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THE

PUZZLEMASTER

200

Mind-Bending

Ctiallenges

FROM

NPR

by

Will

Shortz

with

an

introduction

by Liane

Hansen

Tl

MES

Copyright

©

1996 byWillShortz

AllrightsreservedunderInternationaland Pan-AmericanCopyright

Conventions. PublishedintheUnited StatesbyTimesBooks, adivision

of

Random

House,Inc.,

New

York,andsimultaneouslyin

Canada

by

Random

House

of

Canada

Limited,Toronto.

Mostofthepuzzlesthatappearinthisworkwereoriginallybroadcaston

NationalPublicRadio®'s

Weekend

Edition®

Sunday

from1987through 1996.

ISBN

0-8129-6386-5

Random

House

Websiteaddress:

http://www.randomhouse.com

Textdesignand typography by

Mark

Frnka

ManufacturedintheUnited StatesofAmerica

INTRODUCTION

Listenersto

NPR's

Weekend

Edition

Sunday

arenotwhat you wouldcall shy.

Every

week

we

receiveletters,

phone

calls,ande-mail thatexcoriate usforthe

opinions ofouranalysts, exannine in nninute detail our

grammar

and usage,

expressgratitude forourreports on meaningful issues,or extolthe virtues of their

own

politicalorpersonal philosophies. But the schoolteacherin Illinois;the

chemistinCalifornia;the actorin

New

YorkCity;andthelawyerinNorth Carolina

all haveonethingin

common.

Callitthehighest

common

denominator. Their

correspondence invariably ends with "P.S. Love the puzzle." In fact,

one

midwestern gentleman said his horses

chew more

contentedly

when

our

Puzzlemasterisontheair.

WillShortzisa foundingfather oftheWeel<endEdition

Sunday

family.

Ten

years

ago Susan

Stamberg,radiogoddess,nationaltreasure,andoriginalhostofthis program,wanteda puzzletobeapart oftheshow.

As

thecrosswordpuzzleis

agivenin

Sunday

newspapers, so anaudio puzzlewould be anintegralpart of

ourprogram. Atfirstit

was

a

game

between

Susan

andWill.

When

Ijoined the

familyin1989,

we

invitedlisteners to play.

My

seven minuteswithWillare themostchallengingandinvigoratingonesof

theweek. In thefollowing pages youwill discoverwhy. So, clearyour mind,

expecttheunexpected,lighten up,

and

havefun.

Liane

Hansen

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The

authorwouldliketothank:

•

_Susan

_Stambergforconceiving the ideaofthe

Weekend

Edition

Sunday

puzzle

• Liane

Hansen

forprovidingan

abundance

ofwarmth andpersonalityontheair

•

_Bob

Malesky,FredWasser,

Ned

Wharton,andtherestofthe

WESun

staff

over the yearsfortheirhelpandsupport

•

Word

Ways

magazine(Spring ValleyRoad,Morristown,

NJ

07960) and The Enigma, organofthe NationalPuzzlers'

League

(P.O.Box 82289,

Portland,

OR

97282)forfrequentinspiration

• Everyone

who

hastestedandpolished the

WESun

puzzlesoverthe years, butespeciallyPeterGordon,DavidRosen,MerlReagle,and EvieEysenburg

1.

BODY

LANGUAGE

Each answer

inthispuzzleis

a word

that

sounds

like

a

letterofthealphabetplus the

name

ofpart ofthebody.

What

are the

words?

Ex. Spiritin abottle

aer\i

e. [g

+

knee]

1. President's"no"

2.

Chicago

airport

3. Kindofcoffeethatwon't

keep

you

awake

4.

Some

skidrow drunks

5.

What

apizza placecanusually

do on

request

6. DesignerCassini

7. 1960s-style collegeprotest,as

one

that

a

professormightlead

(hyph.)

8.

Card

game

playedwitha 48-card

deck

9.

Make

sticky

and

messy

10. Kindof tax, as

on

liquorortobacco [Note:

The

name

ofthe

body

partinthis

one

isplural.] Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:7 Ace: 9

2.

GOING

AROUND

IN

CIRCLES

Startingwiththe foursmallo's

shown

belowleft,you canturn

them

intothe

word

"goad" by adding a

few

linesas

shown

atright.

0000

-

goad

Startingwith sixsmall o's,

what

two

common

srx-letter

words can you

spellby

3.

PLAY

IT

BY

EAR

The

name

of

what

sportor

game

rhymes

with

each

ofthe following

words?

Ex.

Menace

"T-g

>rMA 'l

5

1. Thicket 2. Broker 3. Jockey 4. Trolling 5. Bless 6. Blocker 7.

Smidge

8.

Pseudo

9. Lingo 10. Solo 11.

Wash

12.

Harems

13. Blotchy 14.

Bouquet

15.

Cooker

16.

Rouge

17. Nestling 18. [2answers]Starts

Rating

Good:

12(out of 19) Excellent: 15 Ace: 18

4.

NUT

CASE

Take

the

word

FANG.Shift

each

letterfour

spaces

down

thealphabet

and

youget the

word

JERK. (Thatis, Fshiftedfour

spaces

down

thealphabet

becomes

J,

A

shiftedfour

spaces

down

thealphabet

becomes

E, etc.)

Now

name

avariety of

nutinwhich

each

lettercan

be

shiftedfour

spaces

down

thealphabetto

name

5.

YOU CAN

SAY

THAT

AGAIN

Fillin

each

blank

below

with

two

homophones

(wordsthatare

pronounced

the

same

but

have

differentspellings) tocompletethesentence.

Ex. Whilebulletswhizzed

overhead

inbattle,the yellow-bellied

1 .

Helga

consumed

seven

pancakes

atthe

pancake

breakfast, butI

was

so hungryI .

2.

To

get thebestbargainsinnauticalsupplies,waitforthe

next .

3. With afullwaitingroom,

and

runningtwo hours behind schedule,

thedoctor

was

clearlywearingouthis .

4. Neighingall

day

longwillnot

make

a .

5. Inthelibraryreference room,istalking ?

6.

To

preventleaksfromthe

overhead

apartment,the landlord

applied

some

.

7.

The

oilfieldsthatstill

have

the greatestreserves arethe

ones

that

have

been

.

In

each

ofthelastthreesentences,fillintheblankwiththree

homophones.

8.

The

olderwildebeests

were

not

aware

ofthezookeeper'sevil

plans, butthe .

9. Mortimer's clock said1:57,

and

ourclock

showed

threeminutes

10.

No

matter

how much

we

trainedthe

workman

in penmanship,

we

couldn't

make

the .

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:7 Ace: 9

6.

TO THE

REAR

What

verb hasitspasttenseformed notby adding "-d"or"-ed,"butby

moving

itsfirstlettertothe

end?

7.

"SIR!"

Answer

everyclue with

a word

or

name

beginningwiththesyllable"sir" (in

any

spelling).

Ex. Surething

r

A^-^-

S>\

V\f

\J

1 .

Three-ringevent

2. Juicy steak

3.

The

Twilight

Zone

hos\

4. Smith,Jones,or

Chang,

e.g.

5. Geometricalfigure

6.

1973

A! Pacinomovie 7. Poll

8. Enchantressin

The

Odyssey

9. Legalwrit

10.

From

Belgrade

11 .

First

word

atabirthdayparty,

maybe

12. Kindofstationorbreak

13. Hat-shapeddiacritical

mark

14. Operation

15.

Garden

of

Eden

creature

16.

Pancake

topping

17. Kindofmother

18.

Three-headed dog

ofmyth

19. PianistRudolf

20.

Sunday

morning

message

Rating

Good:

10 Excellent: 14 Ace: 18

8.

"I"

ON

AMERICA

The

11-letter

name

of

one

ofthe statesintheUnited States consistsoftheletter

9.

SHIFTING INTO

REVERSE

Answer each

clue witha two-word phrasein whichthetwo

words

are reversalsof

each

other.

