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Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

May, 2021 

Fill the first set of blanks with a six-letter synonym for the word on the left, and the second set of blanks with a six-letter synonym for the word on the right. The two words filling the blanks must differ only by a single letter - which is given. For example:

Rasps _ _ _ _ E _    _ _ _ _ I _  Free

           GRATES       GRATIS

1. Lunge _ _ _ _ _T    _ _ _ _ _ H  Songbird 

2. Flexible _ _ _ _ _ E    _ _ _ _ _Y  Provide

3. Sift _ _ _ N _ _    _ _ _ D _ _  Porthole

4. Riffraff _ _ B _ _ _    _ _ M _ _ _  Wander

5. Hammer _ A _ _ _ _    _ I _ _ _ _  Cereal grass

Answers:

 

1. THRUST - THRUSH

2. SUPPLE - SUPPLY

3. WINNOW - WINDOW

4. RABBLE - RAMBLE

5. MALLET - MILLET