THE SEVEN SISTERS

The Seven Sisters are seven prestigious, historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States - the rough female equivalent of the Ivy League schools in the same area. Can you name them?

Answers (in random order):

1. Vassar - Poughkeepsie, NY

2. Radcliffe - Cambridge, MA 

3. Smith - Northampton, MA

4. Wellesley, Wellesley, MA

5. Mount Holyoke - South Hadley, MA 

6. Bryn Mawr - Bryn Mawr, PA

7. Barnard - Morningside Heights, Manhattan, NY

 

 

POINTS TO PONDER CVII

Maturity begins when we're pleased to know that we are right about something without trying to make somebody else admit he's wrong.

Author Unknown

 

WORD CHAINS XI

Joseph Appel 

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

 

1. With no possibility of success

2. Pea or bean

3. "On a tight leash" to mean "restricted" 

4. Prophetic figure of Greek mythology

5. Whale

6. Master bedroom and bath

7. Weak and unsubstantial

8. Word made up of many pronouns

9. Fungal disease of certain cereal grains

10. Serving no purpose, useless 

Answers:

 

1. FUTILE

2. LEGUME

3. METAPHOR

4. ORACLE

5. LEVIATHAN

6. ON SUITE

7. TENUOUS

8. USHER

9. ERGOT

10. OTIOSE

PERFECT PAIRINGS V

Joseph Appel

 

Each clue below can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially synonyms and homographs - to make a common phrase in the form of _____ and _____. For example, DRAFTS and SCALES could be re-phrased as CHECKS and BALANCES. 

1. Recede and circulate

2. Strength and the open ocean

3. Flora and fauna 

4. Fetid and rasp

5. Undamaged and rage 

6. Consume and a streak 

7. Swell and glisten

8. Wrench and color 

9. Cram and gibberish

10. Bargain price and block

 

Answers:

 

1. Ebb and flow

2. Might and main

3. Plants and animals 

4. Rank and file

5. Sound and fury

6. Eat and run 

7. Rise and shine

8. Tool and dye

9. Stuff and nonsense 

10. Song and dance (clog)

 

PROVERBS IN DISGUISE VIII

The sentences and phrases below can be simplified into familiar expressions. 

1. Ingrained behaviors expire with difficulty.

2. In the course of life, we experience both victories and defeats.

3. Prudence dictates the prioritization of significant issues.

4. A dearth of one thing translates to a surplus of another.

5. Diurnal industry for quotidian remuneration 

6. Facile acquisition, analogous departure

Answers:

1. Old habits die hard.

2. You win some, you lose some.

3. First things first

4. Less is more.

5. A day's work for a day's pay 

6. Easy come, easy go

 

INSERT-A-WORD XLIX

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

September, 2022 

Insert a three-letter word onto the blanks to form a longer word.

 

1.  T _ _ _ MAL

 

2. IM _ _ _ A

 

3. IN _ _ _ M

 

4. OUT _ _ _ K

 

5. F _ _ _ OR

 

6. G _ _ _ ERY

 

7. MO _ _ _ T

 

HINTS:

Three-letter words (in random order):

RAN, MEN, HER, 

ACT, ALL, PAL, SEA

 

Answers:

 

1. THERMAL

2. IMPALA

3. INSEAM

4. OUTRANK

5. FACTOR

6. GALLERY

7. MOMENT  

LOW SCORE WINS XI

Add the fewest letters possible to the partial words below - but at least one per side - to form complete words. It can be done by adding 26 letters.

1. _____ ORL _____

2. _____ ADI _____

3. _____ RMA _____

4. _____ YB _____

5. _____ OUB _____

6. _____ LT _____

7. _____ UBU _____

8. _____ SCU _____

9. _____ DRI _____

10. _____ GIN _____ 

Answers:

1. WORLD

2. RADIO

3. FORMAT

4. MAYBE

5. DOUBT 

6. ALTO

7. SUBURB

8. RESCUE

9. ADRIFT

10. ENGINE