Ex. Dull-coloredpoet

df^b

\>^'^cL

1 .

Enthusiasticoperasinger

2. Satanexisted

3.

Smooth and

shinytimbers

on

thebottomsofboats

4.

Send

a watch in

payment

5. Quick movies sponsored bya popular beer 6. Manufactured Dutch

cheese

7. Dust

Bowl

resident's

Japanese

watch

8. Driveoffanoutcast

9. Set

down

a watchface

10.

Comic

strip

"menace"

broke a

Commandment

1 1 .

Student'smistake

12.

Garments

made

by needleworksmell

bad

13.

Turned

toward akindofcoffee

14.

Lowers an

arachnidagain

15.

Emphasized

cakes,pies,etc. Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 11 Ace: 14

10.

ANIMALS

BACKING

UP

Thinkoftwo animalsthat

have

names

ofthreeletterseach.Putthese

names

side

byside

and

read

them

backward,

and

you'llgeta

common

six-letterword.

What

is it?Here'sahint:

The

two animal

namgs

aregeneral

names

—

notthe

ones

for

11.

TWO-IN-ONE

Add

a doubledletter

somewhere

to

each

ofthe followingsix-letter

words

togeta

common

eight-letterword.

Starting

Word

Doubled

Letter

New

Word

^

Ex.

RULING

1.

COERCE

2.

EXCEED

. 3.

POSTER

^

4.

PRIEST

5.

STRING

6.

AURATE

7.

TATTER

8.

NEEDLE

9.

BUYING

10.

DISMAY

Rating

Good:

6 Excellent:8 Ace: 10

t?UFFH(^&

12.

COINING

NAMES

Can

you

findeight or

more

boys'

names

or

nicknames

hidden

on

a U.S.

dime?

For example, hidden in the phrase

ONE

DIME

on the back of the coin are the

consecutivelettersofNED.

See

ifyou canfind atleastsevenotherfamiliarboys'

13.

S&S

Every

answer

hereisafamiliarphraseconsistingoftwo

words

startingwith

S

separatedbythe

word

"and."

Ex.

The

gistor heartofthematter ^uvvn air\o(

Subst^t^ce

1. Inanoldsaying,they

may

break your

bones

2.

The American

flag

3. 1

970s

Redd

Foxx

sitcom

4. Unreasonableactsprevented bytheFourth

Amendment

ofthe Constitution

5. Tortoise'smottoforwinningtherace

6. Basic,quick lunch

7. Large

book

publisher

8. Varietyof

magazine perfume ad

9.

Complete

thisphrase:"star of "(describing

an

importantactor) 10.

Tennessee

Williams play

made

intoa 1961

movie

1 1 .

Mixeddrink

sung

about bytheKingstonTrio

12. Competitorof

Coppertone

13. Extremelyclean

14. Kindof

sauce

ina Chineserestaurant

Rating

Good:

7 Excellent: 10 Ace: 13

14.

S&S, TOO

Thinkofaseven-letter

word

thatcontainstwoS'sinarow.

Drop

theS's togeta

five-letter

word

that

means

the

same

asthe longer one.

What

is it?Hint:

The

same

15.

ANIMALISTIC

Here

we

pay avisittothe

Bad Pun Department

—

reaching

way

inthebackofthe

departmentforthese.Fillthe

name

ofan animalin

each

blanktocompletethe

sentenceina

punny

way.

Ex.

Someone

ofyourintelligence

Q-j't

€<r

know

better.

1 .

Ifyou

have

toliftyourcaroffthegroundto

change

atire,this

do

thetrick.

2. Incaseit'scoolon

my

vacation,

warm

sweater

in

my

suitcase.

3. She'ssmart. She'sbeautiful.She'ssweet.She'sthe

my

dreams.

4.

When my

wifeasked,"What'stheweatherlike,

honey?"

Isaid,"It

lookslike ."

5. Isitforbeeformuttonyou

have

ahankering, orisitfor

6.

The

crazymillionairezookeeper,

when

onhisdeathbed,

hisentire estate.

7. Saidthe fatherto hisdeparting boy,

"

!"

8. Siskel

and

Ebert

thumbs

down.

9. Quit lookingat

my

testpaper,you

10.

How

much

does an

antiquelikethat

1 1 .

If

Joe

won

$1 millioninthelottery,he

jobina second.

12.

We

wouldloveto

see

our

terrible

movie

and gave

ittwo

hisboring

and

get hitchedto that

young

man

she's

been

seeing.

Rating

Good:

4 Excellent: 7 Ace: 10

16.

ANIMAL

HEAD

What

animal's

name,

beginning withtheletterF,

becomes

the

name

ofanother

17.

PUZZLE

WITH

AP-PEAL

Every

answer

isa word,

name,

orphrasethatcontains thesyllable

BELL

somewhere

withinit.

Ex. Weightlifter'sitem

du

wbbe

(

I

1. Ferdinand's

queen

2. Hotel

baggage

carrier

3. Red-haired clown on

Howdy

Doody

4.

The

navel

5. Authorof

Herzog

6. Frenchforest,siteofa

WW1

battle

7. Literatureregarded asfineart

8. Colorful wildflower

9. Old-fashioned

room

heater

10. Warlike, or aggressivelyhostile

1 1 .

German

measles

12. Sylvia Plath novel

13.

Renowned

London

antiquemarket

14. Deadly nightshade

15.

Male sheep

thatleads theflock 16. Noted

American

triallawyer

17. Popular

70s

pants

18. Actor

who won

a

Tony

forSunriseat

Campobello

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 12 Ace:16

18. IT'S

ELEMENTARY

Think of a two-syllable

word

that

means

"elementary."

Reverse

the syllables

phonetically

and

geta

common

two-word phrase

meaning

"ahospital

on

board

19.

MUMBO-JUMBO

A

patient atadentist's officereceivedanOral

Care

Home

Kittotakewithihim

when

heleft.

Among

theitemsinside

was

an envelopelabeled"plaqueremovalaid,"

which,

when

opened,turned outtocontain

—

thisisabsolutelytrue

—

atoothpick!

Thus, a

commonly

availableitemthatcostlessthan a

penny

to

make

was, through

cleverlabeling,transformedintoadistinctive

and

valuable dental device.Similarly,

for

each

ofthe following flowery phrases,

name

theinexpensive,everydayitem

actuallydescribed.

Answer

lengths areprovidedinparentheses.

Ex. Plaque removalaid(9)

1. Multifurcatedcoiffeurarranger(4)

2. Perforated epistolary expediter(5)

3. Tubularbeverageconduit(5) 4.

Cupreous

presidentialengraving(5)

5. Circularsartorialfasteningdevice(6)

6. Bilateralelongated abradingapparatus(4,4)

7. Rose-coloredgraphite eliminator(6) 8.

Pack

ofhandheldlinedoratoricalaids(5,5)

9. Combination embroiderytool/directionlocater(6)

10. Instant metallicsecuritydevicedisabler(3) Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:6 Ace: 8

20.

YOU

DON'T

SAY!

21.TW0G'S

Every

answer

isatwo-syllable

word

or

name

inwhich

each

syllable startswiththe

letterG.

Ex.

Use

Listerine, for

example

Q&\rg

!•€-1

.

Flockof

geese

2. Kindofdancer 3. Frenchartist inTahiti

4. Welder's

eyewear

5. 1 tothe 100th

power

6. Snaky-haired monsterof

myth

7.

Sound

ofa waterfountain

8. Bauble

9. Kindofcounter

10.

One

ofthe

Khans

1 1 .

Actor

famous

forplaying

Hamlet

12. Kindof

eyes

forthe

amorous

_

13.

More

thanenthusiastic

14. Russianwriter,

The

FatherofRussian Realism

15.

Awkwardly

tall

16. Girlishlaugh

17. Decoration

on an

old building 18. Notfully

awake

Rating

Good:

12 Excellent: 15 Ace: 17

22.

