CLARINETS

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

February, 2020

 

CLARINETS is a remarkable word. At least 22 smaller words can be made up from its letters. Fill in the blanks in each clue below with two words made up entirely of the letters in CLARINETS - using each letter exactly once. The number of blanks indicates the number of letters in each of the missing words. For example, given the clue,

 

Ed will _______ his family _______ to the wall, the answer would be

Ed will   NAIL   his family CREST to the wall.

 

The letters in NAIL and CREST make up all the letters in CLARINETS, once each. 

 

1. After ignition, the engine of Tim's sports _ _ _ is nearly _ _ _ _ _ _.

 

2. A _ _ _ of cola contains fewer than two _ _ _ _ _ _ of soda.

 

3. No one really _ _ _ _ _ if you brush that _ _ _ _ off your coat or not.

 

4. Chili con _______ is on the _______ of dishes I am making for the buffet.

5. The supermarket worker has to _______ up the shopping _______ every day.

6. It costs forty-five dollars and 25 _______ to travel by _______ from Troy to Erie.

7. Please don't _______ up dust after the maids _______ the house.

8. The soup might've tasted a lot _______ if the chef had added more _______.

9. Joan of _______ would _______ to the voices she heard in her head.

10. Carpenter _______ swarmed over the _______ dug up by the archaeologist.

Answer:

 

1. CAR - SILENT

2. CAN - LITERS

3. CARES - LINT

4. CARNE - LIST

5. LINE - CARTS

6. CENTS - RAIL

7. STIR - CLEAN

8. NICER - SALT

9. ARC - LISTEN

10. ANTS - RELIC