Puzzling

So my grandfather had his angiograms. Of course he has to wait for a doctor to look at them, so still waiting on results. He was there for over 5 hours, for a 2 hour test. But otherwise, no more news there.

Last night we made mac and cheese. Rotini pasta, cheddar and pepper jack cheeses, some chipotle powder for good measure, chorizo and salsa. It was uber yummy.

We watched the first 4 episodes of the first season of Entourage. It was from Matty's queue. Neither of us are sure why it was there. It wasnt bad. I dont konw anyone who watches it so I didnt really know what to expect. But it was entertaining. We will at least watch the rest of the first season.

Scramble up. In each row, think of the five-letter answer to the clue on the the left, then add an "H" to the letters and rearrange them to make the six-letter answer to the clue on the right.
1) Pie serving _____ Sculptor's tool ______
2) Last Greek letter _____ Tribute ______
3) Hill-sharer with snowboarders _____ High-pitched scream ______
4) Perfume _____ Hardly perfume ______

Sousa. What other common five-letter names or words contain the letters USA in a row?

Different Strokes. How are the words on the left different from the words on the right?
tangle garble
bring take
his hers
clock watch
praise revere
never always

Letter Swap. Deduce the secret five-letter word from the clues. For instance, the word WRITE shares three letters with the word RIGHT.
The secret word shares 3 letters with BOUGH and shares 3 letters with CHARD.

Read Me. Decode these two related words or phrases.
WELL
VILLAGE

Lost Letters. Can you find another word, besides AFFAIR that contains the the F and I as shown below?
A F F A I R
_ F _ _ I _

Lost in Translation. These movie quotations were translated by computer to another language, then back into English, with surprising results. What were the original movie quotations?
May be your strength.
Designate usual suspect as circle.
It is the failure to transmit what which we have here.
I am the lunatic, this does not think probably will already be taken with!