Monday, December 22, 2014

SOUND MIX II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Oct. 2007
Will Shortz

Each of the phrases below consists of the letters of two homophones scrambled together. For example, the phrase SAW UP APES can be re-arranged to get the words PAWS and PAUSE. Can you extract the two homophones from the following anagrams.

1. I GET HEAT
2. CAPPED A SET
3. WOKEN SONS
4. SAY PERSPIRE
5. TRACTOR RACE
6. A LITTLE A
7. YE HANG IN
8. A WHITE TWIG
9. WOULD LOAD ALE
10. FEARS SHARPY
11. AHA FOR OPRAH
12. HAIL SMART ALARM

HINTS:
The first letters of the homophones are:
1. A/E (either order)
2. P/P
3. K/N
4. P/P
5. C/C
6. T/T
7. N/N
8. W/W
9. A/A
10. F/P
11. F/P
12. M/M

Answers:

1. ATE / EIGHT
2. PASTE / PACED
3. KNOWS / NOSE
4. PRAISE / PREYS
5. CARET / CARROT
6. TAIL / TALE
7. NAY / NEIGH
8. WAIT / WEIGHT
9. ALOUD / ALLOWED
10. FRAYS / PHRASE
11. FARO / PHAROAH
12. MARSHAL / MARTIAL

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