WORD CHAINS XVII

Joseph Appel 

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. "Science" of changing lead into gold

2. The story of Pandora's Box, for example

3. Geometry/math  principle

4. Nascent baby

5. Years under 18, in general

6. Classic name for an actor

7. Positively charged electrode

8. Trash

9. Variation of a chemical element

10. The pack of cyclists behind the leaders

11. Burdensome 

12. To seize and hold (power) by force or without right 

 

Answers:

 

1. ALCHEMY

2. MYTH

3. THEOREM

4. EMBRYO

5. YOUTH

6. THESPIAN

7. ANODE

8. DEBRIS

9. ISOTOPE

10. PELOTON

11. ONEROUS

12. USURP  

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCXCVI

The two words in each line can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter.  The meanings of the anagrams are given below the clues.

1. JOIN + TEST = J 

2. TOO + DARN = T 

3. SO + MATCH = S 

4. POI + SPORE = P  

5. LAIR + VENT = I 

6. SENT + DIME = S

7. CLAY + DICE = D

8. GRASP + IDEA = D

9. DINT + OUNCE = U

10. CORAL + THEIR = R 

 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Throw off a ship into the sea

2. Severe weather event

3. Body part

4. Animal

5. Time span

6. Stuff that settles at the bottom of rivers

7. Caviar, for example

8. Belittle

9. Under the radar

10. Type of question 

 

Answers:

 

1. JETTISON

2. TORNADO

3. STOMACH

4. PORPOISE

5. INTERVAL

6. SEDIMENT

7. DELICACY

8. DISPARAGE

9. UNNOTICED

10. RHETORICAL  

  

REBUS PUZZLES CVI

Can you solve this rebus? 

Y     C    T    W   A

 

O     A   H    H    N

U     T    E    A    Y

N     L    S    T     A

E     O    K   A     D 

V     V   Y    R     V 

E      E    '     A      I

R      R   S    C      C 

C      S   T    K      E 

A           H    E 

N           E    T

T           L

E           I

L          M

L           I

             T 

Answer:

MEASURES UP 

Each column, reading up, contains a unit of measure:

Column 1: ACRE 

Column 2: VOLT

Column 3: MILE 

Column 4: CARAT

Column 5: DAY 

 

Credit:

Mike Graczyk 

 

1. What do the following words and phrase have in common?

WONDER

RANDOM

TERRITORIAL

LET'S HOPE SO 

 

2. What do the following words have in common?

 

CLIPS 

EURO

EARL 

ODE

RIM

ACE

APE

EVE 

 

Answers:

 

1. Each word and phrase contains a unit of currency:

 

WONder (Korea)

RANDom (South Africa)

territoRIAL (Iran)

let's hoPE SO (Mexico)

 

2. Each word can be preceded and followed by the same letter to make a new word:

 

CLIPS - ECLIPSE 

EURO - NEURON

EARL - YEARLY

ODE - MODEM

RIM - PRIMP

ACE - RACER

APE - LAPEL

EVE - LEVEL*

 

Credits:

1: Aidan Deshong

 

*2: Note from JA: It seems like there ought to be a lot of words like these, but I couldn't find any others. 

 

 

  

 

 

CRYPTO CLUES  CLXXVIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2025

Bob Stigger (1-9)

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

April, 2022 (10- 12) 

 

 

1. Miserable, a deck crew is told a joke

 

2. In Scandinavia, the naughtiest deity

 

3. Darkness eternally shrouds legislature

 

4. Something displayed a by a store clerk , perhaps a magnet

 

5. Fudge is a breakfast food

 

6. Motown's Stevie is a marvel

 

7. Clever reconstruction of statue

 

8. Slip into a Russian river 

 

9.  Area set aside for overflow crowd and substitute husband at wedding 

 

10. Sunbeams are uplifting, they say

 

11. Tease the doctor, a person of good taste

 

12. Mediterranian capital near some chickens 

 

HINTS:

1. Anagram

2. Hidden word

3. Hidden word

4. Anagram

5. Two meanings 

6. Homophone

7. Anagram

8. Homophone 

9. Wordplay

10. Homophone

11. Anagram

12. Two words 

 

Answers: 

 

1. WISECRACKED (a deck crew is)

2. ATHENA (scandinaviA THE NAughtiest)

3. KNESSET (darKNESS ETernally)

4. NAMETAG (a magnet)  

5. WAFFLE 

6. WONDER, wonder

7. ASTUTE (statue)

8. DON (don) 

9. STANDING ROOM - STAND-IN GROOM 

10. RAYS (raise)

11. AESTHETE (tease the) [doctor = change]

12. ATHENS (at hens) 

 

HOMOGRAPHS CIX

What single word satisfies both or all of the clues? 

1. Prank

    Choke

    Court order

 

2. Period of mourning in Judaism

    Hindu god called "The Destroyer" 

 

3. Cooking utensil

    Pool of money players bet on 

 

4. Kegler

    Kind of hat

 

5. Pitcher's error in baseball

    Refuse to co-operate or proceed

 

6. Trash left in open or public places

    Group of baby animals born at one time

 

7. An apparition

    Suddenly stop contact with a person without explanation

 

8. A phone call

    A close haircut

    Something of particular interest or excitement 

 

9. A king or queen

    A kind of butterfly 

 

Answers:

 

1. GAG

2. SHIVA

3. POT

4. BOWLER

5. BALK

6. LITTER  

7. GHOST

8. BUZZ

9. MONARCH  

    

SPELLING TEST FROM HELL #86

1. Taboo

2. Tattoo

3. Cliche

4. Brawn 

5. Malign

6. Embryo

7. Succumb

8. Porpoise

9. Licorice

10. Bazaar 

11. Bizarre

12. Jealousy 

13. Wednesday

14. Minuscule 

15. Nauseous

16. Fluoride

17. Bellwether

18. Posthumous 

19. Whippoorwill 

20. Entrepreneurial