ECHO SYSTEM VI

GAMES Magazine

October, 2007

Stephen Sniderman

 

Can  you think of an adjective-noun phrase that answers the clue, such that the noun is a perfect echo of the final syllable or syllables of the adjective, although the spelling may be different? For example, a beige gang would be an ecru crew, a disagreeable milieu would be an upsetting setting, and an outlandish ruse would be an eccentric trick. 

1. Finished fold 

2. Amusing joint

3. Egotistical crab

4. Hopeful spiritualist

5. E.T. from down under

6. Not the best milk farm

7. Harmless baseball squad

8. Compassionate U.S. state

9. Wobbly piece of furniture

10. Clean-scrubbed adolescent 

Answers:

 

1. Complete pleat

2. Funny knee

3. Selfish shellfish

4. Optimistic mystic

5. Australian alien

6. Secondary dairy

7. Benign nine

8. Humane Maine

9. Unstable table

10. Pristine teen