LETTER BANKS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
November, 1984

Mary McCool

A letter bank is a puzzle in which the letters of a shorter starting word (the "bank"--- given in capital letters) are to be repeated, as often as necessary, and then re-arranged to form a longer answer word (defined at the right). For example, the starting word REAP with the clue "Ready (7) " would lead to the answer PREPARE, repeating the R, E, and P in REAP and re-arranging the letters. The number of letters in each answer is given in parentheses.

1. BLUE/effervesce (6)
2. TWIN/fool (6)
3. SLANG/pasta dish (7)
4. DIMS/adjourn (7)
5. LISTEN/guard (8)
6. LIVER/bugle call (8)
7. LOVER/firearm (8)
8. NEAT/feelers (9)
9. METALS/impasse (9)
10. LANCER/leeway (9)
11. FOREIGN/pointer (10)
12. POINTER/iteration (10)
13. SAUNTER/eatery (10)
14. MARGIN/linguist (10)
15. TONIC/mixed brew (10)
16. POSTMEN/deferral (12)
17. MINTER/sporadic (12)
18. PUNTER/businessman (12)
19. NOVICE/bother ((13)
20. LENS/irrationality (13)

Answers:

1. BUBBLE
2. NITWIT
3. LASAGNA
4. DISMISS
5. SENTINEL
6. REVEILLE
7. REVOLVER
8. ANTENNAE
9. STALEMATE
10. CLEARANCE
11. FOREFINGER
12. REPETITION
13. RESTAURANT
14. GRAMMARIAN
15. CONCOCTION
16. POSTPONEMENT
17. INTERMITTENT
18. ENTREPRENEUR
19. INCONVENIENCE
20. SENSELESSNESS