Will Shortz Tribute Puzzle

Based on Time Test - Part 6

Published in The Enigma

August, 2021

Posted 9/14/21

(Joseph Appel)

Change one letter in each two, three, or four-letter word below to make a new word reading across. Do not re-arrange the order of the letters.

Example: DO   SON   SIRE

                 DE   BON  AIRE - - - DEBONAIRE 

1. WON      ORE      DATE

2. PAR        PEN       GAL

3. SEE         DEN      TONE

4. WOOL    IS           ARE

5. PET         SAG       ON

6. ROD        OLD       NO

7. ON           FAR      TIRE

8. PAST       ICE        PALE

9. FED         AGE      GUM

10. ANT       IBID      ACE 

11. FROG     TAM     MET

12. DO          LITER   AS   TON

13. NON       VET      EAT   INN

14. INCH      ROE      FAT   SON

15. AN          MOM    ERE   MEN  SO  BEE

Answers:

 

1. CONGREGATE

2. PERPETUAL

3. SERPENTINE

4. WHOLESALE

5. PENTAGON

6. REDOLENT

7. INFANTILE

8. PARTICIPATE

9. PEDAGOGUE

10. INTIMIDATE

11. PROGRAMMER

12. DELIBERATION

13. CONVERSATION

14. INCARCERATION

15. INCOMPREHENSIBLE