GAMES Magazine

May, 2014 

ALPHABET SOUP

Use the following letters and one word to phonetically answer the clues:

E K T W B X P D N  L Z A O C S

For example:

Slot machine fruit:  chair  E  = cherry

Nut used in pies:     P  can  =   pecan

1. Vacillate: _____  _____  = 

2. Oak-to-be _____  _____ =

3. Conviction _____  _____ =

4. Peace talks goal _____  _____ = 

5. Whole _____  _____ =

6. Garden flower _____  _____ =

7. Pixie-like _____  _____ =

8. Scope _____  _____ =

9. Fine muslin fabric _____  _____ =

10. Game with mallets _____  _____ =

11. Men's magazine _____  _____ =

12. Join _____  _____ =

13. High-pitched flute _____  _____ =  

Answers:

 

1. Vacillate = C saw - see-saw

2. Oak-to-be = A corn - acorn

3. Conviction = B leaf - belief

4. Peace talks goal = Tree T - treaty

5. Whole = N tire - entire

6. Garden flower = PAN Z - pansy

7. Pixie-like = L fin - elfin

8. Scope = X tent - extent

9. Fine muslin fabric = ORGAN D - organdy

10. Game with mallets = CROW K = croquet

11. Men's magazine = S choir - Esquire

12. Join = U knight - Unite

13. High-pitched flute - PICKLE O - Piccolo

 

[Note form JA: Full disclosure: This puzzle came with a picture of a bowl of alphabet soup showing the given letters. But it also came with a picture of a placemat with pictures of all the added words. I had no way of placing pictures on the blog, and it would have been too easy to list the words. So - you have solved a more difficult version of this puzzle than the original!)