HOMOGRAPHS CVIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2025

MIXED DOUBLES 

Todd Kreisman 

What single word satisfies both or all of the clues?

1. Swindle

    Type of fabric

 

2. Trash bin, for one

    A revered person or thing

 

3. Muscular

    Make shiny by polishing

 

4. Merry-Go-Round

    Luggage conveyor 

    Well-known musical

 

5. Sci-fi craft

    Enrepreneurial undertaking

    First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

 

6. Self assurance

    _____ man - charlatan

 

7. Equilibrium

    Money in the bank

 

8. Precise

    Carry out - as revenge

 

9. Arrogance

    Fanciful literary device

 

10.  Beloved

       Expensive

 

11. Staple in Cajun cuisine

      Attempt to deceive online

 

12. Gag

      Fail at a crucial time 

 

Answers:

 

1. FLEECE

2. ICON

3. BUFF

4. CAROUSEL

5. ENTERPRISE

6. CONFIDENCE

7. BALANCE

8. EXACT

9. CONCEIT

10. DEAR

11. CATFISH

12. CHOKE