TWO OUT OF THREE IV

Anagram two of the three words in each clue to get a synonym of the third word:

Ex: BUD, KIDNAP, CAT

Ans: BUD + CAT = ABDUCT (kidnap)

 

Ex: TAPE, VISE, HEAD

Ans: VISE + HEAD = ADHESIVE (tape)

 

1. EEL, MUG, PEA

2. COT, SMALL, LAMP

3. MERE, SOFA, SCARY

4. RIDER, SNEER, GASP

5. SURE, TIDBIT, METE

6. NODS, HARSH, SAINT

7. MAST, SCALE, PUPIL

8. DARE, HEEL, CLANG

9. PAR, DRESS, PALE

 

HINTS:

One of the word to be anagrammed:
1. EEL

2. LAMP

3. SOFA

4. GASP

5. SURE

6. NODS

7. MAST

8. CLANG

9. PAR

 

Answers: 

 

1. EEL + MUG = LEGUME (pea)

2. COT + LAMP = COMPACT (small)

3. MERE + SOFA = FEARSOME (scary)

4. SNEER + GASP = PASSENGER (rider)

5. SURE + TIDBIT = DISTRIBUTE (mete) 

6. NODS + SAINT = DISSONANT (harsh)

7. MAST + SCALE = CLASSMATE (pupil)

8. HEEL + CLANG = CHALLENGE (dare)

9. PAR + PALE = APPAREL (dress)   

Can you think of three familiar expressions that use the word IS two times each that reflect resignation - the feeling that there's nothing more that can be done to change the situation?

(Possible) Answers: 

It is what it is.

That's how it is. 

What's done is done.

The following ten, eleven, and twelve-letter words have something in common that has to do with their letters rather than their meanings. Can you determine what it is?

BACKGROUND

SUBORDINATE

PROBLEMATIC

AMBIDEXTROUS

 

Answer:

 

The words are unusual in that for such long words there are no repeated letters.  

Each of the phrases below has a very unusual property. Can you determine what it is?

1. MONA'S THICK RAINCOAT

2. RECORDS A TV EPISODE

HINT:

Anagrams

 

Answers:

 

1. Two of the three words can be anagrammed to make a synonym of the remaining word:

     MONA'S THICK = MACKINTOSH (raincoat)

 

2. Three of the four words can be anagrammed to make a synonym of the remaining word:

     A TV EPISODE = VIDEOTAPES (records) 

 

Credit:
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles 

TRIPLES I

Given the second word, can you think of two other words such that the first word and the second word, the second word and the third word, and the first word and the third word all make up familiar two-word phrases or compound words?

Ex: CUT

(Possible) Ans: LOW CUT CLASS

Low cut, Cut class, and Low class are all familiar phrases.

 

Ex: LIGHT

(Possible) Ans: GREEN LIGHT HOUSE

Green light, Lighthouse, and Greenhouse are familiar phrases or  compound words 

 

1. COLD

2. FOOD

3. STATE

4. CANADA 

5. BLOND 

6. HEAD

7. NOTE

8. EYE

9. DOG

10. FLY 

11. POT 

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. HEAD COLD CASE

2. CAT FOOD FIGHT

3. BLUE STATE BIRD

4. AIR CANADA DRY

5. DIRTY BLOND JOKE

6. HAMMER HEAD LOCK

7. BANK NOTE BOOK

8. BUCK EYE TEETH

9. BULL DOG FIGHT

10. FIRE FLY BALL 

11. HONEY POT PIE / CRACK POT SHOT  

TEN WORDS NOBODY CAN SPELL

1. FUCHSIA

2. COLONEL 

3. REVEILLE 

4. PHARAOH

5. DIARRHEA

6. SUBPOENA 

7. FAHRENHEIT

8. SHILLELAGH

9. CONNOISSEUR

10. HORS D'OEUVRES 

 

FLEXERS CXLIII

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Keep calm 

2. Team building 

3. Acted all crabby

4. Changes the locks  

5. Faster opposite 

6. Reminder of an old flame 

7. Grocery store 

8. Present day mover 

9. It has rocks and rolls 

10. Spending money for Pavarotti 

 

CHOICES:

a. Pantry

b. Ten or twenty

c. Sidled

d. Breathe

e. Ore car

f. Ember

g. Arena

h. Sleigh

i. Eater

j. Dyes

 

Answers:

 

1. d - Breathe

2. g - Arena

3. c - Sidled

4. j - Dyes

5. i - Eater

6. f - Ember

7. a - Pantry

8. h - Sleigh (Santa's sleigh)

9. e - Ore car

10. b - Ten or twenty (tenor)

 

Credits:

1: Ricky J. Sirois

2: Brendan Emmett Quigley  

3-4: John Kugelman 

5-6: Joe Rodini 

7: Kelly Morenus

8: David P. Williams

9: August Miller

10: John Kugelman