The Enigma

NPL Magazine 

October, 2020

LEXMAN

 

The three answer words to this flat, ONE, TWO, and THREE  are all five-letter words that differ only by their initial letters.

 

My brother said, "I found for you 

This fossil ONE. It's from a TWO."

I THREEred: "It's not. It's just a stick.

You think I'd fall for such a trick?"

Answer:

 

FEMUR

LEMUR

DEMUR (demurred)