COMPOUND LINKS XIII

Fill in the blanks with a compound word whose first part plus the first given word make up another compound word and whose second part plus the second given word also make a compound word or phrase.

1. HEAD _____    _____ CAR

2. VOUCH _____   _____ RAIL

3. CAMP _____   _____ JACK

4. QUICK _____   _____ BOWL

Answers:

1. HEADSTRONG BOXCAR 

2. VOUCHSAFE GUARD RAIL 

3. CAMPFIRE CRACKERJACK 

4. QUICKSILVER FISH BOWL 

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCLXXV

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

1. BAIT + HAUL = H

2. IDEA + LEND = D

3. RICH + TORE = R

4. BASE + FILE = F

5. ABLE + OUST = A

6. VIAL + DEEM = M

7. CITE + CELLAR = E

8. TINT + ACCORD = C

9. LEVEL + URBAN = V

10. HOTEL + SYRUP = U 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Persistent, constant

2. Latest time or date for something to be done

3. Speech

4. Possible

5. Like zero or value, at times

6. Of the period before the Renaissance

7. Like some storms or engineers

8. Deny, refute

9. Susceptible to harm or injury

10. Padded seat and furniture coverings 

Answers:

1. HABITUAL

2. DEADLINE

3. RHETORIC

4. FEASIBLE

5. ABSOLUTE

6. MEDIEVAL

7. ELECTRICAL

8. CONTRADICT

9. VULNERABLE

10. UPHOLSTERY

 

 

CRYPTO CLUES CLI

GAMES Magazine

August, 1999

Joan Ward (1-3)

Bob Stigger (4- 9)

1. Peaceful moonshine maker

 

2. Second son is up to the task, they say

3. Pitchers head away from underground tunnels

 

4. Cover up skin 

 

5. Not real upset afterward

 

6. Race nut becomes a horseman 

7. Polished the car again and drove away

8. Tearing that thankless wretch into pieces

 

9. Backward look at old story in Mighty Mouse

 

10. Luxuriate in the sound of a language spoken at the western edge of the Pyrenees

 

HINTS:

1. Homograph

2. Homophone

3. Beheadment

4. Homophone

5. Anagram

6. Anagram

7. Homophone

8. Anagram

9. Reversal

10. Homophone 

 

Answers:

 

1. STILL

2. ABEL

3. EWERS (SEWERS)

4. HIDE

5. LATER ON (not real)

6. CENTAUR (race nut)

7. REBUFFED

8. INGRATE (tearing) 

9. MYTH (migHTY Mouse)

10. BASQUE (bask) 

What do the following numbers have in common?

16

22

31

42

51

 

Answer:

 

Each number is associated with a place, event, or situation that has cultural significance:

 

16: Sweet Sixteen - The coming of age birthday for a girl

                                 

22: Catch 22 - From the 1961 Joseph Heller novel - Describing a difficult situation for which

                         there is no solution because the solution is the problem

31: 31 Flavors - The iconic Baskin-Robbins ice cream store - based on the idea of new flavor              

                            for each day of the month

42: 42 - The answer to everything - according to the computer Deep Though in Douglas Adams'                      The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 

51: Area 51 - A highly classified US Air Force facility in southern Nevada that is used for flight                                 testing and training, but is surrounded by theories of UFO's and other alien activity

 

"IF I WROTE THE DICTIONARY"

July 28, 2013

Merl Reagle

Match each word or phrase with its "definition" listed below. 

 

1. Clothing

2. A female goat 

3. A lipstick store

4. Pertaining to praise  

5. Animal that's half horse, half cow 

6. Consisting of a single stanza in music

7. Having a predilection for French bread

8. Study of temper tantrums through the ages

9. Having the smell of abandoned sweatshops

10. To revoke the license of a business operator 

11. Removal of a non-elected figure from office                                       

12. Before the "chicken or egg" concept originated

13. The tendency of a dog or cat to get annoyed easily 

14. A spinning device used in underground laboratories

15. Contradictory; out of touch with reality (said of legislators)

"DEFINITIONS"

A. HISTRIONICS

B. PREHENSILE

C. BUTTRESS

D. INCONGRUOUS

E. PROCRUSTEAN

F. SUBTERFUGE

G. EQUINOX

H. PETULANCE

I. OLFACTORY

J. GARBAGE

K. TRIBUTARY 

L. UNIVERSAL

M. DISENFRANCHISE

N. GLOSSARY

O. DISAPPOINTMENT

Answers:

1. J

2. C

3. N

4. K

5. G

6. L

7. E

8. A

9. I

10. M

11. O

12. B

13. H

14. F

15. D

REAL-WORLD PALINDROMES

March 31, 2013

Merl Reagle 

 

Answer the clues below with a palindromic phrase. The initial letters of the words are given as a hint.

 

1. A few notes - S_ _ _   M_ _ _ _

 

2. Asian Airline - A _ _ _   K _ _ _ _

3. Swapped Dalis, e.g. - T _ _ _ _ _. A _ _

 

4. A wooden baby bed - B _ _ _ _   C _ _ _

 

5. First TV appearance - T _ _ _  D _ _ _ _

 

6. Celebrities' spoiled children - S _ _ _   B _ _ _ _ 

 

7. Perry Mason's secretary phoned - D _ _ _ _  C_ _ _ _ _

 

8. Used a broom to clean church chapel seats - S _ _ _ _  P_ _ _  

 

9. Fundraiser, sponsored by hospital workers, perhaps - N _ _ _ _ _  R _ _ 

 

Answers:

 

1. SOME MEMOS

2. AERO KOREA

3. TRADED ART

4. BIRCH CRIB

5. TUBE DEBUT

6. STAR BRATS

7. DELLA CALLED

8. SWEPT PEWS

9. NURSES' RUN

 

 

 

PAIRS XXII

Place the same pair of letters onto both sets of blanks to complete a common word. The pair of letters will be different for each answer.

1. C _ _ P _ _ AL

2. _ _ TB _ _ ND

3. SO _ _ TI _ _ 

4. _ _ ADAC _ _

5. _ _ RE _ _ CK

6. E _ _ SHE _ _

7. BU _ _ AN _ _ R

8. A _ _ RE _ _ IVE

Answers:

1. CORPORAL

2. OUTBOUND

3. SOMETIME

4. HEADACHE

5. BAREBACK

6. EGGSHELL

7. BUCCANEER

8. AGGRESSIVE