ODDS AND ENDS

1. Place the same pair of letters on the blanks to complete the seven-letter word.

    E _ _ M _ _ K

 

2. What do these two words have in common?

    GROVE - ROUT

 

3. Can you think of five 5-letter words starting with the letters below and ending in the same four letters, in the same order?

B _ _ _ _

D _ _ _ _

T _ _ _ _

R _ _ _ _

V _ _ _ _

 

4. SCHRODINGER'S CAT 

Answer each clue with two correct answers, each having the same number of letters.  

a. Straight up 

b. Where a surfer may linger 

 

5. Can you solve this rebus?

    Dead, Lucky, Odd, Lame, Donald 

 

6. Warning: The following cryptic clue is very clever, but may be offensive: 

     Here's a terrible stiff conveyor 

 

Answers:

 

1. EARMARK

2. GROOVE - RUT

3. BOWEL, DOWEL, TOWEL, ROWEL, VOWEL

4. a. PLUMB - NO ICE (as in an alcoholic drink)

    b. SEASIDE - WEBSITE

5. Ducks in a row

6. HEARSE (anagram of Here's a) [stiff = dead body]

 

Credits:

4b: Lynn Lempel 

6: Author unknown