HEAVY

THOUGHTS

The

names

of

what

threestandardunits ofweight canfollow theprefix"pro-"to

complete

common

words?

23.

NAME SCRAMBLE

Rearrange

thelettersin

each

ofthe following

words

togeta

common

girl's

name.

Ex.

SOIL

1,

Q

I

S

1.

SALE

2.

DINE

3.

WAND

4.

GOAL

5.

CAGER

6.

DAILY

7.

BYTES

8.

HOARD

9.

EVENLY

10.

AIMLESS

11.

LEARNED

12.

RETOTAL

13.

SEEDIER

14.

HABITAT

15.

COLINEAR

16.

ARMENIAN

17.

SAILABLE

18.

ORDINALS

19.

HERITANCE

20.

REALIGNED

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 13 Ace: 18

24.

PEN

AND

INK

Thinkofa

word

thatcontains theconsecutivelettersP-E-Ninorder.

Change

them

to i-N-K (alsoinorder)togetadifferentword. Neither

answer word

hasanything

25.

CATEGORIES

Thinkof

an

answer

for

each

categoryatthe topofthe

box

beginningwith

each

of

thelettersA-P-R-l-L Forexample, ifthecategory

were

"Elements,"you might say

Arsenic,Phosphorus,Radium,Iron,

and

Lead. Fillin

one answer

perspace.

Your

answers do

not

have

to

match

ours.

^1

U.S. STATES THINGSIN AKITCHEN PARTSOF

AGAR

UNITSOF MEASURE BOOKS OF THEBIBLE

A

P

R

1

L

Rating

Good:

14 Excellent:19 Ace:

24

26.

IN

A

JAM

If

we

asked

you: In three letters,

what

word

means

both "preserve"

and

27.

OXYMORONS

Answer each

clue witha two-wordphraseinwhichthetwo

words

areoppositesof

each

other.

Ex. Weightylantern

[^g?Vti

lii'gjl\'fc

1.

Lowermost

spinning toy

2.

Moonshine machine

that

makes

aracket

3.

Makes

betting probabilitiesequal

4. Leisurelyrefusal toeatfood

5. Fairlyhideous

6. Particular four-star officer

7. Not

many

realty units

8. Four-sidedlegjoint

9. Hunky-dorypsychiatrist

10. Licensetorun

a

tavern

1 1. Verynatty-lookingapartment

12.

Concealed

expanse

offlatland

Rating

Good:

4 Excellent: 7 Ace: 10

28.

CARNIVAL

SIGN

An

advertisementforatravelingcarnivalispainted

on

thewall of

an

oldbarn.But

some

ofthepainthas peeledoff,

making

a fewofthe

words

difficulttoread.Here's

one

ofthe

words

thatonlookersarehavingtroublewith:

CPCIFSCJL

What

word

is it?

Here

isahint:

The

F inthemiddlecan representitself,oritcan

be an

E without thebottomstroke.

The answer

is

an

adjectivethatmightdescribe

29.

FOR

THE

BIRDS

In

each

sentence,fillintheblankswithtwo

words

thatwill

go

togetherto

name

a bird.

Ex.

The

thieves intendto

m

b

the

museum,

provided theycanfigure

out

how

toget i tn [rob+ in

=

robin]

1 .

We

watched

theboxers from ourfirst- seats.

2. ofthefarmis

on

theother sideoftheBlue Mountains.

3. Barbie,lool<ingvery inher

new

clothes,

had

a datewithher

boyfriend .

4. Aftertheguestaccidentally

dropped

the hostess'sterling silver

down

thedrain,thehostessungraciously senthim a toreplaceit.

5.

When

Arnold

Palmer

says

he

can't birdiea fourhole, that's just !

6. Ittool<thedomestic almost

an

todevelopits

modern

"oink."

7.

Dad was

such

a ,he'dbalance

a

Ritz

on

the

end

of

hisnose.

The

finaltwo sentences

have

three

words

that

combine

toform abird's

name.

8.

You

may

have

to the oldhorseifhe not

pullthecart.

9. Last astorm

came

up

atsea,

and

ourship

was

blownoff course the .

Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:6 Ace:8

30.

FIGURE

THIS

OUT

A

certainslangexpression

meaning

"tofail"consistsofafive-letter

word

followed

bythe

word

"out."

A

certainslangexpression

meaning

"to

succeed"

consistsof

a three-letter

word

followed by the

word

"out." If

you

put the five-letter

and

three-letter

words

together, youwillget the

name

ofa popular

book

and movie

31.

RHYMING

OPPOSITES

Provide

an

oppositefor

each

word

orphrasethatisalsothat

word

orphrase's

rhyme. Ex.

Go

away

St3(>< 1. Instature,small 2.

Gladden

3.

Yea

4. For afee

5. Notyet

begun

6.

Besmear

7. Sufferadefeat 8. Likeadrip

_

9. Hire 10. Fullofvice 1 1 .

Where

angelsdwell

12.

Ma

13. Feelcertainabout

14.

A

slew

15. Formaltitleforaher

16. Finishingworst

17. Likeaprude

18. Think

bad

thoughtsof

Rating

Good:

10 Excellent: 14 Ace: 17

32.

BOY

OH

BOY!

Thinkofa

common

boy's

name

insevenletters.

Remove

thefirst

and

lastletters

and

readtheremainingfiveletters

backward

togetanother

common

boy's

name.

33.

LOTSA

LUCK!

Every

answer

isatwo-word

name

orphrase inwhichboth

words

startwiththe

letterL.

Ex.

Woman

who

helpsabettor

L'S

c<tj

Luck

1. Co-workerof

Jimmy

Olson

and

Clark Kent 2.

Program

inwhichkids learn baseball

3. Item offeredbya supermarketatbelowcost

4. Starof

Mary

Hartman,

Mary

Hartman

5.

She

playedAlice

on

TV'sAlice

6. Movie

cowboy

witha15-footwhip

7.

Where

one

might hear FrenchorSpanish tapes inschool

8. Itprotects carbuyers

9. Foppish

man who

frequents bars lookingfor

women

10.

They

sinkships

1 1 .

Group

that

had

the#1 hit"La

Bamba"

12.

FDR

plantohelp theAlliesin

WW2

13. Undulatinglightfixture popularinthe '60s

14. AuthorofLastof the

Breed and The Haunted

Mesa

15. Cartoongirl

who was

sweet on

Tubby Tompkins

The

nexttwo

answers have

three

words

each—

allstartingwithL.

16.

Comedy

by

Shakespeare

17. Classic

1969 song

by

Bob

Dylan

Finally,

an answer

withfourwords,allstartingwithL.

18. Classic

1966

hitbyMitch

Ryder

and

theDetroit

Wheels

Rating

Good:

10 Excellent:13 Ace: 16

34.

FINISHING

TOUCH

There

isa

common

three-word phraseinwhichallthe

words end

intheletterF.

35.

D-LETIONS

The answer

tothefirstcluein

each

pairisa

word

withtheletter

D

somewhere

init.

Remove

theDphonetically

and

you'llget the

answer

tothe

second

clue.

Ex. President

Eisenhower

/ Colorof

snow

1.

Huge

rock / Kindofhat orsportsman

2. Animalwithspots / Personina colony

3.

Long

time withoutrain /

Severe

defeat

4.

Wrote

on an envelopetobe mailed / Item

on

apoliceblotter

5. King Midas,for

example

/ Scaryfilmgenre

6. Colonelinthe

game

Clue /

Something

we

all

hope

topass 7.

Ornaments on

a necklace / Self-punishmentforwrongdoing 8. Distancefromsidetoside / Inhalation

9. Tonto,tothe

Lone

Ranger

/ Personwith

ESP

10. Person who'safraid /

What

apersonwho'safraid

does

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent: 7 Ace:9

36.

WHAT

A

CAD!

The

letter trioC-A-Dappearsinthemiddleofacertainword.Putthe

same

letters

infront ofitasyou putbehindittocomplete afamiliar

new

word.

