ROGUE RIDDLE #1116 - YOU ROPE part 2 - Launched Wednesday, March 30, 2022 @10:30am central

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Hot on the heels of Bill’s whirlwind tour of Europe and my own recent adventures in Poland, I’m still wallowing in geographical names.

Below you will find a dozen brief riddles. With the exception of #8, each contain a single BLANK for you to fill with the name of a well-known European city.

Be the first (or possibly only) player to provide me with the 13 punned city names and you could become the lucky host of RR #1117 next week.

For the record, I’m fully willing (and somewhat prepared) to continue hosting and posting these Rogues myself, so there absolutely no pressure on any player to claim the game. Just give me your feedback and guesses on my modest presentations. Let’s have some fun!

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1.
The Jamaican returned early from his visit to Spain. “I felt uncomfortable. I don’t think they like BLANK locks.”

2.
The Swiss animal park made the owners quite wealthy. Now they’re BLANK.

3.
If we use un-treated lumber to construct our dyke, over the years all that moisture is sure to BLANK.

4.
In Norway we rented an underpowered Fjiord Fjiesta. It sure was BLANK car!

5.
I invested bullions in Swedish soup broth but was not allowed to bring any of that BLANK.

6.
Putin’s army has been pounding the Ukrainian capital in hopes that their government will eventually BLANK in.  

7.
BLANK that gondolier going to start singing?

8. - (Neither of these city names will be found in Ukraine but both are nearby.)
After their BLANK over, many tired Russian soldiers BLANK back home in shame.

9. - (Even after you have already solved all the other riddles, this one may still Romania awaiting your answer) 
Some novels you just can’t put down, but I couldn’t finish War & Peace in one sitting. I had to give that BLANK

10.
On a fun night out, young women in Spain are warned not to go into BLANK.

11.
We wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower but it was closed for re-BLANK.

12. - (Clue - Or was it Steinbeck? Either way this one is tricky because it’s a bit of a phonetic twist) 
William Shakespeare was obviously discontented with his visit to Austria. Probably he should have waited until spring and not gone in the BLANK.

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