GAMES/World of Puzzles

December, 2026

Scott Erdman 

 

Each clue has two parts, divided by a slash. After you solve the first half, replace the first letter of the answer word with the next letter in the alphabet to solve the second half.

 

For example: Buy and ____ / Show and ____

                                     SELL                  TELL

 

1. Sweetie / Charged particle

2. Bonkers / Inning's sextet

3. Maine crustacean / Al Capone, e.g.

4. ____ ball / ____ Club

5. Like some glass / Bozo

6. Quieting a squeak / Pier support

7. Female relative / Batter's sacrifice play

8. Nickname for Manuel / Mary Poppins, e.g.

9. Petroleum ____ / ____ green

10. Canine's neckwear / Buck

11. Poetic foot / Door or window part

12. Bagpiper's wear / Bouncy tune

13. Grimace / Fully developed

14. Puts on / Long stretches of time 

15. Eden or Secret /  Solidify 

 

Answers:

 

1. HON /  ION

2. NUTS /  OUTS

3. LOBSTER / MOBSTER

4. EIGHT / FIGHT

5. BLOWN / CLOWN

6. OILING /  PILING

7. AUNT / BUNT

8. MANNY / NANNY

9. JELLY / KELLY

10. COLLAR / DOLLAR

11. IAMB / JAMB

12. KILT / LILT

13. FROWN / GROWN

14. DONS / EONS

15. GARDEN / HARDEN