What

is it?

37.

FOLLOW-UPS

For

each

ofthe following threewords,think ofafourth

word

thatcanfollowitto

complete a

compound

word

orafamiliartwo-wordphrase.

Each answer

has

exactly threeletters.

Lsi2

Ex.

Hard

High Old

1.

Grab

Punching

Tea

2.

Dragon

Fruit Sacrifice

3. Pill

Soap

Suggestion

4. Black

Tongue

Windsor

5. Alley

Copy

Pole

6.

Watch

Hot

Sheep

7.

Snake

Cock

Tar 8.

Home

Bull Test

9.

Pea

Dough

Chest

10.

Broad

Drive Fair 11. Strong

Tone

Fire 12.

Water

Yule Captain's

13.

Area

Oriental

Hooked

14. Tight Bitter

Dead

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:9 Ace: 12

38.

VOWEL

PLAY

There's a well-knownoldpuzzleto

name

a

word

thatcontains thevowelsA, E,I,

O,

and

u inorder.

The answer

givenisalways

FACETIOUS

or

ABSTEMIOUS.

Can

youinsteadthink ofafamiliarphraseintwoor

more words

thatcontains thevowels

A, E, I,o,

and

U inorder?

There

are

many

answers, butthe puzzleisto think of justone.

39.

TOM

SWIFTIES

Fillin

each

blank with

an

adverb(endinginthesuffix"-ly")tocompletethe

sentenceina

punny

way.

The

firstletterof

each

answer

isprovidedas ahint.

Ex.

9.

10.

A's, E's, I's,O's,

and

U'saren'tthe onlyvowels," said

Tom

You

woke

me

up

toservethenavy

men

rum?" asked

Tom

G

.

Til

make

yourFolger's coffeerightaway,"said

Tom

I

'I'vefaced

my

troubles

and

I'll never

see

apsychiatristagain,"

said

Tom

_L! .

'Let'sgetthisno-good

Model

T

started,"said

Tom _C

'Holdthissignuptogetthe auctioneer'sattention,"said

Tom

F

Leteverylady

now

touchher partner," said

Tom

_G_

I herebygiveeveryone$1 ,000," said

Tom _G

'Just

between

you

and

me,the corporalisabouttobe demoted,"

said

Tom

_P

.

My

roostercan beat yourrooster,"said

Tom _C

Rephrase

thatsentenceinfuture perfect,"said

Tom

_T_ Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:6 Ace:8

40.

GAME

EXCHANGE

Name

afamiliar

game

infourletters. Switchtheorderofthelasttwoletters

and

you'llget the

name

ofa completelydifferent

game.

What

is it?Hint:

One

ofthe

41.ESS-CAPADE

Answer each

clue withafamiliarword,

name,

orphrasethatcontains three

consecutiveS's.

Ex.

Man's

formaleveningattire

djress

SuiH:

1 .

What

Cinderellaleftbehindattheball

2.

Broadway

hitsetinsoutheast Asia 3. White

House

spokesperson

4. Thismight

appear on

kids'pants

knees

and

ishardto

remove

5.

Do

needlework

6.

One

ofRainier'sdaughters,in

Monaco

7. Thickslice of

meat

thatis

pounded and

braisedinvegetables 8. Ithas two queens,fourbishops, four rooks, 16 pawns,etc.

9.

What

a savvy entrepreneurhas

10.

Someone who

risesfrompovertytoriches

1 1 .

StanGetz's instrument, only witha

deeper

tone

12.

"SOS"

13. Classicsurfing

movie

of

1966

14. It'snexttothe judge's

bench

inthecourtroom

15.

Nickname

forKentucky

Rating

Good:

8 Exellent:11 Ace: 14

42.

APPARENT APPAREL

What

twoarticles ofapparel

have

names

thatare

anagrams

of

each

other(i.e.,

contain the

same

letters rearranged)? Hint:

The

items, inpart, coverthe

same

43.

SIGN

LANGUAGE

Imaginethe

word

restaurant

as alarge

neon

signlitbyindividualletters.

Then

imaginethat

some

oftheselettersareburnedout, sothattheremainingletters

inorder(butnot necessarily consecutively)spelleveryday words.

Answer

the

followingcluesforthese words.

RESTAURANT

Ex. Beginning

[composed

ofthe3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th,

and

10thletters, respectively]

1 .

Payment

toalandlord

2. Aired again, as

TV

shows

3.

Gone

withthe

Wind

plantation

4. Smallpie

5. Talkloudly

and

angrily

6.

Make,

as

money

7. It'sobserved from an observatory 8.

Emanating

glow

9.

Tease

cruelly

10. Jacob'stwin,intheBible

11

.

Brandofplastic

wrap

12. Smallestofthelitter

13.

Going

over NiagaraFallsinabarrel, e.g. 14. Oppositeofloose

15. Certain typewriterkey

16.

The

backorend,asofan animal Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 12 Ace: 15

44.

ON

THE

MONEY

The

currency

name mark

ishiddeninthe

work

REMARKABLE, and

RAND

ishidden

45.

FALSE

PLURALS

In

each

ofthe followingsentences,

add an s

atthe

end

ofthe

word

that

goes

inthe

firstblanktogeta

new

word

that

goes

inthesecond.

Ex.

Now

that theirrivalisoutofbusiness, thelocaltoy store plansto

\^cK

upprices

on

'\ _^>

c

k.

S

and

other items.

1 .

Though

thefarmer's wife

had

twoentirebushelsofcornto ,

she

said,

"Aw

,that'snotsobad."

2.

Tomorrow

I

hope

to

up

with

my

golfbuddies

and

spend

a

day

atthe .

3. It'salmost forpeopleof nottohelp the poor.

4.

The

English wearingleather fooledeveryone

intothinkinghe

was

a cowboy.

5.

The

firecracker

was

a ,butthe

man

inthefancy

kepttrying tolightitanyway.

6. Just thinkingaboutgetting

honey

directlyfrom a gives

me

the .

7.

The

supermarket playsa

game

of withthe

manager

duringherrestbreaks.

8.

A

ofthe soldiers

moved

intotemporary ,while

theiroldbarracks

were

beingrenovated.

9.

The

blacksmithwould likean elephant everytime

his broke.

10. It

was

thatthe

on

thewinning racehorses

were

sofaroff.

Rating

Good: 4

Excellent:7 Ace: 9

46.

JUST

FOR STARTERS

Inthephrase

"A

and

B

the

C

of

D

,"_the lettersA, B,c,

and D

are the initials of the four

words

that will complete it.

The answer

is a

common

47.

FLEXIBLE

ABBREVIATIONS

Each

ofthe following abbreviations, ineveryday usage, can standfortwo

completelydifferentthings.

What?

Ex.

CD.

1. A.C. 2. P.C. 3. M.P. 4. B.C. 5. P.R. 6. O.T. 7. T.M. 8. V.J. 9. I.R.A. 10. E.R.A.

r<oriifiCAti» of

deposit

CQIMp

act;

disc

Rating

Good:

12(out of20) Excellent: 15 Ace: 18

48.

ON

THE

DOUBLE

Take

the

word

SURE. If

we

asked youto

add

twopairs ofdoubledletterstoitto

make

an eight-letterword, you would

add

P's

and

S's to

make

SUPPRESS.

Can

49.

THE

OLD ONE-TWO

Reverse

thefirsttwolettersofthe

answer

tothefirstcluetoget the

answer

tothe

second.

Ex. '60shairstyle / Casino card

game

/^-Pro

-faro

1

.

Monster / Vice-PresidentAl

2. Hearty

brew

/ Rags-to-richeswriter

3.

Most

unusual /

Take

intocustody 4. Choice / Magicaldrink

5.

County

inNorthernIreland / Shine

6. Blue jeans / 1950s-'60ssingingsensation

7.

