RUNG ANSWERS I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug. 1995
Stephen Sniderman

Each set of blanks below represents a word ladder. The first rung and the last rung in each puzzle are opposites (such as MORE and LESS) or words commonly associated with each other in some other way (like HOPE and PRAY). Each word in the ladder is the result of changing a single letter in the preceding word without re-arranging the letters. As a solving aid, each word in the ladder appears intact in a longer word whose extra letters have been provided. Can you figure out the first and last words and fill in all the rung answers?

1)
            _ _ _
ACCL _ _ _
      PE _ _ _ ETER
     CA _ _ _ EL
     SA _ _ _ I
FUSE _ _ _ E
           _ _ _

2)
            _ _ _
     HIP _ _ _ GERS
        C _ _ _ RIN
            _ _ _ WIRE
      TO _ _ _
FOUN _ _ _
            _ _ _

3)
            _ _ _ _
   ORC _ _ _ _
  MAL _ _ _  _
LAND _ _ _ _
      AF _ _ _ _ ABLE
   COM _ _ _ _ER
             _ _ _ _

Answers:

1)
            ARM
     acclAIM
        peRIMeter
        caRAMel
        saLAMi
    fuseLAGe
           LEG 

2)
       HUE
 hipHUGgers
     cHAGrin
       HAYwire
    toDAY
founDRY
       CRY

3)
       HAND
 orcHARD
 malLARD
landLORD
    afFORDable
comFORTer
       FOOT