DROPSIES

GAMES Magazine

July, 1986

Lois Sidway

 

Can you think of a phrase that is somehow related to each clue and is one letter off from a familiar name or  expression? For example, EBENEZER SCROOGE would be HEEL OF FORTUNE - one letter off from WHEEL OF FORTUNE. The answer to Clue 5 has four words.

 

1. INSOMNIA

2. LABOR DISPUTE

3. FIRST PLACE TIES

4. WHAT SOME DOGS DO

5. HOW NOAH WAS CAREFUL NOT TO GO 

HINTS:

First letters of the answers:

1. S_____   i_____

2. W____   t_____

3. I_____   w_____

4. P_____  u_____  t_____

5. B____  i_____  t_____  a_____

Answers:

 

1. Sleeping ill - Sleeping pill 

2. Working tiff - Working stiff

3. Identical wins - Identical twins

4. Pick up ticks - Pick-Up Sticks

5. Barefoot in the arc - Barefoot in the Park