Shade

tree /

Enough

8. Height /

Degrees

fromtheequator 9. Kindofenergy / Hardtounderstand

10. Storefrontcover /

On

the

way

out

1 1 .

Beneath

/ Lessclothed

12.

The

act of

making

a

god

/ Moral

improvement

orguidance Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:8 Ace: 1

1

50.

FALSE

COMPARISON

Ifthe

word

POND

were an

adjective, thecomparative form would

be ponder.

If

EARN

were an

adjective, the superlative form would

be earnest.

Think of a

familiar four-letter

word

thatcan

have

either-ERor-EST

added

tothe

end

to

make

a

new

word

unrelatedin

meaning

totheoriginal.Allthree

words

are uncapitalized.

51.x

TIMES

TWO

Every

answer

hereisaword,

name,

orfamiliarphrasethatcontainstwoX's.

Ex.

Company

founded as StandardOil

E

X

X

O

H

1 .

Woman

who

oversees awill

2. Routein

an

old

TV

series

3. Styleofspicy cuisine

4.

Newsboy's

cry,

once

5. Familiarinterstatesign

6.

Base

lineofa graph

7. Like

income

onstate

and

localbonds, usually

8. StarofTV's Sanford

and Son

9. Oppositeofalacarte

on

arestaurant

menu

10. CompetitorofSerutan

1 1 .

Cinema

with halfa

dozen

screens

12.

Copycat

company?

13. 70, in French

14. Authorofthe bestseller

The Complete

Book

of

Running

15.

[Heads

up!

—

atrickyone]

1986

eventinwhichthe

Chicago

Bears beatthe

New

EnglandPatriots

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 11 Ace: 14

52.

URBAN PROBLEM

What

major

American

city has the

same

cryptogram pattern as the

word

REORDER?

Inotherwords,think ofthe seven-letter

name

ofan

American

city in

whichthefirst,fourth,

and

seventhlettersare the

same, and

the

second and

sixth lettersare the

same.

53.

TRICKY

ANTONYMS

Provide

an

oppositeof

each

ofthe followingwords,using the lengths

and

starting lettersprovided.

Ex. Minor(5 letters startingwith

AD)

^d

U. L't

1

.

Fast(3 letters startingwith EA) 2. White(4 letters startingwith

YO)

3.

Out

(4 letters startingwith

SA)

4. High (5 letters startingwith

SO)

5. Subject(5 letters startingwith

RU)

6. Flat (5 letters startingwithFl) 7. Tall (7 letters starting withFA) 8. Off(7 letters starting with

WO)

9.

Rough

(7 letters startingwith FA)

10.

Odd

(7 letters startingwith

MA)

Rating

Good:

2 Excellent:5 Ace: 8

54.

ALL

BUT

ONE

Can

youthink ofa

common,

uncapitalized,

unhyphenated word

thatcontainsall

but

one

ofthelettersofthealphabetfromL to

V? The

missingletterisforyouto

determine.

You

may

use otherletters ofthealphabet (beforeL

and

after V) as

necessary.

Our answer

has 13letters.

What

isit?

55.

GOING

TO

THE

DOGS

Anothervisittothe

Bad Pun

Department.Fillin

each

blank with the

name

ofa

breedof

dog

thatwillcompletethesentenceIna

punny

way.

Ex.

One

ofthe greatestnatural insulatorsintheworldisthe

\fj

n \^

V^ou

y^d

on a sheep'sback,[wolfhound ="woolfound"]

1. Mikey takes

one

tasteofthecod-liveroil

and

then itout.

,"

Roy Rogers

2. "WiththiswillI

make

you

my

sole

saidtohis wife.

3.

When

a jockeywantsto

make

hishorserunfaster,generallyhe hasto

4. Listeningtothe recentCongressional budget debate

was

enough

to

make

you hair out.

5. "I enjoy

Johann

Sebastian 6.

Run

thesail upthe

_,"saidthe

boy

politely.

thewindpicksupagain.

7. Afterleavinghismedicalofficeyesterday, the

foran hour

on

thebeach.

Finally,areallytoughone:

8.

Mom

just

went

intothe

bedroom.

.

Ratings

Good:

3 Excellent: 5 Ace: 7

himself

nap

time!

56.

WITH

A

COMMON

END

We'rethinking ofthree

words

thatare spelled the

same

exceptfortheirfirsttwo letters,which can be

SW,

TW,or

WH.

Hint:Allthree

words have

the

same

meaning.

57.

RHYME

AND REASON

Thinkofa

synonym

for

each

cluethatisalsoa

rhyme

forit.

Ex.

Shake

g| [i-k\<e. 1. Glide 2. Whiff 3.

Savor

4. Wrinkle 5. Wriggle 6.

Squirm

7.

Square

8. Sling 9. Glitch 10.

Spy

11.

Waver

12. Dot 13. Preacher 14. Clasp 15. Huff 16.

Tubby

Ratings

Good:

8 Excellent: 12 Ace: 15

58.

NO

RHYME

OR REASON

Speakingofrhymes,the

words

RAID

and

SAID

end

inthe

same

threeletters,but

theydon't

rhyme

with

each

other.

Can

you

name

athird,uncapitalized

word

that

59.

SILENTS,

PLEASE!

Rearrange

thelettersin

each

ofthe following

words

togeta

new

word

that starts

withasilentletter.

Ex.

KEEN

1.

HANGS

2.

LAMPS

3.

TOWER

4.

NAKED

5.

ELIAS

6.

GROWN

7.

HESTON

8.

TRINKET

9.

SWELTER

10.

STRAITS

11.

DANGLER

12.

RELISHES

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:8 Ace: 12

60.

NEW ANSWER

TO

AN

OLD CHALLENGE

An

old puzzle asks

"What word

consists oftwo consecutive pronouns?"

The

answer

giveninallthe

books

is

USHER

(i.e.,

US

+HER).

Can

youthink ofa

second

answer?

In the

case

of

usher,

the first pronoun is regular

and

the

second

is

possessive.Inour

new

answer,thefirstpronounispossessive

and

the

second

61.

"CH"

Every

answer

inthispuzzleisa word,

name,

orphraseinwhich twoofthesyllables

beginwith"ch-."

Ex. Idletalk

rV\itcUa-t

1 .

Ganne

played

on

asix-pointedstar

2. Popularkindofcookie 3.

"The

Little

Tramp"

4.

Gary Kasparov

or

Bobby

Fischer,e.g.

5.

TV

mechanism

thatallowsyoutoswitch stations

6.

Comic

actor

once

known

for his imitation ofGerald Ford 7.

He

sang

"The

Twist"

and

"Let'sTwistAgain"

8. Dairyproductproducedinfirmblocks

9. Fictional character witha

"Number

1"_son

_{_}

10. Veryquickly,inexclamations

11. Once-popular

Dana

Can/ey

skit

on

Saturday NightLive

The

lastthree

answers have

"ch" three times:

12.

Mary

Poppins

song sung

byJulie

Andrews and

Dick

Van

Dyke

13. Ballroom dance,originallyfromLatin

America

14. Insong, itleftthePennsylvaniaStationabout aquartertofour

Rating

Good:

7 Excellent: 10 Ace: 13

62.

"CH2"

What

common

six-letter

word

has its

meaning

reversed

when

its first letter is

changed

from a

c

toan

H?

63.

BACK

AND

FORTH

Complete each

sentencewithaseven-letterpalindrome

—

a

word

orphrasethat

reads

backward and

forwardthe

same.

Ex. InNorfolk, Virginia,ablue |\1

a

v

\j

V

5

/\ shuttlesVIP'sfrom

theairport tothemilitarybase.

1 .

After pricingallthe

American-made

refrigerators,

John

and

Madge

decidedtoget .

2.

The

Hope

Diamond

issolargethat

some

newspaper

writerscallit

a .

_,fora

new

3.

We

tradedinourold

Japanese

car,

Saturn.

4.

The Bushes hope

tovisittheiroldfriendsfromWashington,

the , duringtheirnexttripto

New

Hampshire.

