Trixon Telstar 200 drum set (from 1964 product brochure) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visual Description: Competition at the music store.
MILBP = BLIMP, PENIT = INEPT, HOXTAR = THORAX, LAPTEL = PALLET — Giving us: BIMITTHOAET
Clue/Question: He wanted to buy the classic drum set, but someone . . .
Answer: BEAT HIM TO IT
(Okey dokey. Some nice clue word jumbling. I liked “thorax”. Looks like “pallet” is going to be a new addition to the ralis95 clue word database. Decent, but not great answer letter layout. Starts with a B and ends with a T! That email thing doesn’t apply just to individual words, ya know! Nice group of mop-tops, Knurek. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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YUR:
Interesting history about the word BLIMP, which everyone in the States associates with the Goodyear airships. The term actually goes back to WWI when the British began experimenting with lighter-than-air airships without internal frameworks (vs. Zeppelins that had massive metal structures). The initial non-rigid craft was designated the A-limp (for lacking stiffness) and the improved second version became the B-limp – shortened eventually to just blimp after they were successfully deployed.