LETTER BANK XXXIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

February, 2016

Mary McCool

 

Using only the letters in the capitalized word of each pair below, repeated as necessary, find a word that is defined by the lower case word in each pair. For example, given the clue REAP/get ready, the answer would be PREPARE. 

1. BLUE/effervesce

2. TWIN/idiot

3. DIMS/adjourn

4. SLANG/ pasta dish

5. LISTEN/guard

6. LIVER/bugle call

7. LOVER/gun

8. NEAT/feelers

9. METALS/impasse

10. NOVICE/nuisance

Answers:

 

1. BUBBLE

2. NITWIT

3. DISMISS

4. LASAGNA

5. SENTINEL

6. REVEILLE

7. REVOLVER

8. ANTENNAE

9. STALEMATE

10. INCONVENIENCE