It's the last one...

The last Friday of 2006. This is it! The final Brain Bender before 2007.

Ready to play?

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What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?

The yacht captain had to wait for the sky to __________ before he could begin __________ his ship.

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Oh! I wanna go! A midnight cruise sounds like a fabulous way to ring in the New Year, don't you think??

Anyway, like always the answers will be found in the comments later. See you then!