STATE CENTERS III

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Summer, 2022

 

Each of the ten clues below can be answered with a two-word phrase in which the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word form the postal abbreviation of a U.S. state. The postal abbreviation is given. For example, given

 

Vague estimate                         _ _ _ _ H I_ _ _ ,

the answer would be                 ROUGH IDEA 

 

1. Lounge idly                       _ _ M A _ _ _ _ _

 

2. Stuff tightly                                  _ _ _ M I _ 

3. Senior-dance evening          _ _ _ M N _ _ _ _

4. Hotel amenity                 _ _ _ M S _ _ _ _ _ _

5. Reach the minimum           _ _ _ _ _ M O _ _

6. Man' bathing suit             _ _ _ M T _ _ _ _ _

7. Dark facial features           _ _ _ _ N E _ _ _

8. First time at sea        _ _ _ _ _ N V _ _ _ _ _

9. Real estate event                _ _ _ N H _ _ _ _

10. Royal gems                  _ _ _ _ N J _ _ _ _ _

Answers:

 

1. BUM AROUND 

2. CRAM IN 

3. PROM NIGHT 

4. ROOM SERVICE

5. BOTTOM OUT 

6. SWIM TRUNKS 

7. BROWN EYES 

8. MAIDEN VOYAGE 

9. OPEN HOUSE 

10. CROWN JEWELS