Tuesday, April 18, 2017

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT II
Based on a puzzle by Will Shortz
Posted June 13, 2013

The letters of each four-letter word below can be placed into a longer word, though not consecutively, so that the longer word and the clue word form a familiar two-word phrase - with the longer word coming first. For example, given the clue word LOAN, you could place the letters into the word PERSONAL, to get PERSONAL LOAN.

1. TEST
2. NAME
3. CALL
4. BALL
5. NEST
6. POLE
7. OVEN
8. OATH
9. FIRE
10. BONE
11. ARTS
12. ROOM

Answers:

1. TASTE TEST
2. MAIDEN NAME
3. LOCAL CALL
4. BILLIARD BALL
5. HORNETS' NEST
6. TELEPHONE POLE
7. CONVECTION OVEN
8. HIPPOCRATIC OATH 
9. FRIENDLY FIRE
10. BROKEN BONE
11. INDUSTRIAL ARTS
12. DORMITORY ROOM 



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