SOUND MIX I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Oct. 2007
Will Shortz
Each of the words and phrases below consists of the letters of two homophones scrambled together. For example, the phrase VIVA ANNE can be re-arranged to get the words VAIN and VANE. Can you extract the two homophones from the following anagrams?
1. HAIRIER
2. OILED LID
3. SAW UP APES
4. MET HIM YET
5. GOOD-HUED
6. TOUCH THOSE
7. SOCCER PRO
8. IDI'S HEDGES
9. IN A RINGER
10. RARE NUN
11. CIRCUS SEWER
12. ELLEN ON LOCKER
HINTS:
The first letters of the homophones are:
1. A/H (either order)
2. I/I
3. P/P
4. T/T
5. D/D
6. C/S
7. C/C
8. S/S
9. R/R
10. U/E
11.C/C
12.C/K
Answers:
1. AIR / HEIR
2. IDLE / IDOL
3. PAWS / PAUSE
4. THYME / TIME
5. DOUGH / DOE
6. CHUTE / SHOOT
7. CORE / CORPS
8. SIDE / SIGHED
9. RAIN / REIGN
10. URN / EARN
11. CRUISE/CREWS
12. COLONEL/KERNEL
Sunday, December 14, 2014
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