CURTAILMENT III

The Enigma

NPL Magazine 

July, 2021

AXIOM

 

As the cuewords STING and STINGY suggest, the two answer words to this flat differ in that the final letter of the second answer is dropped (curtailed) to give the first answer. 

 

Oedipus was known for solving riddles in 

   STING.

In fact, he was STINGY, so they made

   him king.

 

HINTS: 

STING is a place.

STINGY is parsed as two words.

 

Answer:

 

Oedipus was known for solving riddles in

   THEBES.

In fact, he was THE BEST, so they made 

   him king.