UPS AND DOWNS VI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 325

 

Eight-letter words are hidden in the each of the groups below. To find the words, choose one letter from each vertical pair of letters. For example, given the group 

 

C I   P V K A C E

R O N C I  N G H,

 

you could take the C in the first pair, the O in the second, and so on to get the word CONVINCE. 

1. P  H O  I  C U L Y

    O E  D A N P R  E

2. R E E F T O N E

    E L L A L I  V T

3. T O P M A B N E

    A R O S  B O L L

4. C E V E U A P T

    E N E O L O R E 

5. R T A  I  N M E T

    S E M N R  D O R

6. M G D R I  G A T

    E  A L  I V A E L

7. A N A D L P R Y

    O A R E V A E K

Answers:

 

1. PEDICURE

2. RELATIVE

3. TROMBONE

4. ENVELOPE

5. REMINDER

6. MADRIGAL

7. AARDVARK