you're looking for is a compound word.











The answer is:


HUM JEOPARDY THEME TO YOURSELF FOR ONE FULL CHORUS WHILE CONSIDERING THAT THE COMPOUND WORD MAY BE OF SOME HELP TO YOU NEXT TIME YOU BRING THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE TO READ.......ON A WINDY DAY.











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