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 

 

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 

 

 

ADD A LETTER - GET A NEW WORD CCCX

Add the designated letter to each word and re-arrange the letters to get a new word.

1. BEAD + O

2. ALIEN + G

3. SCARE + S 

4. SPLICE + E

5. SPIDER + E

6. WIELD + M

7. ENTER + G

8. CLEAR + O

9. BLEAR + A

10. CHORE + E 

 

HINTS:

First letter of the new words:

1. A

2. G

3. C

4. E

5. P

6. M

7. R

8. O

9. A

10. C

 

Answers:

 

1. ADOBE

2. GENIAL

3. CARESS

4. ECLIPSE

5. PRESIDE

6. MILDEW

7. REGENT

8. ORACLE

9. ARABLE

10. COHERE   

 

TRIPLES VIII

In each compound word or two-word phrase below, the same word can follow the first word and precede the second word to make two other compound words or two-word phrases. What are the connecting words?

Ex. DIAL DOWN

Ans. TONE (dial tone / tone down)

 

1. FIREFLY

2. ORDER OUT 

3. BRASS BAND

4. TOOL ROOM

5. PLAY BOOK

6. ABOVE ZERO

7. FIREWALL

8. REDLINE

9. BLOCKHEAD

10. HIGH POWER 

 

Answers:

 

1. HOUSE

2. BLANK

3. HAT

4. BAR

5. DATE

6. GROUND

7. SIDE

8. NECK

9. LETTER

10. HORSE  

 

 

 FLEXERS CXLIV

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Back biter

2. Grant group 

3. Civic's class 

4. Carousel rider

5. Kitchen drawer

6. Fairy tale ending 

7. Room with a view 

8. Place to find a date

9. Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde      

10. Drive in Beverly Hills

 

CHOICES:

a. Corner office

b. Rodeo

c. The North

d. Cornerstone

e. Molar

f. Honor among thieves

g. Bag

h. Sedan

i. Ale

j. Aroma

 

Answers:

 

1. e - Molar

2. c - The North (Civil War)

3. h - Sedan (Civic - the car)

4. g - Bag (airport)  

5. j - Aroma (something that draws)

6. i - Ale (literal letters)

7. a - Corner office

8. d - Cornerstone

9. f - Honor among thieves

10. b - Rodeo (street with expensive stores)  

 

Credits:

1. Jackson and Patrick Musker

2.  Brandon Emmett Quigley

3. Dena R. Verkuil and John Kegelman

4. Barbara Lin and Jess Rucks

5. Kyle Dolan

6. Scott Hogan

8. Betsy Ochester and Andrew Gutelle

9. Rich Katz

10. Mike Shenk    

    

 

UNUSUAL WORDS CXXV

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. ORIEL

2. SALVO

3. CURET

4. GARNET 

5. ESCHEW 

6. SOUPCON 

7. CHUTNEY

8. CALUMET 

9. CARAPACE

10. HEURISTIC

11. COLLOQUY 

 

Answers: 

 

1. ORIEL - A projecting bay window

2. SALVO - A sudden, explosive burst of firearms

3. CURET - A tool for scraping, as in teeth cleaning

4. GARNET - A multi-colored gemstone

5. ESCHEW - Deliberately avoid something

6. SOUPCON - Very small amount, trace

7. CHUTNEY - A spicy/sweet, fruity condiment

8. CALUMET - Native American "peace pipe"

9. CARAPACE - The domed, bony shell of a turtle

10. HEURISTIC - Mental shortcut, educated guess

11. COLLOQUY - Formal, serious discussion 

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXX

GAMES Magazine

September, 2000

Bob Stigger (1-4)

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2023

Bob Stigger (5- 10)

 

1. Rigid boat's back

 

2. Warning of alien domination

 

3. Very covetous of every new thing 

 

4. Progressively includes fairy tale characters

 

5. Trace counterfeit coupons

 

6. Some Muenster, I learned, is totally germ-free

 

7. Absolute panic grips Texas school

 

8. Sorrow is the way of the Parisians

 

9. Bird barrier

 

10. Attitude of named legatee 

 

HINTS:
1. Homograph (two meanings)

2. Anagram

3. Anagram

4. Hidden word

5. Anagram

6. Hidden word

7. Hidden word

8. Homograph

9. Homograph

10. Homophone

 

Answers:

 

1. STERN

2. ADMONITION (domination)

3. GREEN WITH ENVY (every new thing)

4. OGRES (prOGRESsively)

5. SOUPCON (coupons)

6. STERILE (muenSTER I LEarned) 

7. UTEP (absolUTE Panic) 

    [UTEP = University of Texas at El Paso]

8. RUE (street in French)

9. RAIL

10. AIR (heir)