Saturday, November 22, 2014

NEIGHBORS  I
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 2001
Bob Stigger

The three words or phrases in each set below are definitions of neighboring boldface entries from an unabridged dictionary. The clue answers will be in alphabetical order, and the number of letters in each answer is shown in ( ) after each clue. Can you identify the dictionary words?

For example, given the clues

NERVOUS (4)
FIT TO CONSUME (6)
DECREE (5),

the dictionary words would be

EDGY
EDIBLE
EDICT.

The number of letters in the answer words is indicated after each clue, and each answer word has at least four letters.

1)
QUESTIONABLE (4)
FROSTY RETREAT (5)
KIND OF ROCK (7)

2)
EXOTIC SNOW SPORT (10)
LIGHT GAS (6)
DNA MOLECULAR SHAPE (5)

3)
GLOBAL DISEASE (8)
CHAOS (11)
CATER TO (in a degrading way) (6)

4)
KENTUCKY DERBY DAY STAPLE (5)
CUT INTO STRIPS (as carrots) (8)
MIXED-UP MESS (6)

5)
RUB ELBOWS (6)
TRAMP (4)
PAWN (4)

6)
NOT USELESS
SPARKLING (12)
WEAKENED (6)


Answers:

1)
IFFY
IGLOO
IGNEOUS

2)
HELI-SKIING
HELIUM
HELIX

3)
PANDEMIC
PANDEMONIUM
PANDER

4)
JULEP
JULIENNE
JUMBLE

5)
HOBNOB
HOBO
HOCK 

6)
EFFECTIVE
EFFERVESCENT
EFFETE 











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