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 

POINTS TO PONDER CXXXV 

One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour. 

Willa Cather

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The habit of looking into the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a pernicious one. There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts.

Bertrand Russell

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Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

John Kenneth Galbraith 

MISSING TRIOS CXIV

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 343

 

For each group below, fill in the same three missing letters to complete 7, 6, 5, 4, and 3-letter words. The letters may be filled in in any order, and the missing trio will be different for each group.

 

1. P  _ _ C _ LY

     F _ _ S _ Y

      SM _ _ _

       _ _ N _

        _ _  _  

 

2. _ _ NG _ ON

     _ _ L _ GE

      _ N _ _ R

       F _ _ _

         _ _ _ 

 

3. DI _ _ _ MA

     C _ U _ _ E

       S _ _ I _ 

        _ _ _ Y

         _ _ _ 

 

4. _ _ HA _ ED

    _ E _ T _ L

     U _ T _ _

      _  _ O _

        _ _ _    

 

5. COM _ A _ _

     OV _ _ _ O

      _ _ A _ Y

       H _ _ _

         _ _ _ 

 

Answers:

 

1. The letters are IRK:

         PRICKLY

          FRISKY

           SMIRK

            RINK

             IRK  

 

2. The letters are DUE:

        DUNGEON

         DELUGE

          UNDER

           FEUD

            DUE  

 

3. The letters are LOP:

         DIPLOMA

          COUPLE

            SPOIL

            PLOY

             LOP  

 

4. The letters are NIL:

         INHALED

          LENTIL

           UNTIL

            LION

             NIL  

 

5. The letters are RED:

       COMRADE

        OVERDO

          READY

           HERD

            RED  

 

 

The words below are made up of two smaller words - but they are not compound words. For example, EAR and NEST could bed combined to form EARNEST, but EARNEST is not a compound word (like BEDROOM) because its two parts are not related. Can you think of the other half of the words below to make them longer - but not compound words? Some of the words may have more than one answer. 

1. HAD

2. CAP

3. PRO

4. LEI

5. SHE

6. RAP

7. SAC

8. MEN

9. ANT

10. SCAR 

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. HADDOCK

2. CAPSIZE

3. PROVERB

4. LEISURE

5. SHERIFF

6. RAPPORT

7. SACRED

8. MENTALLY

9. ANTELOPE

10. SCARLET  

 

[False Compounds] 

ODDS AND ENDS

From an illustration/cartoon of a baseball batter, catcher, and umpire at the plate, with the following text:

 

It may have been a strike, since it cut the corner of the plate, and yet it was a trifle high, but not really that high, and yet it seemed to curve over the plate ...... 

Can you think of a clever title for this illustration? The artist's, whose signature was indistinguishable to me,  appears below.

 

Artist's title:

THE TALMUDIC UMPIRE  

WHAT DID YOU SAY? XXXII

John Kugelman

5 and 8 go into 42

FACTOR FICTION

 

Local leader is prohibited

MAYOR MAY NOT 

 

QUOTES CCLXXIX

Someday is not a day of the week.

Author Unknown 

 

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

Things forbidden have a secret charm.

Tacitus 

 

Everyone who falls in love becomes a poet.

Author Unknown 

 

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

 

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Jacqueline Schiff 

 

Distinction is purchased at the expense of sympathy.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon 

 

Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.

David Paradine Frost 

 

The distinction between past, present, and future is only a  stubborn illusion.

Albert Einstein

 

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.

Bern Williams