From The Enigma
NPL Magazine
June, 2017
NOODLE NOGGIN

The two key words in this flat - BRAND and BRAID - differ by a single letter, as do the two answer words they represent. The two answer words contain six letters and differ by the fifth letter.

We've only been at sea three days,
Adrift across the oceans deep,
But a BRANDing noise keeps me up at night,
I cannot catch a wink of sleep!

Those vermin sneak around our ship
And eat right through our citrus hoard.
I fear we'll all come down with
   BRAID;
We should've brought a cat on board.

Answers:

SCURRYing
SCURVY