FOUR-WORD MATCH

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2026

Shawn Kennedy

 

In each grid, on each row, enter the same 3-letter word in the three blank squares to form 6-letter words reading across.

 

1. _ _ _ E R Y

    C _ _ _ ON

    HE _ _ _ H

    DEP _ _ _ 

 

2. _ _ _ DLE

    S _ _ _ TY

    VA _ _ _ T

    TOU _ _ _

 

3. _ _ _ ORE

    C _ _ _ EW

    FL _ _ _ Y

    THR _ _ _

 

4. _ _ _ GLE

   S _ _ _ CE

   BO _ _ _ Y

   TAR _ _ _

 

5. _ _ _ DOR

    S _ _ _ CE

    SE _ _ _ D

    FAL _ _ _

 

Answers:

 

1. ARTERY

    CARTON

    HEARTH

    DEPART

 

2. CANDLE

     SCANTY

     VACANT

     TOUCAN

 

3. ASHORE

    CASHEW

    FLASHY

    THRASH

 

4. TANGLE

    STANCE

    BOTANY

    TARTAN

 

5. CONDOR

    SCONCE

    SECOND

    FALCON  

 TWO OUT OF THREE VI

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

Ex. RANT, TIE, BRAID

Ans: TIE + BRAID = DIATRIBE (rant)

 

1. REEL, SPICY, EXACT

2. LEGAL, TITLE, IMAGE

3. SELL, INNOCENT, BEAMS

4. VIEWER, TRACE, SPOT

5. ROSE, SNOOP, PAVED 

6. ACORN, PLOT, SPICY

 

HINTS:

One of the words to be anagrammed:

1. REEL

2. TITLE

3. BEAMS

4. TRACE

5. ROSE

6. ACORN

 

Answers:

 

1. REEL + SPICY = PRECISELY (exact)

2. IMAGE + TITLE = LEGITIMATE (legal)

3. SELL + BEAMS = BLAMELESS (innocent)

4. TRACE + SPOT = SPECTATOR (viewer)

5. ROSE + PAVED = EAVESDROP (snoop)

6. ACORN + SPICY = CONSPIRACY (plot)  

TWO PAIR

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

June, 2026

Shawn Kennedy

 

The answer to each clue below joins two related words or category items to form a different word or phrase. 

 

Ex. Two brands of jeans that form a correct shot in the dark

Ans. Lucky Guess 

 

1. Two objects in a place setting that form a kind of window.

 

2. A common name for a newspaper and a brand of soap that form a timepiece

 

3. Two US universities that form a whole grain

 

4. Two baseball terms that combine to form a phrase meaning to relate to you on a personal level

 

5. Two rooms in the board game Clue that form a school period

 

6.  A world capital and a big name in hotels to form the name of a socialite

 

7. Two words that sound like things on a golf course that form a beverage

 

8. Two hairstyles that, with "and" in between them, form a boxer's tactic

 

9. Two words associated with Mars that form a children's game

 

10. Two things that a football player does, with "and" in between them, that form a simple machine

 

Answers:

 

1. Plate glass

2. Sundial

3. Brown Rice

4. Hit home

5. Study hall

6. Paris Hilton

7. Green tea

8. Bob and weave

9. Red Rover

10. Block and tackle  

NY Times Crossword

June 30, 2026

John Liber (1-4)

 

The answers to the first seven clues will have something in common that is hinted at by the last clue. 

 

1. What King Midas had

2. Opulent ones were once called picture palaces 

3. Sure source of income, often used derogatorily 

4. Reckless motorist in The Wind and The Willows

5. Home of 7 X 8 = 56 

6. Sign on a freeway on-ramp 

7 Idle period while waiting for something else to happen 

8. Remarks void of meaning and a phonetic hint to the clue answers

 

Answer to Clue 8:

EMPTY WORDS 

 

Answers to Clues 1-7:

 

1. Magic touch

2. Movie theaters

3. Meal ticket

4. Mr. Toad 

5. Multiplication table 

6. Merging traffic

7. Marking time  - - - MT words  

COMPOUND LINKS XXX

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: FARM ________ NAME

Ans: farm HANDMAIDEN name

 

1. OUT ________ LINE

2. TIN ________ TONE 

3. CRY ________ NECK 

4. DOWN ________ BALL 

5. HOUSE ________ CODE 

6. HONEY ________ POETIC

7. SQUARE ________ TRAVEL 

8. ELECTRICAL ________ SMITH 

 

Answers:

 

1. outRUN ON line

2. tin EARRING tone

3. cryBABY BOTTLEneck

4. downSIDEKICKball

5. houseTOP SECRET code

6. honeyBEESWAX poetic

7. square MEALTIME travel

8. electrical GRIDLOCKsmith   

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCXXIX

The two words on each line can bed anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. The meanings of the anagrams are given below the clues.

1. DATE + DICE = D

2. PART + TRIO = P

3. COIN + RIFT = F

4. FLAT + ROMP = P

5. CODE + NEAT = A

6. DIAL + ROAR = R

7. BAIL + RAVE = V

8. FOYER + SPIN = P

9. NICHE + TAUT = A 

10. NOMAD + TRAY = M

 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Totally commit

2. Formal picture

3. Resistance

4. Statement of beliefs

5. Joke

6. Historic transport

7. Changeable

8. Embody

9. Real

10. Required

 

Answers:

 

1. DEDICATE

2. PORTRAIT

3. FRICTION

4. PLATFORM

5. ANECDOTE  

6. RAILROAD

7. VARIABLE

8. PERSONIFY

9. AUTHENTIC

10. MANDATORY  

  

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2026

Scott Erdman 

 

The same change can be made to each word below to get a new one. What is the change, and what are the new words?

 

QUEEN

QUEER

QUELL

QUEST

QUILL 

QUAIL 

QUALM

QUARTER 

QUARREL 

 

Answer:

 

Replace the QU in each word with the letter B:

 

BEEN

BEER

BELL

BEST

BILL

BAIL

BALM 

BARTER 

BARREL