5. Accordingto

news

reports,a popular governorisanglingfor

the

on

thenext

GOP

ticket.

6.

The

interiordecorator took

one

lookatthe

room and

immediately decidedto thewalls.

7. AncientEgyptians

itshonor.

8.

When

the

thesun

and

builttemplesin

broke,thewhirlingstopped,

and

the

machine

would

no

longerwork.

9. Rick

Mears

istestinga

new

Indianapolis 500.

Rating

Good:

4 Excellent: 6 Ace: 8

forthe next

64.

CELEBRITY

ANAGRAM

You

can rearrange the nine letters in the

word

COSTUMIER

to

name

a

famous

65.

Q-TIPS

The

answer

tothefirstcluein

each

pairbeginswiththelettersQU.

Remove

the

initial"k-"

sound

and

you'll

have

(phonetically)the

answer

tothe

second

clue.

Ex.

Duck sounds

/

Candle

material

Q

u

a C

kS

UJ

o>>^

1. Event along afaultline /

Rouse

fromsleep

2.

The

Dionnes,e.g. / React frompain

3. Hush! / GunfighterattheO.K.Corral

4. Musicalnote /

Show

uncertainty

5. Faster / Furniture material

6. Kindofclock / Witches

have

them

ontheir

noses

7.

Pen

/

These

might

be

famous

last

words

8.

Suppress

/ Scrub

9.

Suppress

/ Sourceofwater

10.

Search

/ Pioneers'heading

1 1

.

Idiosyncrasy / Slavedriver's

command

12. Kindof

bee

/

Withdraw

bydegrees

13. Kindof

bee

/ Sufferingfrom heat

14.

Former

Vice-President / Cry Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 11 Ace: 14

66.

FIVE

RINGS

The

15-letterphrase

FROM

BOTTOM TO TOP

containsfiveO's

and no

other vowels.

The

14-letterphrase

FOOT-LONG

HOT

DOG

alsocontains five O's

and no

other

vowels.

So

does

the12-letterphrase

NO

ROOM

TO

GROW,

aswellasthe1 1-letter

POOL OF

BLOOD.

Can

youthink ofa

common

phraseinjust1 lettersthatcontains

fiveO's

and

noothervowels?Hint:

There

aretwo answers,with

word

lengths 6,4

67.

SWITCHING

BRANDS

Change

one

letter in

each

ofthe following

words

to

make

awell-knownbrand

name

foundata supermarketordrugstore. Ex.

SKIMPY

1.

LESSON

2.

NESTED

3.

WOMBAT

4.

ANVIL

5.

SPRITZ

6.

BUYER

7.

DRANK

8.

PARLAY

9.

BENGAL

10.

CENTS

11.

PLASTERS

12.

TWINKLES

13.

CAMPY

14.

CAMPERS

15.

CREPT

16.

FOLDERS

17.

RAFFLES

18.

BALKAN

19.

BASELINE

20.

UNISON

'^

k

i

ppij

[peanutbutter]

(hyph.)

(2wds.)

Rating

Good:

10 Excellent: 14 Ace: 18

68.

FOOD,

GLORIOUS

FOOD

The

10-letter

name

ofsomethingyou mightorderata

Chinese

restaurantconsists

of lettersthatall

appear

inthe

second

half ofthealphabet(Ntoz). Itisa

common

69.

WATCH

THAT

STUTTER

Each answer

inthispuzzleisa phraseinwhichthelastsyllableissaidthreetimes ina row.

Ex. Muffled

sounds

fromanAfrican

monkey

\*€.vw

u

v^

yv\ur>v\ur

1

.

Isthmusmother

2.

You

can "walkthedog"withitin

Japan

3. French

dance

performed by alarge-billed bird

4.

An

improvisedballerina'sdress

5. Blunderinordering the

wrong

Asianfurniturematerial?

6. Stupidbirdfrom

Denver

7. Drivingby a

New

Yorkstateprison

8. Soft-nosed bulletforanursery-rhymecharacter

9.

What

Santa sayswhileriding tothe

hounds?

Inthelastanswer,thefinalsyllableappearsfourtimesin arow.

10.

Humdinger

in Hawaii

Rating

Good;

5 Excellent:7 Ace:9

70.

LARGE

OR

SMALL

The words

"Polish"

and

"polish"are spelled the

same

but

have

different

meanings

and

pronunciations

depending on

theircapitalization. Witha long-0

sound

the

word

iscapitalized,but withashort-0

sound

it isn't.

Now

think oftwofour-letter

words,also spelled the

same,

inwhichcapitalizationhas adifferent effect:

When

the

word

iscapitalized,the firstletter ispronounced, but

when

it'snot,thefirst

71.D0UBLE-H

Every

answer

isa word,

name,

orphrasethatcontainstwoH'sinarow.

Ex.

Keep

foroneself ^AJ i-h

k

U

o 1g(

1 .

Thumb

a ride

2. Dressy

shoes

for

women

3. Placeto sticka

worm

4.

Where

to

change

clothesatthe

beach

5. Snobbishorhaughty

6. P/ayfooyfounder

7.

David

Copperfieldcharacter

8.

Engage

indisorderlyplay

_{_}

9. Substitutefor,asinthebattinglineup

_{_}

10. Participant atthe

Mad

Hatter'stea party

11 .

Omaha

orUtah,forthe

D-Day

invaders

12.

When

trafficistheworst

13. Start oftheJewish

New

Year

14. Top-secret

15. Wild

government

search,asthe

McCarthy

hearings

16. Brasswindinstrument withaflared

end

Rating

Good:

9 Excellent: 12 Ace: 15

72.

EAST

MEETS

WEST

Inthe United States

most

radio stations eastofthe Mississippi River

have

call

lettersstartingwith

w

and most

stationswestofthe Mississippi

have

callletters starting with K.

What

common

eight-letter word, with a

hyphen

in the middle,

consistsoftwo suchradiostation

names

—

thefirststartingwith

W

and

the

second

73.

GOING

THROUGH

CHANGES

It'sa

common

experience incrosswords:

You

fillan

answer

inthegrid that,

even

thoughitfitsthe clue

and matches

alotofthecrossingletters,turns outto

be

wrong. Eventually, you

have

to

change

aletterto

make

another

word

thatalsofits

theclue.Thispuzzle worksinthe

same

way.

Change

one

letterinthe

word

atthe

leftto

make

a

new

word

that justaseasilyfitstheclueatitsside.

Answer

ingrid Ex.

AMEND

1.

STOOL

2.

PONDER

3.

WEDDED

4.

BANEFUL

5.

DEPRESS

6.

MILLION

7.

MUDDLED

8.

SCATTER

9.

STILLED

10.

STORING

11.

WHISPER

12.

WISHFUL

13.

DROPPED

14.

ELASTIC

15.

SHUNNED

16.

JAPANESE

Clue

Change

Placetosit

To

think Joinedtogether Causing

harm

Push

down

Verylarge

number

Unclear

Send

in alldirections

Forcedto

be

quiet

Putting

away

forsafekeeping

Speak

ina lowvoice

Longing(for)

Sank

Inaflexiblestate

Pushed

aside Asianislander

Corrected

answer

Rating

Good:

10 Excellent: 13 Ace: 16

74.

$100,000

NAME

Assignthelettersofthealphabettheirnumericalvalues:

A

= 1,B =2,

C

=3, etc.,

up

toZ

=

26.

What

common

first

name

(either

male

orfemale

—

that's foryouto

determine)

has

letter values that,

when

multiplied together, equal exactly

75.

WITHOUT

ASPIRATIONS

Fillin

each

blank witha

word

startingwith"wh-,"which

becomes

a

new

word

ifthe

"wh-"isnotaspirated (asin

whine

and

wine)

—

thelatterofwhichcanalso

go

in

theblanktocompletethesentence.Girdyourself,

because

thesearegroaners.

