WORD CHAINS XXI

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

1. Loyal and committed, as a supporter

2. Something wished for but illusory (from mythology)

3. Of food - spoiled, rotten

4. "Break a leg" is one

5. Mafia code of silence

6. A formal representation, as of motionless figures

7. Respected and impressive, distinguished

8. Endurance, staying power

9. Innocent, unsophisticated

10. Open country and grassland in southern Africa

 

Answers:

 

1. STAUNCH

2. CHIMERA

3. RANCID

4. IDIOM

5. OMERTA

6. TABLEAU 

7. AUGUST

8. STAMINA

9. NAIVE

10. VELDT  

WORD CHAINS XX

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

1. Odd, strange  

2. Prescribed course

3. Conundrum, puzzle

4. Purplish-red color

5. "I did it!" 

6. Woven fabric with a reversible pattern 

7. Word for yarn or geese

8. Accustom oneself (to something unpleasant)

9. Repeat, as a piece or music or performance

10. Isolate or hide away

 

Answers:

 

1. BIZARRE

2. REGIMEN

3. ENIGMA

4. MAGENTA

5. TA-DA

6. DAMASK

7. SKEIN

8. INURE

9. REPRISE

10. SEQUESTER  

 

 

WORD CHAINS XIX 

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

 

1. Mayflower passenger

2. Charge a public office holder with misconduct

3. Compelling attractiveness

4. Three who brought gifts 

5. Kind of cotton cloth

6. One-celled organism

7. Textile dyeing technique 

8. Japanese flower arrangement

9. Rich, important, or powerful person

10. Branch of medicine specific to women 

 

Answers:

 

1. PILGRIM

2. IMPEACH

3. CHARISMA

4. MAGI

5. GINGHAM

6. AMOEBA

7. BATIK

8. IKEBANA

9. NABOB

10. OB-GYN  

 

WORD CHAINS XVIII

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. Chaos

2. Block, obstruct

3. Condescend, stoop to

4. Man in a garden with a beard and pointed hat

5. Flashy and gaudy, but having no real value or integrity

6. "Round up the "_____  _____"  - line form Casablanca

7. Former Russian ruler whose name refers to Caesar

8. A collection of previous posts, records, documents, etc.

9. Using more words than necessary, long-winded

10. An uninterrupted transition from one thing to another - especially in film and music  

 

Answers: 

 

1. HAVOC

2. OCCLUDE

3. DEIGN

4. GNOME

5. MERETRICIOUS

6. USUAL SUSPECTS

7. TSAR

8. ARCHIVE 

9. VERBOSE

10. SEGUE  

WORD CHAINS XVII

Joseph Appel 

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. "Science" of changing lead into gold

2. The story of Pandora's Box, for example

3. Geometry/math  principle

4. Nascent baby

5. Years under 18, in general

6. Classic name for an actor

7. Positively charged electrode

8. Trash

9. Variation of a chemical element

10. The pack of cyclists behind the leaders

11. Burdensome 

12. To seize and hold (power) by force or without right 

 

Answers:

 

1. ALCHEMY

2. MYTH

3. THEOREM

4. EMBRYO

5. YOUTH

6. THESPIAN

7. ANODE

8. DEBRIS

9. ISOTOPE

10. PELOTON

11. ONEROUS

12. USURP  

WORD CHAINS XVI

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. Pandemonium

2. Large,fish-eating raptor

3. Hole for a shoelace

4. Star - in French

5. Outcast, pariah

6. Hermit, recluse

7. Tutor

8. Jewish Sabbath bread

9. Obsessed sea captain

10. Run away with the money

 

Answers:

 

1. CHAOS

2. OSPREY

3. EYELET

4. ETOILE

5. LEPER

6. EREMITE

7. TEACH

8. CHALLAH

9. AHAB

10. ABSCOND  

WORD CHAINS XV

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. Old-fashioned, obsolete 

2. Blood of the gods in Greek mythology

3. Bird

4. Magic

5. Lacking flavor, bland

6. Anchorage to Nome dog sled race

7. Hatred

8. Eskimo boat 

9. Hands on the hips, elbows turned outward

10. Use without sharing, hog

 

Answers:

 

1. ARCHAIC

2. ICHOR

3. ORIOLE

4. LEGERDEMAIN

5. INSIPID

6. IDITAROD

7. ODIUM

8. UMIAK

9. AKIMBO

10. BOGART  

WORD CHAINS XIV

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer to the following clue.

