INCOGNITO V

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2022

Stephen Sniderman

The answer words in this puzzle have cleverly disguised themselves as (sometimes nonsensical) two-word phrases. Your mission is to reveal their true identities by changing only two letters per phrase - one in the first word and one in the second word - and eliminating the space. For example, FRED BENT (#1 below) becomes FREQUENT if you change the D to Q in the first word and the B to U in the second word - and eliminate the space.

The newly transformed letter in the second word of one phrase is the same letter you'll need to insert in the first word of the  phrase that follows it. Thus one letter of THOR (#2 below) will be replaced by a U. 

1. FRED BENT

2. THOR GUTLESS

3. EAR AWARE

4. REF EMOTION

5. AREA MOLE

6. UNCUT TOYING

7. BEGOT FATE

8. ERR ELEGANTLY

9. RESOLUTION ARK

10. SKI PACKING

11. BIG SAM

12. SALT KING

13. RAW ORBACH

 

Answers:

 

1. FREQUENT

2. THOUGHTLESS

3. HARDWARE

4. REDEMPTION

5. PREAMBLE

6. UNBUTTONING

7. NEGOTIATE

8. IRRELEVANTLY

9. REVOLUTIONARY

10. SKYJACKING 

11. WIGWAM

12. WALTZING

13. RAZORBACK