Month: December 2013

The Verbose Crossword, issue 001

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This traditional crossword puzzle is affected with a mild strain of verbosity. Your task is to delete the extra word found in each clue to yield a more concise route to a solution.

Verbose Crossword 001 (one-page PDF)

The solution will be posted next day!

Spread the good words!
Adrian

Wordplay: KeyWord for December 20, 2013

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What KeyWord is found in the definitions of each of the following words?

hackle __________
full nelson ________
snog ______________
lavalliere ____________
napal ________________   _________________ (6)

There are hundreds more KeyWord Puzzles on the KeyWord Server.

spread the good words,
Adrian

Answers from Last Day: 

  1. GALAXIES (axes)
  2. CLIPBOARD (clip)
  3. INTERIM (trim)
  4. BUTTERSCOTH (etch)
  5. PARSNIP (snip)
  6. ANTICLOCKWISE (nick)
  7. BIOSPHERE (bore)
  8. LAVISH (lash)
  9. BATHROBE (barb)
  10. EQUIPMENT (quip)
  11. ASTROLABE (stab)
  12. GRANDPARENT (pare)
  13. OKTOBERFEST (kerf)
  14. VANDALIZE (adze)
  15. MILLINERY (mill)
  16. HEADWIND (hewn)
  17. CARDIOVASCULAR (scar)
  18. HOMETOWN (hewn)
  19. COLESLAW (claw)
  20. EARSPLITTING (slit)

Cut and Paste

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Complete each of the words below by writing a four letter cutting word into the blanks, reading left to right.

  1. G  __  L  A  __  I __  __
  2. __  __  __  __  B  O  A  R  DImage
  3. I  N  __  E  __  __  __
  4. B  U  T  T  __  R  S  C  O  __ __ __
  5. P  A  R  __  __  __  __
  6. A  __  T  __  __  L  O  C  __  W  I  S  E
  7. __  I  __  S  P  H  E  __  __
  8. __  __  V  I  __  __
  9. __  __  T  H  __  O  __  E
  10. E  __  __  __  __  M  E  N  T
  11. A  __  __   R  O  L  __  __  E
  12. G  R  A  N  D  __  __  __  __   N  T
  13. O  __  T  O  B  __  __  __  E  S  T
  14. V  __  N  __  A  L  I  __  __
  15. __  __  __  __  I  N  E  R  Y
  16. __  __  A  D  __  I  __  D
  17. C  A  R  D  I  O  V  A  __  __  U  L  __ __
  18. H  O  __  E  T  __  __  __
  19. __  O  __ E  S  L  __  __
  20. E  A  R  __  P  __  __  __  T  I  N  G

Answer from last day: The KeyWord for hummus, straddle, bedaub, propagandize and contagious is SPREAD.

KeyWord

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What KeyWord is found in the definitions of each of the following words?

hummus __________
straddle ____________
bedaub ______________
propagandize __________
contagious ______________   _________________ (6)

There are hundreds more KeyWord Puzzles on the KeyWord Server.

spread the good words,
Adrian

 

AHEM! Can I Have Your Attention?

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The clued words below each contain ‘AHEM’ – in order, but not necessarily contiguously. The number in parentheses indicates the length of each answer word.

___________________ 1.  chaos (6)

___________________ 2.  song that expresses national identity (6)

___________________ 3.  lack of belief in God (7)

___________________ 4.  the transmutation of matter (7)

___________________ 5.  city in Orange County, CA (7)

___________________ 6.  nemesis (9)

___________________ 7.  large thick-skinned mammal (9)

___________________ 8.  speak irreverently about God (9)

___________________ 9.  he communicates the highs and lows on TV (10)

___________________ 10. most distant (11)

___________________ 11. an active interest in sports (11)

___________________ 12. a thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage (11)

___________________ 13. a resumption of harmonious relations (13)

___________________ 14. a plant of the daisy family (13)

___________________ 15. Walter White’s illegal yield (15)

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Answers: mayhem, anthem, atheism, alchemy, Anaheim, archenemy, pachyderm, blaspheme, weatherman, farthermost, athleticism, achievement, rapprochement, chrysanthemum, methamphetamine