RUFFLED FEATHERS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - July, 1988
Dierk Rakula

Complete each of the ten numbered words below with one of the listed five-letter bird names. You will need to ruffle some feathers by re-arranging the letters in the bird names before placing them in one of the sets of blanks.

BRANT     CRANE     EAGLE     EGRET     EIDER
GREBE     HERON     RAVEN     SNIPE      STORK

1.  CO _ _ _ _ _ AND
2.  POL _ _ _ _ _ IST
3.  H _ _ _ _ _ TY
4.  IC _ _ _ _ _
5.  BACK _ _ _ _ _ E
6. UTTE _ _ _ _ _
7. U _ _ _ _ _ L
8. CLOTH _ _ _ _ _
9.  _ _ _ _ _ NT
10. SHO _ _ _ _ _

Answers:

1. BRANT - CONTRABAND
2. EGRET - POLTERGEIST
3. EIDER - HEREDITY
4. GREGE - ICEBERG
5. STORK - BACKSTROKE
6. CRANE - UTTERANCE
7. RAVEN - UNRAVEL
8. SNIPE - CLOTHESPIN
9. EAGLE - ELEGANT
10. HERON - SHOEHORN