Ex. Iturned

down

thedinnerinvitationfromthecomplainingvintner

because

Icouldn'tstandhis \ajU i y^

g

/

W

i l^

e

. 1

.

A

picture ofthe

members

of

an

early 19th-century EnglishParliament would

show

alarge

number

of .

2.

The

bikers withthebiggestHarleys alotofpower.

3. Ifyou

want

to

know

thereasonsthingshappen, askthe

!"_ashe

4.

The

injured

Pony

Express ridercried"

reinedinhishorseatthestation.

5. LittleMissMuffetwalkedintothe top-ratedtakeout

shop and

said

" togo!"

6.

The

IndiandervishAjeeb enteredinternationalcompetition

and

now

boaststhetitle

"champion

ofthe ."

7. Confuciussay:

Man

known

forblubber

spend

much

time

8.

When

naughty

Johnny

didn't finishcoatingthe kitchenfloorcorrectly, hismother

gave

himextra .

Rating

Good:

3 Excellent: 5 Ace:7

76.

TELEPHONE

WORD

What

is the only

common,

uncapitalized seven-letter

word

in which sixof the

seven

lettersusethe

same

number on

a telephonedial?For example,the

word

CABBALA

on

atelephonewould

be 222-2252

—

but the

answer

isa

more

familiar

77.

WORD

ASSOCIATION

What

single

word

can precedethethree

words

in

each

ofthe following setsto

complete a

compound

word

orafamiliartwo-word phrase?Hint:Every

answer

issix letterslong.

Ex. Control Missile Ship g,

f

U

\

S

g^

[cruise control, cruisemissile,cruiseship]

1.

Goose

Oldie

Rod

2.

Book

Knife Veto

3.

Summer

Ocean

Chief

4.

League

Dipper

Women

5.

Guess

Fiddle

Thoughts

6.

Band

Check

Neck

7.

Ages

Class

Weight

8. Paint Print Nail

9. Parlor Sleep Spot

0.

Bedroom

Mind

Plan

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:7 Ace:9

78.

WORD

CHAIN

The

fourfour-letter

words

BOOK, MARK,

DOWN,

and

PLAY go

together, inorder, to form a cyclical chain of linking

compound

words:

BOOKMARK,

MARKDOWN,

DOWNPLAY,

and

PLAYBOOK

(the last

compound

linkingthefourth

word back

to

thefirst).

Can

you

think offourf/Ve-letter

words

thatwillform

an

equivalentchain?

As

inthe example,thechainwilltaketheformof 1-2, 2-3, 3-4,

and

4-1. Allthe

compounds

inour

answer

are spelledassolidwords,withtheinitialsH,B,w,

and

79.

WHY?

Every

answer

isa

word

or

name

that startswiththesyllable"why"(in

any

ofits

spellings).

Ex. Windshield blade \k} \

p

-e

T

1 .

Cheyenne's

state

2.

Bowery

bum

3. "Stand

By Your

Man"

singer

4. Pre-Hltlerrepublic

5. Novelist

and

poetElinor

_

6.

Famous

beach

in Honolulu

7.

Former

Connecticut Senator

and

governorLowell

8. RonaldReagan'sfirstwife

9.

Add

lanesto,as a highway

10. Indiantribe,ora breedofchicken

1 1 .

Hunting

dog

with

a

croppedtail

12.

She

playedthe

mother on

Father

Knows

Best

13.

Two-legged winged

dragoninheraldry

14. Painterof C/7ns^/na'sl/Vor/d

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 11 Ace: 13

80.

IN

ALPHABETICAL

ORDER

The word

DEGENERATIVE

containssix

consonants—

D,G,N, R,T,

and

V—

which

are in alphabeticalorder reading fromleft to right.

Can

you

name

a majorcity

somewhere

inthe world

whose name

also hassixconsonants in alphabetical

order reading fromleft to right?

The

name

can

have

only sixconsonants,

and

81.

INITIAL

RESPONSE

Thinkofa

member

of

each

category here beginningwith

each

of lettersinthe

category's

name.

Forexample, abirdstartingwithBcould

be

bobolink,buzzard,

bluejay,or bullfinch.

Any

legitimate

answer

should

be

counted ascorrect.

1.

B

b

o

11 V'

k

I 2. F . L .

O.

W.

E.

R

3.

C

O

U

N

T

R

Y

Rating

Good:

10(out of16) Excellent: 13 Ace: 16

82.

WEAREVER

Take

the

word RIGHTNESS, add

theletterO,

and

rearrangealltheletters to

name

somethingtowear. Hint:Itusually

comes

inpairs.

What

is it?

83.

SPOONERISMS

A

spoonerismisthe transpositionofinitialconsonant

sounds

ina

word

orphrase,

asin

BLUSHING

CROW

fortheexpression

CRUSHING

BLOW.

In

each

pair ofclues

below,

answer

thefirstcluetogetafamiliartwo-word phrasethatcan

be

spoonerizedtogeta

new

two-word phrasethat

answers

the

second

clue.

Ex. Precipitatinghard

pourihig

fsCi^

Expressinganguish,as alion \{'

_o

^

r

{ y\a^

pa

ito 1

.

Descend, as aladder

10ccircusfigure

2. DuelinZorroor

The

Three

Musketeers

Where

the

Mustang

or

Taurus

is

made

3.

The

Constitutionguaranteescertain ofthese

Kingly

lamps

4.

Crimson

The

correctwhole

wheat

orpumpernickel

_

5. Postofficemail receptacle

Superior safeguards

on

a door

6. Ticket-holder's

lOU

Multipleaccident

on

a highway 7. Containerinwhichto

bake

acobbler

Ornament

foracravat

8. Brief

nap

Traitorswithwitchlike facialblemishes Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:6 Ace: 8

84.

MIXED

NATIONALITIES

Name

acertain

European

nationalityin

seven

letters. Rearrangethelettersinit

to spellan Asiannationality.

What

is it?

Two

hints: 1)Both

names

startwiththe

same

letterofthe alphabet.2)

The

Asiannationality

does

not

have

a countryof

85.

A

LITTLE

R

AND

R

Every

answer

hereisa two-word proper

name

inwhich both

words

startwith theletterR.

Ex. Girlofold

song

l<,io

'^\if;L

1.

Group

led by

Teddy

Roosevelt

up

San

Juan

Hill

2.

Warner

Bros,cartoonbird

3. Popularbrandofbeer

4. Popularice

cream

flavor

5. Children's

magazine

publishedbytheNationalWildlifeFederation

6.

John

Updikebestseller

7. 1

943 John

Wayne

movie

named

foratributary ofthe Mississippi

8. Nat KingCole

song

withthelyric

"Why

I love you,

heaven knows"

9. Long-runningdaily

TV

show

forpreschoolers

10. It's

between

Income

Tax and

Oriental

Avenue on

a

Monopoly

board

11 .

Pseudonym

ofLeonard Slye

12. Mother

Goose

rhyme

about abird

13. SirWalterScottnovelabout aScottishoutlaw

14. Duston

Hoffman

roleinMidnight

Cowboy

15. Historiceventof

March

1917

Rating

Good:

7 Excellent: 10 Ace:13

86.

CHINESE

PUZZLE

Ifanout-of-workhairstylistisdistressed,

and an

out-of-workpoliticalessayistis

87.

DROPPIN'

G'S

In

each

ofthe followingsentences,the

answer

that

goes

inthefirstblankisa

word

ending in"-ing,"

minus

the"g."Ifyou

have

therightone, a

homophone

ofitcan

go

inthe

second

blanktocompletethesentence.

Ex.

Dad was

VM

u

2.

z

I i r>

'

thebarking

dog

withapieceof

W

^

u

s

I 1

n

cloth. 1

.

Jose

was

Cain inthe

movie

theater

because

hisdate

wouldn'tpass him a chocolate-covered .

2.

When

Sarah

saw

the

clumsy

cook

sheorder

an

English instead.

