QUOTES CCI

No one has a finer command of the language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Sam Rayburn

 

A quarrel which arises from envy dies hard.

Author Unknown

 

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

Abraham Lincoln

 

Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.

David Sarnoff

 

Conviction is that attribute in ourselves which we call stubborness in others.

Author Unknown

 

DOUBLE DUTY CCXLIV

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

February, 2021

Fill in the blanks with three-letter words which will complete the word or partial word beginning on the left and  begin the word or partial word ending on the right.

1. UP _ _ _ TEE

2. SM _ _ _ IST

3. SCR _ _ _ AIR

4. WOR _ _ _ ME

5. MAS _ _ _ TAGE

6. ARM _ _ _ CHER

7. BELI _ _ _ RY

8. TORN _ _ _ RE

9. HALI _ _ _ TON

10. PROC _ _ _ RENT

 

NO HINTS

 

Answers:

 

1. upSETtee

2. smARTist

3. scrIMPair

4. worTHYme

5. masCOTtage

6. armPITcher

7. bevliEVEry

8. tornADOre

9. haliBUTton

10. procTORrent 

 

 

Unscramble the phrases below to get nine occupations:

1. TENDS IT

2. NO TREATY

3. CHIC MANE

4. BRAIN LIAR

5. TRY CREASE

6. SOP OR SERF

7. NASA TUTOR 

8. IMPART CASH

9. HIS SLY TRAIT

Answers:

 

1. DENTIST

2. ATTORNEY

3. MECHANIC

4. LIBRARIAN

5. SECRETARY

6. PROFESSOR

7. ASTRONAUT

8. PHARMACIST

9. HAIR STYLIST

POINTS TO PONDER CXIII

History always begins in the middle of things. It doesn't matter where you choose to start the story; there is always something essential that came before, some prior context that is assumed.

Wilfred M. McClay

Source: Land of Hope

MISSING TRIOS XXXV

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

November, 2020 (1)

Volume 123 (2-6)

For each numbered group, fill in the same three missing letters, in any order, to complete 7, 6, 5, 4, and 3-letter words. The Missing Trio will be different for each group.

1. _ _ R I _ L A

     _ A _ O _ N

       I _ _ O _

         _ _ _ D

          _ _ _

2. _ A _ AT _ C

     _ L _ _ CH

      _ _ _ TY

       _ _ _ O

        _ _ _

3. _ I _ LOM _

     _ E _ _ RT

      _ _ O _ T

       _ _ M_

        _ _ _

4. J _ S _ I _ E

    S _ R _ _ K

      _ _ NI _

      _ _ R _

       _ _ _

5. F _ R _ IV _

     R _ _ I _ N

      L _ D _ _

        _ _ R _

         _ _ _ 

6. H _ D _ _ TE

     P _ NT _ _

      M _ _ O _

       _ W _ _

         _ _ _

7. S _ _ _ ENT

     _ ER _ A _

      P _ _ _ T

       _ _ _ R

        _ _ _

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. The letters are LOG:

          GORILLA

           LAGOON

             IGLOO 

              GOLD

                LOG 

 

2. The letters are FIN:

          FANATIC

           FLINCH

            NIFTY

             INFO

              FIN 

 

3. The letters are PAD:

          DIPLOMA

           DEPART

            ADOPT

             DAMP

               PAD 

 

4. The letters are CUT:

           JUSTICE 

           STRUCK 

             TUNIC

              CURT

               CUT 

 

5. The letters are EGO:

           FORGIVE

            REGION

             LODGE

              OGRE

               EGO 

 

6. The letters are RAY:

          HYDRATE

           PANTRY

           MAYOR

            AWRY

              RAY

 

7. The letters are AIL:

          SALIENT 

           AERIAL

            PLAIT 

             LIAR

              AIL 

 

Credit:

7: Joseph Appel

UNUSUAL WORDS XCII

Can  you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. FLUME

2. SCONCE

3. NUDNIK

4. LIMINAL

5. ETIOLATED

6. CHICANERY

7. PEREGRINE

8. PERIPATETIC

9. PERAMBULATE   

10. GAMIFICATION

 

Answers: 

 

1. FLUME - A man-made channel for flowing water, as for moving logs

 

2. SCONCE - Wall light, a decorative light fixture that is mounted to a wall by an ornamental bracket 

 

3. NUDNIK - (Yiddish) A pest, annoying person

 

4. LIMINAL - Relating to a transitional stage of a process

 

5. ETIOLATED - Lacking vigor or substance, feeble

 

6. CHICANERY -  Trickery, deceit

 

7. PEREGRINE - Coming from foreign parts, migratory/A very fast, strong falcon

 

8. PERIPATETIC - Traveling from place to place, as working or based in various places for short periods of time 

 

9. PERAMBULATE - Walk leisurely

 

10. GAMIFICATION - The application of typical elements of game playing (point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity - as marketing

What do the following words have in common?

1. ISSUED

2. IRRITATE

3. DISPATCH

4. PALISADES

5. ELEVENTH

6. ADORABLE

7. OVERACTIVE 

8. MICROSECOND

Answer:

 

Hidden in each word is a woman's name:

1. isSUEd

2. irRITAte

3. disPATch

4. paLISAdes

5. elEVEnth

6. aDORAble

7. oVERActive

8. micROSEcond 

 

Credit:

Henry E. Leabo

GAMES Magazine

February, 1984

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