PALINDROME DELETION

The Enigma

April, 2022 

ALF

The cueword TALL represents a nine-letter word. Three of those letters are a palindromic sequence. The cueword SMALL stands for a six-letter word (the longer word minus the three letters of the palindrome.)

It's true, alas, I'm getting old -

My legs are weak, my vision's SMALL.

But still my hands know if they hold

A barren stone or juicy TALL.

And so each August I'll have fun

And fill a bucket from the bush

Until this aging thing is done

And life's course has been run.

HINTS:

1. The palindromic sequence is EBE.

2. SMALL = BLURRY

Answer:

 

SMALL = BLURRY

TALL - BLUEBERRY (BLUebeRRY)