LUCKY SEVENS III

Nod to Shawn Kennedy

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2024

 

Below are eight seven-letter words with their first, middle, and last letters missing. Can you identify the words?

1. _ RC _ AR _ 

2. _ HE _ RE _

3. _ DY _ LI _

4. _ SU _ AM _

5. _ OD _ CI _

6. _ EO _ AR _  (two words)

 

7. _ RO _ ID _

 

8. _ LO _ IN _ 

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. ORCHARD

2. THEOREM

3. IDYLLIC

4. TSUNAMI

5. CODICIL

6. LEOPARD / LEOTARD 

7. BROMIDE

8. CLOYING 

MIND FLEXERS CXXVIII

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. The relationships are disguised by  double meanings, altered spacing within words, and/or other wordplay.

1. Cabinet member 

2. Make arrangements to see Falling Water

3. Tax advice to a baseball memorabilia collector

4. Mongol Empire

5. Icon

6. Do the dishes

7. Guarantee same-day delivery

8. Landlord who keeps mum

9. Abacus form New Delhi

10. Least talented sketch artist in class 

CHOICES:

a. Cater

b. Fit right in

c. Indian summer

d. Scammer

e. Induce labor

f. Contract

g. Bottom drawer 

h. Spice 

i. Silent letter

j. Right off the bat 

 

Answers:

 

1. h - Spice

2. b - Fit right in (Wright)

3. j - Right off the bat (write)

4. f - Contract (Khan tract)

5. d - Scammer (I con)

6. a - Cater

7. e - Induce labor

8. i - Silent letter (let = rent)

9. c - Indian summer

10. g - Bottom drawer 

 

Credits:

1: Patrick Berry

2-3: Geoff Brown

4: Sara Sinclair and Paolo Pasco

5: Michael J. Doran

6: Mike Graczyk

7: Frank Longo

8-10: Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon 

I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE III

Nod to WHEEL OF FORTUNE

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2024

Todd Kreisman

 

Each of the clues below is missing three or more letters which, when filled in correctly, will give both a relevant clue and complete the phrase itself. 

Example:     CAJUN CO_ _ E_Y  ST_PLE

                                       OK   R         A

 OKRA is a  CAJUN COOKERY STAPLE

 

1. CRU _ _ E  STOPPING  P_ AC _

2. IT'S LI _ TL _ R   THAN  A  M _ L _ ARD

3. ON _  OF  PA'S  PO_ T   C _ TI _ S

4. U _ R _ GHT   ORG_ _   C _ USIN

5. _ _ M _ ON  SYNONYM  FOR  _ _ _ _ ION

6. ME _ SU _ _  OF AN   _CRE

7. WHAT AN U _ P  IS  _ _ _ ED  TO  WEAR

8. V _ I _ ED   THREAT'_   END

9. RE _ ELLI _ U _   "_ EA   PARTY"  T _ W _

10. RE _ ORT   _L _ CE

Answers:

1. ISLE

2. TEAL

3. ERIE

4. PIANO

5. COMMENT

6. AREA

7. MASK

8. ELSE

9. BOSTON

10. SPA

QUOTES CCXIX

A spoken word and a thrown stone cannot be recalled.

Author Unknown

 

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know you trust him.

Booker T. Washington

 

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Mass communication, radio, and especially television have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.

Eugenio Montale

 

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning coffee and bagel to the cotton in our clothes and the cup of cocoa we might drink before bed, seeds surround us all day long. They are  quite literally the staff of life, the basis of diets and lifestyles around the globe.

Thor Hanson from The Triumph of Seeds

 

Make new friends and keep the old. One is silver, the other gold.

Girl Scout Motto

 

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick Douglass

 

Sometimes good thing fall apart so better things can fall together.

Marilyn Monroe

 

 

What do the following phrases have in common that has nothing to do with their meanings?

1. SQUARE SHOOTER 

2. GATHER AROUND

3. SUPPOSE I DON'T?

4. SMELL THE ROSES

Answer:

Each phrase conceals the name of a mythological god or goddess:

1. squARE Shooter - ARES

2. gatHER Around - HERA

3. supPOSE I DON't - POSEIDON

4. smell thE ROSes - EROS 

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCLXXI

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. NET + FAIL = I

2. USED + REAP = P

3. HILT + MOON = M

4. INCH + ROAM = H

5. MADE + YARD = D

6. OMEN + SOUR = E

7. CHEF + RULE = C

8. FERN + STAR = T

9. CASE + IRON = S 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Fill with air 

2. Coax

3. Big oil, big pharma, etc.

4. Musically pleasing

5. Reverie

6. Huge

7. Upbeat

8. Move, shift

9. Sequence of events

 

Answers:

 

1. INFLATE

2. PERSUADE

3. MONOLITH

4. HARMONIC

5. DAYDREAM

6. ENORMOUS

7. CHEERFUL

8. TRANSFER

9. SCENARIO 

SHUFFLE 'EM LII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 329

 

Two six-letter words, with their letters in correct, but not consecutive order are combined in each row of letters below. To solve the puzzle, separate the two words. There are no extra letters and each letter is used only once. HINT: The two words are opposites.

 

1. F C A O R S M A L U A L 

 

2. T R T I U P D T G E O E 

 

3. D E I F N E V N A D E D

 

4. S M C O A O R O S T H E

 

5. F L S I T R M S O N Y G

 

6. A R N I D S D W E L R E 

 

Answers:

 

1. FORMAL - CASUAL

2. TRUDGE- TIPTOE

3. DEFEND - INVADE

4. SMOOTH - COARSE

5. FLIMSY - STRONG

6. ANSWER - RIDDLE