RHYMING RIDDLE ANSWERS CXXVIII

The answers to each of the items in the clues will rhyme. 

1. Guest of an invited person, Groaner, Jerry Seinfeld says there's no such thing as this, Like a fugitive

2. Musician's time keeper, In a distant land, What all roads were said to do, Two search engines

3. Unconsciousness, Hard glass-like volcanic rock, Mundane, West Indies sea

4. Avoid, Break down chemically, Rose is a famous one, Elaborate pretense intended to deceive

5. Seawater surrounded by a coral reef, Brownish-crimson color, A ridiculous - but sometimes amusing - person, Satirize

6. White House journalists' group, It can be half open and half shut, Not a good idea in a marriage, I or II in history 

Answers:

1. Plus one, Bad pun, Family fun, On the run

2. Metronome, Far from home,  Lead to Rome, Google and Chome

3. Oblivion, Obsidian, Quotidian, Caribbean

4. Evade, Degrade, Parade, Charade

5. Lagoon, Maroon, Buffoon, Lampoon

6. Press corps, Dutch door, Keep score, World War 

STUMPERS DLVIII

Fill in the same three letters, in the same order, to complete the words below.

_ _ _ ION
AD _ _ _

_ _ _ IC

 

Answer:

 

The letters are OPT:

 

OPTION

ADOPT

OPTIC 

 

PANGRAMS VI

A pangram is a sentence, phrase, or verse containing every letter of the alphabet at least once.  The challenge of pangrams is to use the least number of letters to make the sentence - that is, the fewest over 26 as possible. The closer the pangram is to making sense - or even being clever, the better. Below are two pangrams.

1. NEXT, POUR LIQUID IN MY FIVE DOZEN WASHED JUGS (37 letters) 

2. JACKDAWS LOVE MY BIG SPHINX OF QUARTZ (31 letters) 

SICK OAF II

Joseph Appel 

Change one letter in each word of the phrases below to make a familiar expression. For example, LACK NO WORM could be BACK TO WORK.

 

1. PLAN BILL

2. DEEP SCARE

3. BAY MODE

4. DARE FIGHT

5. CORK BEACH

6. PRUDE AIL

7. SIN FAIL

8. DUMP SHOE

9. MET PLACE

10. CLUE SOON

 

Answers:

 

1. PLAY BALL

2. KEEP SCORE

3. BAR CODE

4. DATE NIGHT

5. WORK BENCH

6. CRUDE OIL

7. TIN FOIL

8. JUMP SHOT

9. JET PLANE

10. BLUE MOON 

What do all of the following words have in common?

1. Weevil

2. Sheik

3. Theme

4. Youth

5. Italics

6. Medium 

Answer:

 

The first two, three, or four letters of each word are pronouns.

     

ABACUS

Complete the words below by filling in three consecutive letters of the alphabet. For example, _ _ a _ us would b ABaCus.

1. _ O _ _ ER

2. _ IN _ _ W

3. SA _ _ O _

4. _ AN _ L _

5. _ _ A _ EN

Answer:

1. ROSTER

2. MINNOW

3. SALMON

4. CANDLE

5. DEAFEN  

CRYPTO CLUES CLXVII

GAMES Magazine

April, 1995

Harvey Estes (1-2)

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

February, 2021 (3-10)

 

1. Swiped fur scarf 

 

2. Sparked crash dieting 

3. Formerly large model 

 

4. Assistant's silly idea

 

5. I retain a tendency to sit still  

 

6. Pale actor portrays Nile ruler

 

7. Nice lad lost in Northern country

 

8. Fellow holding arm in clothing

 

9. Pickets set straight a doubter

 

10. Shellfish can grab it on the rocks

 

11. Hazy without head cold and fever

 

HINTS:

1: Homograph

2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10: Anagrams

3. Formerly = EX

8: Container

11: Beheadment

 

Answers:

 

1. STOLE

2. IGNITED (dieting)

3. EXAMPLE

4. AIDE (idea)

5. INERTIA ( I retain)

6. CLEOPATRA (pale actor)

7. ICELAND (nice lad)

8. GARMENT (G ARM ENT)

9. SKEPTIC (pickets)

10. GIANT CRAB (can grab it)

11. AGUE (V AGUE)