PRESTO - CHANGE-O XXXV

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

January, 2022

 

Change one letter in each of the words in each group below to get three related words. Do not change the order of the letters.

 

1. PROD, DUNCE, FORMAT

 

2. TASTE, BLUE, CAPE 

3. CRIME, BELT, RINK

 

4. STORE, WAVY, SAID

 

5. FOUR, CATCH, TIDE

 

6. SOUR, TOAD, PROW

 

Answers:

 

1. PROM, DANCE, FORMAL

2. PASTE, GLUE, TAPE

3. CHIME, BELL, RING

4. SHORE, WAVE, SAND

5. HOUR, WATCH, TIME

6. SPUR, GOAD, PROD 

 

 

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCLXXXI

The two words on each line can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. The meanings of the anagrams are listed below the clues.

1. ANTE + PILOT = P

2. CORE + DIRTY = D

3. LOBE + LINER = R 

4. SNAP + DRAPE = S

5. TINE + BOAST = O

6. BERET + IDEAL = D

7. IOTA + REIGN = O

8. TOAD + INLAND = A

9. STAG + IMPART = P

10. TOTEM + TRASH = T

 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Possibility

2. A alphabetical list or index of names or organizations

3. Uprising

4. Carpentry staple

5. Stubborn

6. Intentional

7. Arise, derive, begin

8. Extra, more

9. Person concerned with things as they are

10. Temperature regulator 

Answers:

 

1. POTENTIAL

2. DIRECTORY

3. REBELLION

4. SANDPAPER

5. OBSTINATE

6. DELIBERATE

7. ORIGINATE

8. ADDITIONAL

9. PRAGMATIST

10. THERMOSTAT

 

QUOTES CCXXVIII

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. 

Author Unknown

    

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Jean-Paul Sartre 

 

The moment to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. 

Author Unknown

 

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture.

Christian Dior 

A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.

Author Unknown

 

It's not what we know that matters. It's what we can think of at the time.

Author Unknown

 

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Woody Allen   

 

The most powerful advantage of money is to think of things besides money.

Tara Westover                                    

 

NY Times Crossword

February 17, 2025

Kate Hawkins and Eria Hsiung Wojcik 

What do the words and phrases below have in common?

 

POPEYES

GIDDY-UP 

SCRAPBOOK 

BIRTHRIGHT

UNDER PRESSURE 

Answer:

 

Each word ends with a word of agreement:

 

popeYES

giddY-UP

scrapboOK

birthRIGHT

under presSURE

WORD CHAINS VII

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

 

1. Make out (as in understand), decode 

2. Former

3. Use of money, power, etc. to gain an advantage

4. Friendly and pleasant

5. White mineral often carved into decorative objects

6. Scholarly

7. An inhabitant of the Earth

8. Pain reliever

 

Answers:

 

1. DECIPHER

2. ERSTWHILE

3. LEVERAGE

4. GENIAL

5. ALABASTER

6. ERUDITE

7. TELLURIAN

8. ANODYNE 

Wall Street Journal Crossword

February 20, 2025

Mike Shenk 

 

The clues and their answers below do not make sense until adjusting them according to a certain pattern. The pattern is hinted at by the last clue. Can you spot it?

 

1. Crater Lake setting - FOREGONE

2. Epitome of innocence - FLAMBE

3. Knight wear - FAR MORE

4. Fight site - FRINGE

5. Starter for a British auto - FAST ONE

6. Still having a chance to win - FINITE 

7. Unbreakable

 

Answers:

 

1. Oregon

2. Lamb 

3. Armor

4. Ring

5. Aston

6. In It

 

The answer words are framed (clad) by Fe - the chemical symbol for Iron - making  IRONCLAD - corresponding to the final clue "unbreakable."

 

Universal Crossword 

January 26, 2020

Val Melius 

The four phrases below have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. COMIC OPERA

2. KEYLESS ENTRY

3. JAGUAR DEALER

4. ORANGE RIND

 

HINT:

Hidden words

 

Answers:

 

1. comiC Opera 

2. keylesS ENTRY

3. jaGUAR Dealer

4. oRANGE Rind

 

The name of a security person is hidden in each phrase:

 

1. COP

2. SENTRY

3. GUARD

4. RANGER