POINTS TO PONDER CXXX

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, "Press On", has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. 

Calvin Coolidge  

DROP A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD CXL

GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2026

FAMILY REUNIONS

Bob Stigger

 

Drop one letter from each word and re-arrange the remaining letters to get nine related words.

 

1. FORT

2. SAGE 

3. HOBOS

4. ABSENT

5. GERBIL

6. PYRITE

7. RIVALED

8. BRAZENLY

9. SPLATTER

 

HINTS:

First letters of the new words:
1. *

2. * 

3. B

4. B 

5. B

6. T

7. D

8. B

9. P

 

Answers:

 

1. ROT

2. GAS  

3. BOSH

4. BEANS

5. BILGE

6. TRIPE

7. DRIVEL

8. BLARNEY

9. PRATTLE - - - Words meaning NONSENSE  

COMPOUND LINKS XXVI

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.

1. SLY ________ BOX

2. JET ________ CAGE

3. SET ________ DOWN

4 DEEP ________ CASE 

5. FAKE ________ TRAIL 

6. HAND ________ COLOR

7. SWEET ________ OPERA 

8. SADDLE ________ MASON  

 

Answers: 

 

1. sly FOXGLOVEbox

2. jet BLACKBIRD cage

3. setBACKHOEdown

4. deep SPACESUITcase

5. fake NEWSPAPER trail

6. handSTANDOFF color

7. sweet SPOTLIGHT opera

8. saddle SOAPSTONE mason 

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCXXV

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

1. DIG + ION = I

2. CUB + JEST = S 

3. CAFE + INN = F 

4.. GNU + PINE = P 

5. PUT + TERM = T 

6. CLAY + SHIP = P   

7. GATE + HIRE = H 

8. BEST + COAL = O 

9. PURE + WOLF = P

10. IOTA + LEARN = R  

 

Meanings of the anagrams: 

1. Color

2. Topic

3. Money

4. Animal

5. Music

6. Of the body

7. Legacy

8. Stumbling block

9. Strong

10. Reason

 

Answers:

 

1. INDIGO

2. SUBJECT

3. FINANCE

4. PENGUIN

5. TRUMPET

6. PHYSICAL

7. HERITAGE

8. OBSTACLE

9. POWERFUL

10. RATIONALE  

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXV

GAMES/World of Puzzles

August, 2020

E. R. Galli

 

1. Girl who's coming out and turning over garden plot

 

2. Hood's sweetheart with arm in cast

 

3. He's malicious - average, that is

 

4. Cost is upsetting very sober people

 

5. Dustin dances with colony member

 

6. Cave exposing rot totally

 

7. Cancels flowers that bloom only once (except the first of April)

 

8. Puzzle in GAMES isn't quite finished ..... but it's cryptic

 

9. Bones in the leg slant after it turns  

  

HINTS: 

1. Definition and reversal

2. (Robin) Hood - Anagram

3. Homograph + abbreviation for "that is"

4. Anagram

5. Anagram

6. Hidden word

7. Drop a letter 

8. Anagram less one letter, definition

9. Two definitions, reversal 

 

Answers:

 

1. DEB (bed)

2. MARAIN (arm in a)

3. MEANIE (mean + i.e.) [mean = average]

4. STOICS (cost is)

5. NUDIST (Dustin) [nudist colony]

6. GROTTO (exposinG ROT TOtally)

7. ANNULS (annu  a  ls)

8. ENIGMA (in game  s )

9. TIBIAS (slant = bias) [it turns = ti]

QUOTES CCLXIX

A house divided against itself cannot stand. 

Abraham Lincoln

 

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

 

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

Abraham Lincoln 

 

When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.

Barack Obama 

 

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

John F. Kennedy

 

He who serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest.

Woodrow Wilson

 

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

 

The buck stops here.

Harry S. Truman

 

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Harry S. Truman 

 

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Harry S. Truman 

 

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

Harry S. Truman 

  

What do the following words have in common?

1. Leisure

2. Target

3. Forbid

4. Pardon

5. Adhere

6. Caprice 

7. Earnest

8. Delivery 

9. Grammar

10. Stereotype

 

Answer:

 

Each word is composed of two smaller words, but they are not compound words. That is, the two smaller words are not related - as they are in compound words (i.e. bedroom).