Sunday, February 8, 2015

BLANKS AND BLANKS II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - June, 1983
Stephen Sniderman

The answers in this quiz are familiar phrases in the form of "blank and blank," in which the letters missing from the first word are the same letters in the same order as those missing from the second word.  For example, F_ _ H and  CH _ P _ stands for FISH and CHIPS.

1.  _ _ SH         and      _ E _ R
2.  _ _ ICK       and      _ _ AN
3.  _ _ _ CK     and      _ _ _N
4.  _ _ CK        and     _ _ LL
5.  _ H _ E _    and     _ _ CK _
6.  _ _ I _ _      and     _ _ EJU _ IC _
7.  _ _ I _ D     and     _ _ U _
8.  _ IV _         and     _ _ ARN
9.  _ _ SH        and     _ _ LL
10.  H_ _ _      and     M _ _ _ TY

Answers:

1. WASH and WEAR
2. SPICK and SPAN
3. THICK and THIN
4. ROCK and ROLL
5. SHOES and SOCKS
6. PRIDE and PREJUDICE
7. TRIED and TRUE
8. LIVE and LEARN
9. PUSH and PULL
10. HIGH and MIGHTY

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