NEIGHBORS  II

GAMES Magazine

December, 2001

Bob Stigger

 

The three words or phrases in each set below are definitions of neighboring boldface entries from an unabridged dictionary. The answers to the clues will be in alphabetical order, and the number of letters in each answer is shown in ( ) after each clue. Can you identify the dictionary words?

 

For example, given the clues  

 

QUESTIONABLE (4)

FROSTY RETREAT (5)

KIND OF ROCK (7)

 

the dictionary words would be

 

IFFY

IGLOO

IGNEOUS 

1. NERVOUS (4)

    FIT TO CONSUME (6)

    DECREE (5)

2. GUILLOTINE (6)

    SAW (as a wonder) (6)

    BLUE WHALE (8)

3. SODIUM BICARBONATE (6,4)

    GREEK DESERT (7)

    GRATUITY (9)

4. SKEWERED SNACK (5)

    BLAST SOUND [in comics] (2,4)

   TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DRAMA (6)

5. GUACAMOLE SOURCE (7)

    LONG-TIME HOBBY (9) 

    GRACEFUL SHOREBIRD (6)

6. HE'S NO FUN (and may be old) (5,5)

    CHOCOLATE TREAT (5)

    COAL, OIL, OR GAS (4)

Answers:

 

1. EDGY

    EDIBLE

    EDICT

 

2. BEHEAD

    BEHELD

    BEHEMOTH

 

3. BAKING SODA

    BAKLAVA

    BAKSHEESH 

 

4. KABOB

    KA-BOOM

    KABUKI

 

5. AVOCADO

    AVOCATTION

    AVOCET

 

6. FUDDY-DUDDY

    FUDGE

    FUEL