3. Justasthethief

was

the bank.

alltheomeletorders,

pulledup

and jumped

outofthe Batmobile.

4.

The

out-of-shapeornithologist

was

the

escaped

.

5.

Because

Susan's

manner

ofdress

was

as he ranafter

on Madonna's,

it

was

hardtobelieve

she

was

really

an

innocent

6.

The bathroom

designer

was

thatthe porcelain

her highpriceonthefact

would

have

to

be

imported.

7.

The

seamstress'

head

was

thefloor forthe

up

and

down

as she searched

that

had

fallenoffhersewing machine. 8.

Because

he

was

caught

home-made

beerinhisbathtub,

the

UCLA

was

thrownoutof hisdorm.

9.

The

kid

who was

down

the

most

candy

was

the

one

dressed as a Halloween Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:6 Ace:8

89.

A TO

Z

Each

ofthe following

words

beginswiththeletterA. Provide a

synonym

starting

withaZ. Ex. Ardor

Z

(^

a

1 1.

Apex

2.

Absurd

3.

Area

4.

Aught

5. Angling 6.

Automaton

7. Astrological 8. Animal-related 9. Asleep 10. Airship

Rating

Good:

5 Excellent:7 Ace: 9

90.

J-Q-Z

WORD

SQUARE

Inthe

word

square

shown

below, the

words

bash,

area,

SEAL,

and

HALT

read

both across

and

down.

Can

youconstructa similar

4x4

squarethatusesthe

lettersJ,Q,

and

z?Allfour

words

inthesquare

must be

common

Englishwords. Proper

names

arepermitted.

BASH

AREA

SEAL

HALT

91.

TWO-WAY

Puttwolettersin

each

pair of

dashes

tocomplete a

common,

uncapitalized

four-letter

word

thatwillspellanother

common,

uncapitalizedfour-letter

word

in reverse.

Ex.

A

1.

D

2.

G

3.

E

4.

G

5.

P

6.

B

7.

D

8.

W

9. 10.

D

11.

T

12.

E

T

W

T

L

F

G

D

A

F

E

L

M

T

[ABUT

and

TUBA]

Ratings

Good:

7(out of 15) Excellent: 11

L [twoanswers]

M

[twoanswers]

T

[twoanswers] Ace: 14

92.

A

LITTLE

OFF THE

SIDES

The word "gym"

is a shortened formof the

word "gymnasium,"

withthe

end

chopped

off.

The word

"bus" is a shortened formof "omnibus," with thefront

chopped

off.

Can

youthink ofa

common

three-letter

word

thatisa shortened form

ofalonger

word

inwhichboth thefront

and end

are

chopped

off? Hint:

The

longer

93.

MULTINATIONAL

TANGLE

Rearrange

thelettersin

each

ofthe following

words

to

name

a

country

somewhere

inthe world. Ex.

ALSO

I

A

^

S

1.

RAIN

2.

PURE

3.

MOAN

4.

MAIL

5.

ASPIN

6.

PLANE

7.

BIALY

8.

LAITY

9.

HELIC

10.

CHAIN

11.

REIGN

12.

UNSAD

13.

ENEMY

14.

SERIAL

15.

SPRUCY

16.

ANALOG

17.

REGALIA

18.

ANEURISM

Rating

Good:

9 Excellent: 13 Ace: 17

94.

THE

SILENT

TREATMENT

The word

PSYCHOLOGY

startswithasilentP,

and

the

word

COUP

ends

withone.

Can

you

name

a

word

containing

an

interior silentP

—

and one

thatisnotderived

from French?Hint: Inthe

answer

we

have

inmind, the Pis bothpreceded

and

95.

OW!

Every

answer

isaword,

name,

orphrase,inwhich

each

ofthetwoor

more

vowel

sounds

is

"ow"

(in

any

spelling).

Ex. Main businessdistrictofacity

d

QW

nJ'Q

W

h

1. Indianmeeting

2.

Summer

electrical

power

problem 3. Itprecedes arocketliftoff

4. Yell louderthan

5.

Famous German

schoolofdesign

6.

Chinese

breedof

dog

7. Dog's bark

8. ThorntonWilder play

9. Vociferousperson

who

talkstoo

much

10. Discovered

1 1 .

Heading

from Pennsylvaniato Florida

12. High-quality

hamburger

13. FearedAfricanterrorists 14.

Show

serviledeference(to)

15. Clear

away

snow, as from a driveway

16. Familiarphrase inelocution practice

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 12 Ace: 15

96.

NAME

DROPPING

Take

the

word BEAVER. Drop

the consecutive letters v-E

and

you're left with

BEAR

—

thuschanging

one

animal

name

intoanother.

The

name

of

what

animal

becomes

the

name

of another animal

when

you drop the consecutive letters

97.

THE

LONG

AND

THE

SHORT

OF

IT

Answer

thefirstclueof

each

pairwitha

word

thathas ashortEsound. Ifyou

have

the rightone,you can

change

thevoweltoalong E

sound

togeta

new

word

that

answers

the

second

clue.

Ex.

Means

of

payment

/ Partoftheface

C h

eok

r^

h

yg -e t<

1.

Lower

limbofthe

body

/ Association

2. Estimate / Sillybirds

3.

Shouted

/ Street sign

4.

Summon

bygesture / Lighthouse light

5. Ironed /

Church

official

6. Smallfruit / Slightlydrunk 7. Winter

garment

/

More

like

honey

8.

A

cook

/ Bundleofpapers

9. States /

Grab

10. Outcast /

One

who

jumps

11

.

Like

some

beans

orcrabs /

Means

ofprotection

12.

Something on

thedinnertable /

Nosy

person

13. Fish /

One

ofthefive

senses

14.

Numerous

/

Ogre

Rating

Good:

8 Excellent: 10 Ace: 13

98.

LOW

SCORE

WINS

Assign everyletterofthealphabetitsnumericalvalue:

A

=1, B =2,

c

=3,

and

so

on,

up

toz =26.

Can

youthink ofafamiliar11-letter

word

whose

lettervalues totalonly

39?

99.

HINKY-PINKY

Answer each

one-wordclue witha two-word rhymingphrase.

Answer

lengths are

providedinparentheses. Ex. Electrocardiogram(5,5) V\ ^.

^

v

t

cWs\r-t

1. Crawl(2,4) 2.

Soar

(3,4) 3.

Olympus

(5,4) 4.

Chardonnay

(4,4) 5.

Ton

(5,6) 6.

Beacon

(6,5) 7. Tennis(5,5) 8.

Coma

(4,5) 9.

Mammogram

(6,4) 10. Tide(5,6)

Rating

Good:

4 Excellent:7 Ace: 9

100.

INSIDE

TRACK

A

certainseven-letter

word

startswith theletterR

and ends

withtheletter E.Inside aretwo

words

thatareoppositesof

each

other,

one

aftertheother.

What

isthe

101,

WOULD

YOU

REPEAT

THAT?

Every

answer

isafour-wordphraseinwhichthefirst

and

third

words

are the

same.

Ex. Incessantly

b^ij

in^

d^i^

out

1. Expressionthat

means

"Everything'sfine

up

to this point"

2. Sloganforanelectioninwhicheveryonehas an equalvoice

3.

Phrase

saidby

someone

who

isspending

money

toofreely

4. Mottofor

someone

who's workingout strenuouslyatthe

gym

5. Expression about achipofftheoldblock

6.

Home

ofRutgersUniversity

7. Start ofSanta'scalltohisreindeer

8. Jocularsayingbya worker abouthis

pay

as

he goes

home

atnight

9. Using

any

available

means

or

method

10. Start ofachildren's

rhyme

about wishingatnight

11.1 983

James

Bond movie

starring

Sean Connery

12.

Common

policy

on

orderofaccepting orders

13.

Phrase

aboutimitation,saidinreferencetoprimates

14. Circus barker'scalloutsideatent

Rating

Good:

7 Excellent: 10 Ace: 13

102.

GAG!