TRIPLETS IN DISGUISE
Credit: GAMES Magazine
April, 1997

Patrick and Brian Cox

Each trio of words below can be changed into a familiar three-word phrase by replacing its words with either three words that come before them or three words that come after them in compound words, titles, or phrases. For example, "Light, Kick, and Call" could be changed to "Stop, Drop, and Roll" as in stoplight, drop-kick, and roll call.

1. Tape, Wash, and Blood
2. House, Little, and Swan
3. Plan, Back, and Book
4. Dead, Summer, and Pork
5. Scotch, Rope, and Shot
6. Milk, Baby, and Drum
7. Peeping, Tricky, and Dirty
8. The Earth, the Lands, and the Duckling
9. Worm, Mill, and Cracker
10. Butter, Salad, and Serving
11. Tale, Horse, and Stranger
12. Sign, Out, and Up
13. Crispy, Iceberg, and Cherry
14. Glory, Meal, and Light

HINTS:
First words:
1. Red
2. Wine
3. Game
4. Lock
5. Hop
6. Shake
7. Tom
8. Good
9. Earth
10. Knife
11. Tall
12. Stop
13. Bacon
14. Morning

Answers:

1. red, white, and blue
2. wine, women, and song
3. game, set, and match
4. lock, stock, and barrel
5. hop, skip, and jump
6. shake, rattle, and roll
7. Tom, Dick, and Harry
8. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
9. Earth, Wind, and Fire
10. knife, fork, and spoon
11. tall, dark, and handsome
12. stop, look, and listen
13. bacon, lettuce, and tomato
14. morning, noon, and night.