GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2024

Shawn Kennedy

 

Each answer below is made up of two words that contain a 3-letter palindrome straddling both words. For example, PEP and the clue "common party streamer material" would lead to CREPE PAPER. 

1. EVE - Gel often used on sunburns

2. NON - Gambling and divorce mecca

3. SOS - The SU in SUV

4. SOS - Popular Japanese broth dish

5. EWE - Come up and see her sometime

6. NAN - Home of the Alamo

7. TOT - Spouse or not a spouse

8. ONO - Shrub that causes an itchy rash

9. AKA - She married and painted Diego

10. LIL - Visual trick

11. EYE - Date important to a sommelier 

12. SIS -  Charles Darwin's lab

13. HEH - Home of the International Criminal Court of Justice

Answers:

 

1. ALOE VERA 

2. RENO, NEVADA

3. SPORT UTILITY

4. MISO SOUP

5. MAE WEST

6. SAN ANTONIO

7. SIGNIFICANT OTHER 

8. POISON OAK 

9. FRIEDA KAHLO

10.  OPTICAL ILLUSION

11. VINTAGE YEAR

12. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 

13. THE HAGUE