Gems from old GAMES Magazines XXII

GIVE AND TAKE

Pamela Wylder 

Original puzzle: September, 1999

Posted: November 2, 2014

GIVE AND TAKE II

 

In each pair of words below, remove a letter from one word and add it to the other, then re-arrange the resulting letters to form two words naming items that belong to the same category. For example, given RENEGE and GROAN, you would transfer an E from RENEGE to GROAN and anagram the results to GREEN and ORANGE. Two answers include proper names. As a solving hint (not given in the original puzzle), the first word is the one from which the letter is to be taken.

 

1. PALMER - DEALER

2. LOONIER - RADICAL

3. SNORE - RAINCOAT

4. CLICHES - BARROW

5. CORNEA - TEAMS

6. FUTILE - CENTRAL

7. PANICS - DANIEL

8. RATHER - AUNTS

9. ROBIN - ACORN

10. INTENTS - NEWSGIRL 

Answers:

 

1. PEARL - EMERALD

2. ORIOLE - CARDINAL

3. ROSE - CARNATION

4. CHISEL - CROWBAR

5. OCEAN - STREAM

6. FLUTE - CLARINET

7. SPAIN - ICELAND

8. EARTH - SATURN

9. IRON - CARBON

10. TENNIS - WRESTLING