GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2020

Scott Erdman

(Title shown below)

The answers to the clues below will have something in common. 

1. Lucky 

2. Stogie

3. Outmoded 

4. Miserly person

5. Garage alternative

6. Gershwin opera pair

7. Captain Hook's nemesis

8. "To sleep, ______ to dream" 

9. Author of the above quote

10. Kindergartner's colorful box

11. Shirley Temple's job later in life

12. Wendy sewed it back on Peter Pan

13. Pioneer abstract expressionist painter

Answers:

 

1. FORTUNATE

2. CIGAR

3. OBSOLETE

4. CHEAPSKATE

5. CARPORT

6. PORGY AND BESS

7. CROCODILE

8. PERCHANCE

9. SHAKESPEARE

10. CRAYONS

11. AMBASSADOR

12. SHADOW

13. JACKSON POLLOCK  

 

What the answers have in common:

 

Each answer conceals the name of a fish:

 

1. forTUNAate

2. ciGAR

3. obSOLEte

4. cheapSKATE

5. CARPort

6. PORGY and bess

7. croCODile

8. PERCHance

9. sHAKEspeare

10. cRAYons

11. amBASSador

12. SHADow

13. jackson POLLOCK

 

Puzzle title:
WHAT'S THE CATCH?