 

1. Severe, harsh

2. Reprimand, scold

3. French military cap

4. Conjunctivitis, informally

5. Busy-body, in Yiddish

6. Evergreen forest (biome) of the northern latitudes

7. Embarrassing social blunder

8. Wild, untamed, undomesticated

9. Of fertile soil deposited by rivers and streams

10. Dependent on chance, random 

 

Answers:

 

1. AUSTERE

2. REBUKE

3. KEPI

4. PINK EYE

5. YENTA 

6. TAIGA

7. GAFFE

8. FERAL

9. ALLUVIAL

10. ALEATORY 

WORD CHAINS XIII

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the next clue.

 

1. Japanese paper folding art

2. Demeanor

3. Effort

4. Source of wisdom/predictions of the future

5. Sluggishness

6. Soft mineral

7. Offense

8. Manipulate voting district boundaries 

9. Sea eagle

10. Person or thing that one must continually battle

 

Answers:

 

1. ORIGAMI

2. MIEN

3. ENDEAVOR

4. ORACLE

5. LETHARGY

6. GYPSUM

7. UMBRGE

8. GERRYMANDER

9. ERNE

10. NEMESIS 

 

WORD CHAINS XII

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. Outward behavior, bearing

2. Ocean's top predator

3. West Indian folk music style with a strong rhythm 

4. Independent, self-governing

5. Good, bad, cool, difficult, dangerous, challenging 

6. Songlike, melodic

7. Served with ice cream

8. Modest, shy (typically referring to a woman) 

9. Concrete-re-enforcing steel rods

10. Bring before a court to answer to a criminal charge

 

Answers:

 

1. DEMEANOR

2. ORCA

3. CALYPSO

4. SOVEREIGN

5. GNARLY

6. LYRICAL

7. A LA MODE

8. DEMURE

9. REBAR

10. ARRAIGN 

WORD CHAINS XI

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the following clue.

 

1. With no possibility of success

2. Pea or bean

3. "On a tight leash" to mean "restricted" 

4. Prophetic figure of Greek mythology

5. Whale

6. Master bedroom and bath

7. Weak and unsubstantial

8. Word made up of many pronouns

9. Fungal disease of certain cereal grains

10. Serving no purpose, useless 

Answers:

 

1. FUTILE

2. LEGUME

3. METAPHOR

4. ORACLE

5. LEVIATHAN

6. ON SUITE

7. TENUOUS

8. USHER

9. ERGOT

10. OTIOSE

WORD CHAINS X

Joseph Appel 

 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

 

1. Defense that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed

2. Rainforest, desert, or tundra

3. Yiddish for "crazy"

4. Roofed structure, often in a park or backyard

5. Italian game similar to lawn bowling

6. "around this date"

7. Oval or oblong enclosure of hieroglyphic writing

8. Spiral

9. Informal (pig Latin) used in rejecting something specified

10. Shiite religious and political leader

 

Answers:

 

1. ALIBI

2. BIOME

3. MESHUGA

4. GAZEBO

5. BOCCI

6. CIRCA

7. CARTOUCHE

8. HELIX 

9. IXNAY

10. AYATOLLAH 

WORD CHAINS IX

Joseph Appel

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

1. Co-operate secretly to deceive

2. Impressionist painter of dancers

3. Relieve, make less intense

4. Relevant

5. Gas and dust cloud in outer space

6. Glowing or flickering, as light

7. Accident investigating group

 

Answers:

 

1. COLLUDE

2. DEGAS

3. ASSUAGE

4. GERMANE

5. NEBULA

6. LAMBENT

7. NTSB

 

WORD CHAINS VIII

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each clue answer to begin the answer of the next clue. 

