Wall Street Journal Crossword

September 17-18, 2022

Mike Shenk

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The same change can be made to each of the words below to create new words. What is the change and what are the new words? 

BELL

DUCK

FALL

HALL

PLAY

TREE

WAY

Answers:

 

The letter T could be added to each word to create phonetic homophones:

 

1. BELLT - BELT

2. DUCKT - DUCT

3. FALLT - FAULT

4. HALLT - HALT

5. PLAYT - PLATE

6. TREET - TREAT

7. WAYT -WEIGHT or WAIT

 

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