CLEVER ENDEAVOR VI

Find rhyming synonyms for the two words in each pair.

Ex. DILIGENT - VAGUE

Ans. ASSIDUOUS - AMBIGUOUS

 

1. BLOOM - STARE ANGRILY

2. DO OVER - TRICKERY

3. OPINION, reputation - CONFLICT

4. Take by force - Gentle wind

5. Get used to something difficult - Safe

6. Old and in very bad shape - Fearless

7. Aggressive rant - The whole ______

8. Loudly object - Do what you're told

9. SHRINK, as in fear - Injection pump

10. Glaringly obvious - Silly, foolish 

 

Answers:

 

1. FLOWER - GLOWER

2. REPEAT - DECEIT

3. REPUTE - DISPUTE

4. SEIZE - BREEZE

5. INURE - SECURE

6. DECREPIT - INTREPID

7. HARANGUE - SHEBANG

8. DECRY - COMPLY

9. CRINGE - SYRINGE 

10. CONSPICUOUS - RIDICULOUS   

SHUFFLE 'EM  LXVII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

October, 2025

 

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 both words. There are no extra letters and each letter is used only once. HINT: The two words are related.

 

Ex.   S M Y E S T H T E O M D 

Ans. S m  Y e S  t h  T  E  o M  d 

         SYSTEM - method 

 

1. P R L N E O N T U G Y H  

 

2. R E A N S U S L W T E R

 

3. E S M B Y M L B E O L M

 

4. N E B T O T H T E L R E

 

5. U R P A R O C K A R E T

 

6. I H M I P N E D E D R E 

 

Answers:

 

1. PLENTY - enough

2. RESULT - answer

3. EMBLEM - symbol

4. NETTLE - bother 

5. UPROAR - racket

6. IMPEDE - hinder 

   

FOODIE EXPRESSIONS IV

Answer each clue with an expression containing a type of food or drink.

1. Think

2. Lose it 

3. Nitty-gritty 

4. Post-marriage trip

5. That's the way it goes 

6. Snug and comfortable 

7. Be extra careful not to offend 

8. Can't keep in stock, as a product 

9. Honest, hard-working, decent person

10. Emotionally distant, unfriendly person

 

Answers:

 

1. Use your noodle

2. Go bananas

3. Meat and potatoes

4. Honeymoon

5. How the cookie crumbles

6. Warm as toast

7. Walk on eggshells

8. Sells like hotcakes

9. Salt of the earth

10. Cold fish  

 

TWO OUT OF THREE XI

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

Ex. PARE, COAX, USED

Ans. PARE + USED = PERSUADE (coax) 

 

1. GO, CAD, TRUE

2. VEIL, TEAR, KIN

3. MAKE, POD , ECRU 

4. BRING, OMEN, HARE

5. VITAL, LACE, WAVER 

6. PURE, MIME, ACTUAL 

 

HINTS:

One of the words to be anagrammed:

1. GO

2. VEIL

3. POD

4. BRING

5. VITAL

6. MIME 

 

Answers:

 

1. GO + TRUE = ROGUE (cad)

2. VEIL + TEAR = RELATIVE (kin)

3. POD + ECRU = PRODUCE (make)

4. BRING + HARE = HARBINGER (omen)

5. VITAL + LACE = VACILLATE (waver)

6. MIME + ACTUAL = IMMACULATE (pure)

 

 

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXI

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2023

Fred Piscop

 

1. Mediocre grade concealed by bad teachers 

 

2. Relieved to have written letters in order

 

3. It's hard to lift, it's said

 

4. It's a boat, any way you look at it

 

5. Pounds from all-you-can-eat dinners

 

6. On reflection, I complain to Ruth's mother-in-law

 

7. Temptress of legend with a floral garland

 

8. Figure to work in a mint, say

 

9. Infidel destroyed diamond setting 

 

10. Recluse poet 's before tiny insects 

 

HINTS:

1. Container

2. Definition - two meanings

3. Homophone

4. Palindrome

5. Definition - stressonym

6. Definition - reversal

7. Two definitions = Temptress

8. "Figure" is a homograph (two meanings)

9. Anagram

10. Two definitions = "Recluse" 

 

Answers:

 

1. FACULTY (FA C ULTY) [bad = faulty] 

2. SPELLED (relieved)  

3. STEEL (steal - to lift)

4. KAYAK

5. BUFFETS

6. NAOMI (I MOAN) [complain]  

7. LORELEI (lore + lei) 

8. MAKES SENSE (figure) [cents] 

9. INFIELD (infidel)

10. EREMITE (ere + mite)  

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  III

Answer each clue with an expression containing a word related to weather.

1. Seize violently

2. Glimmer of hope 

3. Extremely parched 

4. " This is easy/simple"

5. One who attracts hostile attention 

6. Be financially prudent about the future

7. Pursuing unrealistic or impossible goals 

8. Small, visible part of a much bigger problem 

9. Act recklessly, without regard for consequences 

10. Companion who abandons you when things get rough 

Answers:

1. Take by storm

2. Ray of sunshine

3. Dry as a bone

4. "This is a breeze."

5. Lightning rod

6. Save for a rainy day

7. Chasing rainbows

8. Tip of the iceberg

9. Throw caution to the wind

10. Fair-weather friend  

 

COMPOUND LINKS XXXVI

Fill in the blanks with a compound word or two-word phrase so that the first two words and the last two words make up other compound words or two-word phrases.

Ex. OLD ________ KNEE 

Ans. HAT TRICK (old hat / trick knee)

Ex. HONEY ________ GOAT
Ans. MOONSCAPE (honeymoon / scapegoat)

 

1. STILL ________ DOG

2. QUICK ________ FED 

3. DWARF ________ OUT

4. DARK ________ TABLE 

5. THINK ________ TRUCK

6. POWER ________ NAME

7. BROAD ________ GAME

8. CLOSE ________ STAMP 

9. SWEET ________ TICKET

10. QUANTUM ________ PRINCE  

 

Answers: 

 

1. LIFEGUARD

2. SILVER SPOON

3. STARSTRUCK

4. SKYLIGHT

5. FAST FOOD

6. PLAY PEN

7. CAST AWAY

8. FRIENDS FOREVER

9. CORNMEAL

10. LEAPFROG