INCOGNITO VI

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2022

Stephen Sniderman

The answer words in this puzzle have cleverly disguised themselves as (sometimes nonsensical) two-word phrases. Your mission is to reveal their true identities by changing only two letters per phrase - one in the first word and one in the second word - and eliminating the space. For example, REF EMOTION becomes REDEMPTION - by changing the F in the first word to D, and the O in the second word to P - and eliminating the space.

The newly transformed letter in the second word of one phrase is the same letter you'll need to insert in the first word of the phrase that follows it. In the example above, the new letter in the second word was P. If the next phrase were AREA MULE, you would replace one of the letters in AREA with a P. In this case the answer word would be PREAMBLE, and one of the letters in the first word of the next phrase would be replaced by a B. If the next phrase were PUTS MARK

 

1. BOORS HELP

2. ADORE MAID

3. ACHE DULLS

4. NECKS SPRY

5. TRIP NILE

6. INN TRANCE

7. PUTS MARK

8. INK ERMINES

9. COUNTERED APPLE

10. EEL ANCHOVY

11. BITE NATURE

12. DISHES PETTED

13. SON GUEST

 

Answers:

 

1. BOOKSHELF

2. AFORESAID

3. SCHEDULES

4. NECESSARY

5. TRIANGLE

6. IGNORANCE

7. OUTSMART

8. INTERMIXES

9. COUNTER EXAMPLE

10. MELANCHOLY

11. LITERATURE

12. DISRESPECTED

13. CONQUEST