SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCXCII

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.

QUOTES CCXXXIV

The young have always had the same problem: How to rebel and conform at the same time. They have solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

Author Unknown

 

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Author Unknown

 

Don't say yes until I'm finished talking.

Darryl F. Zanuck

 

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him. If stronger, spare thyself.

William Shakespeare

 

When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.

George Bernard Shaw

 

Loneliness is so widespread that it has become a shared exprience.

Will Durant

 

The past is a bucket of ashes.

Carl Sandburg

 

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the grave.

Ogden Nash

 

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

William James

 

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Carolyn Wells

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

UNUSUAL WORDS CX 

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

1. PELISSE

2. CANAPE

3. LIMINAL 

4. TANTRIC

5. ENTROPY

6. CHOLENT

7. SPURIOUS

8. RENITENT

9. LIMERENCE

10. SYNECDOCHE 

Answers:

 

1. PELISSE -  A woman's long coat, lined or trimmed with fur

 

2. CANAPE -  A type of hors d'oeuvres made of bread, cracker, or pastry with a savory topping

 

3. LIMINAL - In between, transitional - spanning both sides of a boundary or threshold - as the liminal period when a child is old enough to follow basic rules, but is still too young to do so consistently 

 

4. TANTRIC - Using mantras, meditation, and yoga in accordance with the doctrines and principles of Hindu or Buddhist tantras (life concepts)

 

5. ENTROPY - A measure of disorder or randomness in a system, a measure of how many different ways a system can be arranged while still appearing the same, how spread out and disorganized something is 

 

6. CHOLENT -  A Jewish Sabbath dish of slowly cooked meat and vegetables, prepared on a Friday and cooked overnight - to be eaten on the Sabbath without having to turn on the stove or cook

 

7. SPURIOUS - False, fake, bogus - not being what it purports to be 

8. RENITENT - Resisting or opposing, stubborn, recalcitrant

 

9. LIMERENCE - Intense infatuation or romantic desire, often to the point of obsession, and a strong desire for reciprocation - as someone becoming fixated on a celebrity

10. SYNECDOCHE - A literary device in which a part of something is used to represent the whole - as "wheels" for a car or "stars and stripes" for the American flag

The answers to the clues below have something in common. The first three are slightly different than the last three. 

1. A decent, honest man

2. An attempted violent overthrow of a govenrment

3. Showy and flashy stuff, but not of good quality and in poor taste

4. Whine and complain 

5. A small sample of fabric

6.  An informal social gathering, a for coffee and conversation

Answers:

 

1. MENSCH

2. PUTSCH

3. KITSCH

4. KVETCH

5. SWATCH

6. KLATCH - - - Six-letter words ending in SCH or TCH

CRYPTO CLUES CLXXIII

GAMES Magazine

May, 2014

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-5)

Scott Marley (6-9)

 

1. Madly clouts bug 

2. Greek place I'd help rebuild

3. Defoe's castaway changed course

4. Oldest ancestors maintaining position 

5. Important parts of Francis Scott's song 

6. It drains a seamstress 

7. Bill, I hear, is European

8. Used something that sweeps

9. Unfortunately chose sale items tied in knots

 

HINTS:

1-3: Anagrams

4. Hidden word 

5. Homophones

6. Heteronym

7. Homophone/two meanings

8. Homophones 

9. Anagram

 

Answers:

 

1.  LOCUST (clouts)

2. DELPHI   (I'd help) 

3. CRUSOE (course) 

4. STANCE (oldeST ANCEstors)

5. KEYNOTES ( Key notes) [Francis Scott Key]

6. SEWER

7. CZECH (Bill = bill = check) 

8. SECOND-HAND (second hand [of a clock])

9. SHOELACES (chose sale) [items tied in knots] 

LOSE AND CARRIAGE IV

Joseph Appel 

The words in both columns below are in random order. Change one letter in each word in both columns to find two words that make up a common phrase when you put "and" in between them. For example, if HIE were in one column and MASS in the other, the answer would be HIT and MISS. 

Column I                     Column II

 

1. SNOW                       ACE

2. SHRIMP                    YANK

3. STASH                       SUE

4. SKIRT                        BELL

5. WART                        WRING

6. LOOK                         GAVE

7. FARE                          LIMES

8. LICE                           KEG

9. EIGHT                        BURY

10. WIN                          LIE

 

Answers:

 

1. SHOW and TELL

2. SCRIMP and SAVE 

3. SLASH and BURN

4. SHIRT and TIE

5. WAIT and SEE

6. LOCK and KEY

7. FIRE and ICE 

8. LIFE and TIMES

9. RIGHT and WRONG

10. YIN and YANG 

The answers to the clues below will have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

1. Children's game featuring Queen Frostine

2. Archipelago north of Scotland

3. It's OK with me!

4. Popular lunch combo

5. Basic economic principle

6. In close collusion or association

7. Shows Off or (a place to) Sit Down 

Answers:

1. Candy Land

2. Shetland Islands

3. Fine and dandy!

4. Soup and sandwich

5. Supply and demand

6. Hand and glove

7. Grandstands

 

What the answers have in common:

 

Each answer contains the word "and" twice.