KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ?

Credit: NY Times Crossword
March 12, 2006

Daniel C. Bryant

[The clue RABBIT CLIQUES could be answered WARREN FACTIONS - sounding a lot like WARRING FACTIONS with the final G dropped from WARRING (WARRIN'). Try these:]

1. Extreme admirer of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe

2. Fees for removing dead animals

3. Permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

4. Commotion at a a private English prep school

5. Pictures featured in Dollywood

6. Training with building strips

7. Regaining former success in a Georgia city

Answers:

1. Raven maniac

2. Carrion charges

3. Fission license

4. Eton disorder

5. Parton shots

6. Batten practice

7. Macon a comeback

IT'S PUZZLIN'

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Nov. 9, 2003

Patrick Berry (Idea) - adapted

The following words share an unusual quality. Can you determine what it is?

ROBBING

CANNING

WAGGING

GUARDING

LYING

BUTTING

CARRYING

SEIZING

ROAMING

HINTS:

#1: The title is a clue.

#2: Drop the final G in each word.

#3: Think of the sound of the word without the final G.

Answers:

Dropping the final G of each word and adjusting the spelling of the sound of the word without the G, yields a properly spelled new word.

ROBBIN' - ROBIN

CANNIN' - CANNON

WAGGIN' - WAGON

GUARDIN' - GARDEN

LYIN' - LION

BUTTIN' - BUTTON

CARRYIN' - CARRION

SEIZIN' - SEASON

ROAMIN' - ROMAN