REBUS PUZZLES CIX

 

WORD DOODLES

NY Times Puzzle Mania 

Marvin Miller 

 

1. L E A S T

 

2. MOTREPRLAIY

 

3. STEP

    STEP

    PETS

 

4. STICk

 

5. SEA

    EAU

    ELL

    DEE

 

Answers:

 

1. Last but not least 

2. Temporarily out of order

3. Two steps forward, one step back

4. Short end of the stick

5. COLD spell*

 

*C - SEA

  O - EAU (water)

  L - ELL

  D - DEE  

The phrases below can be interpreted as a rebus puzzle. What is the theme?

1. WIPE AWAY

2. HOOP EARRINGS 

3. TEMPE, ARIZONA 

4. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 

 

HINT:

A kind of food

 

Answer:

 

SPLIT PEA SOUP - - - The word PEA is split in each clue:

 

1. WIPE AWAY 

2. HOOP EARRING 

3. TEMPE, ARIZONA 

4. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 

 

Credit:

Ravi Mangla 

 

  

 

REBUS PUZZLES CVIII

Can you solve these rebus puzzles?

1. World, world, world, world ..............

2. Conga, conga, conga, conga ..............

3. Silly, silly, silly, silly ..........................

Answers:

1. World series

2. Conga line

3. Silly string

 

Credit:

Julia Dreyer 

   

REBUS PUZZLES CVII 

Can you solve these rebus puzzles? As an example, ITEMS is a rebus for "Changing TIMES."

1. CUPRITE

2. LEAST

3. ANGLO

4. SARGE

(Possible) Answers:

1. Moving PICTURE

2. Spinning TALES 

3. Drifting ALONG   

4. Shifting GEARS

Credit:

Fred Piscop 

REBUS PUZZLES CVI

Can you solve this rebus? 

Y     C    T    W   A

 

O     A   H    H    N

U     T    E    A    Y

N     L    S    T     A

E     O    K   A     D 

V     V   Y    R     V 

E      E    '     A      I

R      R   S    C      C 

C      S   T    K      E 

A           H    E 

N           E    T

T           L

E           I

L          M

L           I

             T 

HINTS: 

1. Look for a related word in each column. 

2. The column are read from bottom to top. 

Answer:

MEASURES UP 

Each column, reading up, contains a unit of measure:

Column 1: ACRE 

Column 2: VOLT

Column 3: MILE 

Column 4: CARAT

Column 5: DAY 

 

Credit:

Mike Graczyk 

 

REBUS PUZZLES CV

1. BREAKFAST

    O                 O  

 

    LUNCH 

    O       O 

 

    DINNER

    O         O 

 

Answers:

 

Meals on Wheels

 

Credit:

August Miller  

REBUS PUZZLES CIV

 

LA Times Crossword 

May 16, 2025

Lewis Rothlein

 

Can you solve these rebus puzzles?

 

Hard clues: 

1. PA     SS

2. FI      RM

3. BO    NDS 

 

Easier clues:

1. TIC       KET

2. COM    PANY

3. TI         ES

 

Answers:

 

1. SPLIT TICKET

2. PART COMPANY

3. SEVERED TIES 

From The Enigma

March, 2025

raw

                    BD

 

Titanic, on her maiden trip,

With an iceberg did collide.

Ripped that gash both deep and wide.

No choice: the crew THE REBUS ship.  

Answer:

 

ABANDONED ship

parsed as    

A  B  AND  ONE  D ship

REBUS PUZZLES CIII

Zachary David Levy (1-3) 

Can you interpret these rebuses?

1. LIIIIIMO

2. WAAAAARANTY

3. POOOOORK

4. COOOOOVID

5. PROOOOOCESS

 

Answers:

 

1. STRETCH LIMO

2. EXTENDED WARRANTY

3. PULLED PORK

4. LONG COVID

5. DRAWN-OUT PROCESS 

 

REBUS PUZZLES CII

Can you interpret each rebus below as a familiar phrase?

1. AMBTON 

2) . THAT'S

3. _____ PERUSE _____

4. ***COMPOSE***

5. *X*X*X*X ROMEO AND JULIET

6. FOR RENT

   Y

   O 

   U

   R

   L

   E

   V

   E

   R

   E

   T 

Answers:

 

1. Blind ambition (no I's [eyes])

2. That's beside the point

3. Read between the lines

4. Written in the stars

5. Star-crossed lovers

6. Letting your hair down 

   (FOR RENT = Letting, LEVERET = young hare)

 

REBUS PUZZLES CI

 

NY Times Crossword

January 19, 2025

Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar

Can you interpret each rebus as a common phrase?

 

1. LA/BOR

2. opinion/OPINION

3. ITS + PARTS

4. NY x LA 

 

Answers:

 

1. Division of labor

2. Difference of opinion

3. The sum of its parts

4. Product of the times 

REBUS PUZZLES C

AV Club Classic Crossword

January 14, 2025

Enrique Henestroza Anguiano

LET'S ROCK AND ROLL!

