11.   If it has been lacquered, polishing will make a big mess, so any lacquer must be removed first with lacquer thinner.

12.   It made a big mess.

13.   It was a big mess.

14.   Made one big mess.

15.   Most college students sign up for a Vietnam course with little more than a sense that the war was one big mess.

16.   Of course, it would be a big mess.

17.   One big mess.

18.   Q. I have an overgrown forsythia that blooms sporadically and is a big mess.

19.   Similarly, ordering an employee to enroll in counseling or treatment could lead to a big legal mess.

20.   That small job leads to a big mess, with Easy caught in the middle between racist cops, deadly gangsters and suspicious politicians.