BRAIN BENDERS

NY Times Puzzle Mania 

Heidi Erwin

 

1. What do these four words have in common?

     HONEY

     HEIGHTS

     NETWORK

     ANTENNA

 

2. What three-letter sequence, repeated twice, completes this phrase? 

     Hint: The phrase describes what the letters in this sequence do from one word to the other

 

     M _ _ _   _ _ _ R 

 

3. For each pair of words below, change one letter of each word so that the two new words rhyme.

 

PEARS & CURB

NOSE & THREAT

PLAGUE & OAK

 

Answers: 

 

1. In the middle of each word, a number is spelled out:

 

hONEy

hEIGHTs

neTWOrk

anTENna

 

2. The three letter sequence is OVE:

    MOVE  OVER 

 

3. PEARL & CURL

    NOTE & THROAT

    PLAQUE & YAK