EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  IV 

Answer each clue with an expression containing a word related to weather. 

1. Postpone indefinitely 

2. Very drunk or intoxicated 

3. Get much bigger very quickly

4. Perky, cheerful, positive person 

5. Abandoned, deserted in time of need 

6. Happen by surprise, without warning 

7. Loud fights, strong anger, deep passion

8. Misfortunes arriving one after the other   

9. Film effect that stops the action to make a single, static shot 

10. Peaceful period preceding what one knows will be a violent time

Answers:

1. Put on ice

2. Three sheets to the wind

3. Snowball

4. Sunbeam

5. Left high and dry

6. Like a bolt from the blue

7. Stormy relationship

8. When it rains, it pours.

9. Freeze-frame

10. Calm before the storm 

1. What do the following word have in common? 

GUST

BURN 

SPICE 

 

2. What do the following words and phrases have in common?

 

CALL LOG

BLOW OFF

FLASHLIGHT

PLAYGROUND 

DOUBLE DATE 

 

Answers:

 

1. Each word could be preceded by AU to make a new word:

AUGUST

AUBURN

AUSPICE

 

2. The word BACK can follow the first word of each phrase or compound word and precede the second word.

 

CALL BACK - BACK LOG

BLOW BACK - BACK OFF

FLASH BACK - BACK LIGHT

PLAY BACK - BACKGROUND

DOUBLE BACK - BACK DATE

 

Credit:

2: Kelly Morenus 

 

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

1. PAN

2. HEM

3. BUR

4. TEE

5. HER

6. CAM

7. SAT

8. BUT

9. STY

10. ARC

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. PANTRY

2. HEMLOCK

3. BURROW / BURLAP

4. TEETHE

5. HERRING

6. CAMERA

7. SATIRE

8. BUTTRESS

9. STYLIST

10. ARCHER /  ARCADE / ARCHIVE  

QUOTES CCLXXX

Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.

Author Unknown

 

Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule, or the cook.

Author Unknown 

 

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. 

Author Unknown

 

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors.

Albert Einstein 

 

Many fortune tellers are getting out of the business. They say the future isn't what it used to be.

Author Unknown

 

Judge to convict: The prisons are full. I'm sentencing you to five years in the waiting room of the DMV.

Author Unknown

 

The instance of forgetting has never been proved. We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.

Friedrich Nietzsche

 

Planning ahead is a measure of money. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations.  But the poor can plan ahead only by the week or day.

Gloria Steinem

 

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

George Bernard Shaw 

 

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. 

Alice May Brock 

 

 

  

COMPOUND LINKS XXXVII 

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 word or two-word phrases.

Ex. QUICK _______ FED

Ans. SILVER SPOON (quick silver / spoon fed)

Ex. QUANTUM _______ PRINCE

Ans. LEAPFROG (quantum leap / frog prince)

 

1. FREE _______ TIME 

2. CORN _______ SITE 

3. DARK _______ NAP

4. HOG _______ STOCK

5. SWEET _______ TALE 

6. HEAD _______ UNDER 

7. MILKY _______ WAGON 

8. HARVEST _______ SLIDE 

9. FACE _______ WASHABLE

10. FLOWER _______ CERTIFICATE 

 

Answers:

 

1. TRADEMARK

2. COBWEB

3. HORSEPOWER

4. WILD CARD

5. TOOTH FAIRY

6. COUNTDOWN

7. WAY STATION

8. HOMELAND

9. TIME MACHINE

10. CHILD BIRTH  

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. ORDER OUT

Ans. BLANK (order blank / blank out)

 

1. BEDTIME

2. GIVE OUT 

3. HIGH BAR 

4. FIRE BOAT

5. WORK OFF 

6. AUTO SHOP

7. GOLD DUST 

8. TURN BACK 

9. WORK SHOE

10. BIRD HOUSE 

11. BACKBOARD

12. LIVING WELL

  

Answers:

 

1. SPRING

2. GROUND

3. ENERGY

4. POWER / HOUSE

5. DAY

6. BODY

7. STAR

8. TAIL

9. HORSE

10. BATH

11. SIDE

12. END  

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXII 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

March, 2015

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-7)

Bob Stigger (8-10) 

 

1. Bird perched in grape trellis

 

2. Start with heavy metal

 

3. Moralist has spoken

 

4. It's kin to a horse shoe

 

5. Grant held by science department

 

6. Planters of evergreens, you say?

 

7. Judge contributing to trade empire

 

8. Questions low-cut shoes

 

9. Expensive violin pub game brought back 

 

10. Junk mail for a Peruvian capital

 

HINTS:

1. Hidden word

2. Heteronym

3. Hidden word 

4. Homograph (two meanings)

5. Hidden word

6. Definition - homophone

7. Hidden word

8. Homograph

9. Definition - reversal 

10. Anagram

 

Answers:

 

1. PETREL (graPE TRELlis)

2. LEAD

3. ORAL (mORAList)

4. MULE (a type of women's shoe)

5. CEDE (scienCE DEpartment)

6. CEDARS (planters = seeders)

7. DEEM (traDE EMpire)

8. PUMPS (pump = ask a lot of questions)

9. STRAD (pub game = DARTS)

10. LIMA (mail)