TWIST TIES
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Dec. 1984
Sara Throop

To solve a Twist Tie, find synonyms for the clue words and enter them on lines 1 and 4. Word 2 must be an anagram of Word 1, and Word 3 must be an anagram of Word 4. Words 2 and 3 must be homophones.

For example, given the clue words IDOLIZES and LANGUAGE UNITS:

Idolizes
1. ADORES
2. SOARED
3. SWORD
4.WORDS
Language units

1)
Incorrect
1.
2.
3.
4.
Church instrument

2)
Weak, as an excuse
1.
2.
3.
4.
Kind of bean

3)
Close
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hosiery problem

4)
No longer fresh
1.
2.
3.
4.
Closed tight

5)
Unspecified number
1.
2.
3.
4.
Door part

6)
AAA, for one
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ripped

7)
To do or get something exactly right
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tilt

8)
Card suit
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tiff

9)
Have high goals
1.
2.
3.
4.
Gruff, as the voice

Answers:

1)
Wrong
Grown
Groan
Organ

2)
Lame
Male
Mail
Lima

3)
Near
Earn
Urn
Run

4)
Stale
Least
Leased
Sealed

5)
Any
Nay
Neigh
Hinge

6)
Tower
Wrote
Rote
Tore

7)
Nail
Lain
Lane
Lean

8)
Spades
Passed
Past
Spat

9)
Aspire
Praise
Prays
Raspy