BRAIN GAMES VII
Credit: Will Shortz
In Reader's Digest
November, 1980

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

Insert a familiar sign or symbol in the spaces below so that the letters the symbols represent complete words with the same meaning as the clues in the opposite column. These are the signs you'll need to fill in the blanks - as well as the names of those that could not by typed:

+ (plus)
" (inch)
, (comma)
. (period)
: (colon)
- (dash)
& (and)
x (times)
   (arrow)
   (pi)
   (star)
   (heart)
   (cent)
   (check)

Example:

Ac________     Stress
Accent

1. ________ ical      Magazine
2. ________ en        Encourage
3. H________ le      Use or hold
4. ________ ing       Debonair
5. ________ nd        Give orders
6. ________ H         Luxurious
7. Sp ________        Bird
8. ________ el         Officer
9. Mu ________ d   Condiment
10. ________ er       Gamepiece
11. Fl ________       Recoil
12. ________ ck       Gather, choose
13. Pas ________     Diversions

Answers:

1. .ical (periodical)
2. hearten
3. H&le (Handle)
4. -ing (dashing)
5. ,nd (command)
6. +h (plush)
7. Sparrow
8. :el (colonel)
9. Mustard
10. Checker
11. Fl" (flinch)
12. Pick
13. Pasx (pastimes)