 

The answer to this rebus is a four-word phrase. Can you solve it?

 

G                  M

R                  A

A                  R

N I T E         B L E 

 

Q                 O     

U                 N       

A                 Y X

R T Z   

Answer:

NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED

REBUS PUZZLES XCIX

 

Boston Globe Crossword 

September 26, 2010

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon 

WACKY READINGS

 

Try to answer the clues below as rebus puzzles.

 

1. TNEMPIUQE

2. CHICKCHICK

3. NEWS 

4. HATER

5. CIRCL

6. ALLERINA

Answers:

1. Reverse gear (equipment in reverse)

2. Double birdie (golf term)

3. Slanted news

4. Broken heart (anagram)

5. Endless loop (circle with no ending [letter])

6. Topless dancer

REBUS PUZZLES XCVIII

 

NY Time Crossword

November 5, 2024

Evan Kalish 

Can you decipher these three rebus puzzles to answer the fourth clue?

 

1.  A N D

     S O  I

        G  E

 

2.  N O L

     G H C

     B E A

 

3. A P 

    S A N

    A D E 

 

4. Popular sushi options

 

Answer:

 

CALIFORNIA ROLLS

 

Unroll the spirals to get:

SAN DIEGO

LONG BEACH

PASADENA

 

REBUS PUZZLES XCVII

1. LEAST

2.                      BUT

   THOUGHT  THOUGHT 

3. OPNYANC

4. S _ _ _ _ D  COUSIN

 

5. B P U L S E I A N S E U S R S E

Answers:

 

1. Last but not least

2. but on second thought

3. Mixed company

4. Second cousin, once removed (second)

5. Business before pleasure

 

Credit:

5: Josh Goodman

    NY Times Crossword

    September 19, 2024

REBUS PUZZLES XCVI

The following rebus puzzles can be answered with a common theme. 

For example, OPTO would be EYE OPENING

1. EA    R

2. _ IGS _ _ 

3. MAR

4. CATSOMH

 

Answers:

 

1. EA   R - - -  Ear splitting

2. _ IGS  _ _ - - - Jaw dropping (JIGSAW)

3. MAR - - - Arm twisting

4. CATSOMH - Stomach turning

 

Credit:

Vasu Seralathan 

REBUS PUZZLES XCV

BUILD A REBUS

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2023

Shawn Kennedy

A FINE MESH

 

Each string of letters below contains two words woven together. First, separte the two words. The two words can then be expressed in a rebus that forms a common phrase, but you have to write the rebus, using a connecting word that you must determine. For example, given the letter string, STOTHRE, the two words are THE and STORY. The rebus is STOTHERY (or some variation of this) - meaning THE INSIDE STORY. #6 is tricky, and #7 is an expression unfamiliar to me.

1. MTOAWNN

2. HOJOUPMPS

3. FRJIEUNSDTS

4. POCAINSET

5. THOHINEOVERS

6. NLEATWES

Answers:

 

1. MATOWNN - MAN about TOWN

2. HOJUMPOPS - JUMP through HOOPS

3. FRIJUSTENDS - JUST between FRIENDS

4. POICASENT - CASE in POINT

5. THIHONOREVS - HONOR among THIEVES

6. NELATEWS - LATE breaking NEWS

 

REBUS PUZZLES XCIV

1. CA  SE

     CASE

 

2. TIMING

    TIM  ING

 

3. STEP  SPETS   SPETS 

4. CHAR  ER

5. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 vs. Us

6. wriITting

7. issues issues

    issues issues

    issues issues

    issues issues

    issues issues

 

Answers:

 

1. Open and shut case

2. Split-second timing

3. One step forward, two steps back

4. Act out of character

5. The odds are against us.

6. Put it in writing

7. Tennis shoes 

REBUS PUZZLES XCIII

1. EMPLOY _ _ _ T

2. amUous

3. EYE E

    SEE EXCEPT

 

4. Mona Lisa 1,2,3,4

 

5. WE  IGH

    WH  EY 

    W  AY

6. OUT

    LEG

7. EVARELO

8. i.e. POINT

Answers:

 

1. Men out of work

2. Ambiguous (big U)

3. I before E except after C

4. Painting by numbers

5. Parting of the ways 

6. Out on  limb

7. Elevator out of order

8. That's beside the point (i.e. = id est = that is)

REBUS PUZZLES XCII

What is the "answer" to the rebus puzzle below and why is the rebus flawed?

JUGEMENT 

Answer:

The "answer" could be, Error in judgement, because the word is missing a D and should be spelled JUDGEMENT.

But the rebus is flawed because there is disagreement about the spelling of JUDGEMENT. Some say it should be spelled JUDGMENT (no E). The dictionary lists both spellings.