SHROUDED SYNONYMS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - September, 2013
George Bredehorn

Each sentence below conceals a pair of synonyms, but it will take some effort to find them. The letter sequences of the hidden words remain intact, but they are "shrouded" by spacing, punctuation, and capitalization. Some of the hidden synonyms can be found entirely within a word in the sentence, while others bridge the gap(s) two or more words.

Example: Can cell phones ever evoke a sense of nostalgia for simpler times?
Answers: cancel and revoke - as in
CAN CELl phones eveR EVOKE a sense of nostalgia for simpler times?

1. Does that factory make clothes, pianos, or widgets?
2. For grandiose architecture, see Kenya's Great Palace.
3. Do not, I certainly advise, let Bob serve dinner.
4. Can cheerful music kill a bad moon?
5. Was Davy Crockett the first one to wear coonskin caps?
6. Sheila's sister, Ethel, poured the champagne.
7. "That tempting pastry is just calling my name," said Ted.
8. Some simple mental exercises were given to older patients.
9. The story took place on a dismally cold night in Yemen.
10. We are ourselves selfish; I pledged only a dollar to the fund-raising drive.

Answers:

1. actor, thespian (fACTORy, cloTHES, PIANos)
2. search, seek (grandioSE ARCHitecture, SEE Kenya's)
3. notice, observe (NOT I CErtainly, bOB SERVE)
4. sick, ill (muSIC K, ILL)
5. rock, stone (cROCKett, firST ONE)
6. assist, help (sheilA'S SISTer, etHEL Poured)
7. attempt, try (thAT TEMPTing, pasTRY)
8. implement, tool (sIMPLE MENTal, TO OLder)
9. small, tiny (diSMALLy, nighT IN Yemen)
10. vessel, ship (ourselVES SELfiSH I Pledged