ICY CITY

The Enigma 

Golden Sphinx Bits

June, 2022

SCARAB

The two answer words to this flat follow the pattern of CITY / ICY in that the first answer has one more letter than the second. Otherwise, all the letters are the same. CITY stands for a nine-letter word.

"Somelier! This isn't pretty!"

"I'm right here, sir. Don't raise your

   voice."

"A fly is crawling up my CITY!"

"It's ICY, sir. It has no choice."

Answers:

 

A fly is crawling up my WINEGLASS.

It's WINGLESS, sir. It has no choice.