GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2023

Scott Erdman

 

COMPOUND WORDS

 

The answers to the clues below are all compound words in which each component word starts with the same letter. For example, SEASIDE, HOUSEHOLD, MADMAN. Each answer begins with a different letter. Two answers are hyphenated.

 

1. Timepiece

2. Squealer

3. Classroom staple, once

4. Lightning bug 

5. Reverie

6. Disreputable sort

7. Locate with precision

8. Mimic

9. Slalom path

10. Burlington Northern, for one

11. Huge roadside ad

12. Awed by celebrities

13. Veggie dealer

14. Quick appraisal

15. Gabriel or Michael

16. All business

17. Tchotchke 

18. Keep back

19. Not fully employed to its potential

Answers:

 

1. Wristwatch

2. Tattletale

3. Blackboard

4. Firefly

5. Daydream

6. Lowlife

7. Ponpoint

8. Copycat

9. Zigzag

10. Railroad

11. Billboard

12. Starstruck

13. Green grocer

14. Once-over

15. Archangel

16. No-nonsense

17. Knickknack

18. Wihhold

19. Underused