ANALOGRAMS

GAMES Magazine

June, 1994

David Vanover

 

The first two words of 12 analogies appear below. Can you supply the third and fourth words to complete each analogy by choosing them from the list of 24 at the bottom of the puzzle? Wordplay is fair play. Some of the analogies are completed in unexpected ways. (6, 11, and 12 are especially tricky.)

1. East is to South as _____ is to _____ 

2. Lion is to Mane as _____ is to _____

3. Tangerine is to Orange as _____ is to _____

4. Lie is to Lay as _____ is to _____

5. Globe is to Sphere as _____ is to _____

6. Bun is to Burst as _____ is to _____

7. Fish is to Net as _____ is to _____

8. Kansas is to Arkansas as _____ is to _____

9. Flaw is to Diamond as _____ is to _____

10. Croation is to Raincoat as _____ is to _____

11. Carrot is to Wait as _____ is to _____

12. Divide is to Trap as _____ is to _____ 

CHOICES - In alphabetical order:

Across, Arrange, Beckoned, Boo, Comb, Cube

Cucumber, Die, Down, Fly, Green, Latvian

Our, Plug, Range, Record, Rooster, Scratch

Swallow, Thyme, Valiant, Web, Wind, Wound

Answers:

 

1. East is to South as Across is to Down

 

2. Lion is to Mane as Rooster is to Comb

 

3. Tangerine is to Orange as Cucumber is to Green

 

4. Lie is to Lay as Wind is to Wound

 

5. Globe is to Sphere as Die is to Cube

 

6. Bun is to Burst as Boo is to Beckoned*

 

7. Fish is to Net as Fly is to Web

 

8. Kansas is to Arkansas as Range is to Arrange

 

9. Flaw is to Diamond as Scratch is to Record

 

10. Croation is to Raincoat as  Latvian is to Valiant*

 

11. Carrot is to Wait as Our is to Thyme *

12. Divide is to Trap as Swallow is to Plug*

*Explanations:

6: Bun - one, Burst - first

    Boo - two, Beckoned - second

 

10. Anagrams

 

11. Carrot - carat - unit of weight (Wait)

      Our - hour, unit of time (Thyme) 

12. Divide = part (Trap)

      Swallow = gulp (Plug)