Thursday, May 28, 2020

WORD + WORD = NEW WORD XII

The clues below each contain the definitions of two words which can be mushed together to form a third, unrelated word, without any re-arrangement of letters.

1. Tear + Baby-mother attachment =
2. Insect + Marry quickly =
3. Act + Large pipe =
4. Run off + Twisted =
5. Viral illness + Freudian personality part =
6. RBI in baseball (for short) + charged particle =
7. Kind of cheese + Mardi Gras is one (for short)
8. Something that has to be done + Pain =
9. Warmth + Female fowl =
10. Banner + Tirade =

HINTS:
4. Flickering, as light
7. Most concise

Answers:

1. RIP + CORD = RIPCORD
2. ANT + ELOPE = ANTELOPE
3. DO + MAIN = DOMAIN
4. LAM + BENT = LAMBENT
5. FLU + ID = FLUID
6. STAT + ION = STATION
7. BRIE + FEST = BRIEFEST
8. MUST + ACHE = MUSTACHE
9. HEAT + HEN = HEATHEN
10. FLAG + RANT = FLAGRANT 

Credit: 
7-10: NY Times Crossword - 5/20/20
        Natan Last, Andy Kravis, and J.A.S.A. class

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