COMPOUND LINKS XXXI

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: HONEY ________ POETIC

Ans: honeyBEESWAX poetic

 

1. LOW ________ ROOM

2. CHAIN ________ KITE 

3. OPEN ________ SHEET 

4. EVERY ________ PRESS 

5. CROSS ________ STONE

6. GUEST ________ STORY

7. STILL ________ PEOPLE

8. FULL ________ WEIGHT 

9. BACK ________ POSITIVE 

10. CONTINENTAL ________ SHOP  

 

Answers: 

 

1. low KEYBOARDroom

2. chain MAILBOX kite  

3. open SEABED sheet

4. everyMANDRILL press

5. crossWINDMILLstone

6. guest STARFISH story

7. stillLIFEBOAT people

8. full MOONLIGHTweight  

9. backWATERPROOF positive

10. continental DRIFTWOOD shop  

ODDS AND ENDS

1. OPEN = CLOSED

   Add one word to each side of this "equation"  to make it correct:

  

2. What do the following rhyming words have in common?

    RAIN

    CHAIN

    PLANE 

 

3. Can you anagram the phrases below into familiar expressions?

    a. VIDEO LOG               -   _____ and _____

    b. REBATE OFFER        -   _____ and _____

    c. PERSONAL PAGES  -   _____ and _____ 

 

    HINTS:

    a. G _____ and E _____ 

    b. B _____ and A _____

    c. A _____ and O _____

 

4. What do the following words have in common?

    LEA

    LIEN

    LOSE

    OVER

 

    HINT:

    Add the same two letters to each word.

 

Answers:

 

1. HALF-OPEN = HALF-CLOSED  

 

2. They are anagrams of countries:

    RAIN = IRAN

    CHAIN = CHINA

    PLANE = NEPAL

 

3. VIDEO LOG - GOOD and EVIL

    REBATE OFFER - BEFORE and AFTER

    PERSONAL PAGES - APPLES and ORANGES

 

4. Each word becomes a new one when a C is placed in front of it and a T at the end:

    CLEAT

    CLIENT

    CLOSET

    COVERT 

 

 

 

 

  

     

CLEVER ENDEAVOR I

Find rhyming synonyms (or near synonymns) for the two words in each pair.

Ex: INGENIOUS - TRY

Ans: CLEVER - ENDEAVOR

 

Ex: LURE - EXCELLENT

Ans: BAIT - GREAT

 

1. LOCATED - HILL

2. RESCUE - INTREPID

3. ERROR - BANK SAFE 

4. PONDER -  Period of less activity

5. FEMALE SHEEP - LINE

6. RELY ON - ARGUE 

7. SCAM - PERSUADE

8. MERRIMENT - SCARCITY

 

Answers: 

 

1. FOUND - MOUND

2. SAVE - BRAVE

3. FAULT - VAULT

4. MULL - LULL

5. EWE - QUEUE

6. DEPEND - CONTEND

7. HOAX - COAX

8. MIRTH - DEARTH  

 

Credit:

Idea, Examples, and 1-4: Braingle  

 

 

 

 

 

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXIII

GAMES Magazine

March/April, 1982

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

 

1. Spice club

 

2. Duck, Sir Francis! 

 

3. Cash only for fine wool 

 

4. Tax audited for sharpies 

 

5. Majestic borders of Greenland 

 

6. Part of play observed, listened to 

 

7. Neptune's fork has strange red tint 

 

8.  Sam lies foolishly and without purpose.   

 

9. Large forest animal makes insect run off

 

10. We're told the English school has had dinner 

 

11. Heads of mental asylums notice increasing American hysteria  

 

HINTS;

1. Second definition

2. Second definition

3. Synonym - Two words

4. Homophone

5. Hidden word

6. Homophone

7. Anagram

8. Anagram

9. Two words

10. Synonym - Homophone 

11. Hidden word 

 

Answers:

 

1. MACE

2. DRAKE

3. CASHMERE (only = mere)

4. TACKS (tax)

5. GRAND (GReenlAND)

6. SCENE (seen)

7. TRIDENT (red tint)

8. AIMLESS (sam lies)

9. ANTELOPE (ant + elope)

10. EATEN (Eton = English school)

11. MANIA (Mental Asylums Notice Increasing American)  

QUOTES CCLXXIV

To teach is to learn twice.

Joseph Joubert

 

The virtuous are often thought eccentric.

Author Unknown 

 

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

 

I'm not here to be perfect. I'm here to be real.

Lady Gaga

 

Reality is the cage for those who lack imagination.

Author Unknown 

 

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. 

Malcolm X 

 

People will overlook the faults of anyone who is kind.

Author Unknown 

 

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi  

 

Work well done never needs doing over - with the exception of gardening. 

Author Unknown

 

From success you get lots of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings.

Samuel Goldwyn 

 

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in. 

Greek proverb 

 

 

ONE GIFT

If you give your child only one gift, let it be .............

Possible answers to an endless list:

1. Curiosity

2. Enthusiasm

3. Compassion

4. Self-esteem

5. Hope

6. Faith

7.   

FAMILY TIES XLIV

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Each group below contains four unrelated words. Without changing the order of the letters, change one letter in each of the words in each group to form four related words.

1. Lug.....Battle.....Con.....Jam

2. Rude.....Lap.....Evict.....Degree

3. Spear.....May.....Otter.....Voile

4. Clue.....Dad.....Dawn.....Plum

5. Lane.....Umpire.....Re-arm.....Notion

6. Wield.....Greet.....Lain.....Posture

7. Stone.....Even.....Kilt.....Drill

8. Nudge.....Count.....Care.....Fitness

 

Answers:

 

1. Jug, Bottle, Can, Jar

2. Rule, Law, Edict, Decree

3. Speak, Say, Utter, Voice

4. Blue, Sad, Down, Glum

5. Land, Empire, Realm, Nation

6. Field, Green, Lawn, Pasture

7. Stove, Oven, Kiln, Grill

8. Judge, Court, Case, Witness