 

1. Make out (as in understand), decode 

2. Former

3. Use of money, power, etc. to gain an advantage

4. Friendly and pleasant

5. White mineral often carved into decorative objects

6. Scholarly

7. An inhabitant of the Earth

8. Pain reliever

 

Answers:

 

1. DECIPHER

2. ERSTWHILE

3. LEVERAGE

4. GENIAL

5. ALABASTER

6. ERUDITE

7. TELLURIAN

8. ANODYNE 

WORD CHAINS VII

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue.

 

1. Perfect example

2. In language, comparison of two unlike things 

3. Cotton or silk fabric

4. Discomfort/distress caused by conflicting feelings 

5. Shakespeare's rhyme scheme

6. Stoat (weasel relative) in its winter coat

7. Favoring family and friends in hiring

8. Unctuous - as an insincere, overly-flattering, ingratiating person 

9. Nearsightedness 

10. Othello villain

Answers:

 

1. EPITOME

2. METAPHOR

3. ORGANDY

4. DYSPHORIA

5. IAMBIC PENTAMETER

6. ERMINE

7. NEPOTISM

8. SMARMY 

9. MYOPIA

10. IAGO

WORD CHAINS VI

Joseph Appel

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue.

1. One of the gifts of the Magi

2. The Cat in the Hat format

3. Apparently attractive, but of little value or integrity

4. Same old same old

5. Loyalty

6. Quickness

7. Beginner, novice

8. Elaborately decorative style of furniture and architecture

9. Shade of blue

 

Answers:

 

1. MYRRH

2. RHYME

3. MERETRICIOUS

4. USUAL 

5. ALLEGIANCE

6. CELERITY

7. TYRO 

8. ROCOCO

9. COBALT 

WORD CHAINS V

Joseph Appel 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue.

1. Platitude

2. Condescend

3. Sundial part

4. Tense (two words)

5. Italian-style ice cream

6. Gemstone

7. Islands 1,000 miles west of Portugal

8. Obscure, Understood only by a few

9. Cake topping

Answers:

1. BROMIDE

2. DEIGN

3. GNOMON

4. ON EDGE

5. GELATO

6. TOPAZ

7. AZORES

8. ESOSTERIC

9. ICING

WORD CHAINS IV

Joseph Appel 

 

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue.

 

1. Grassy plain in South America

2. Newcomer to wealth and power

3. Shade of meaning

4. Pale green color

5. Branch of medicine concerned with cancer

6. Soft white or gray mineral

7. Offense

8. Kind of psychology that deals with the whole, rather than individual parts

 

Answers:

 

1. PAMPA

2. PARVENU

3. NUANCE

4. CELADON

5. ONCOLOGY

6. GYPSUM

7. UMBRAGE

8. GESTALT 

 

WORD CHAINS III

Joseph Appel

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer to the next clue. For example, if the first answer were HELIUM, the next answer could be UMLAUT, then UTMOST, etc. 

1. Even-tempered, calm

2. Behavior peculiar to an individual

3. Of the forest

4. Nervous, tense

5. Money lending at unreasonably high rates of interest

6. Hardy cereal grass whose grain is used in bread and whiskey

7. School for orthodox Jewish boys

8. Alternate or waive between different opinions or actions, be indecisive

Answers:

1. PLACID

2. IDIOSYNCRASY

3. SYLVAN

4. ANXIOUS

5. USURY

6. RYE

7. YESHIVA

8. VACILLATE

WORD CHAINS II

Joseph Appel

Use the last two letters of each answer to begin the answer of the next clue. For example, the following answers would be acceptable: STEIN, INTREPID, IDOL, OLIVE BRANCH, CHANNEL ISLANDS.

1. Blossom

2. Posture friendly

3. Very cold

4. Major storm

5. Not taking sides

6. White stone, often used for carving

7. Former

8. Numberless

Answers:

1. FLOWER

2. ERGONOMIC

3. ICY

4. CYCLONE

5. NEUTRAL

6. ALABASTER

7. ERSTWHILE

8. LEGION