The five clue words are derived from an answer word that’s made up of at least eight letters, none of which is repeated. The letters of each clue word appear in the answer word in left-to-right order, though, not necessarily consecutively. For example: the letters in Colt can be found in Complexity, as can the letters in Comply, Exit, Met and Pity. Every letter of the answer appears at least once in the clue words, and one clue word in each set appears in the answer intact (Exit in the example).

As has become traditional, win bonus points and the admiration of your peers for using all five clues and the answer in a suitable sentence. (But not a requirement)

-1. and hair ark had wok
-2. slag tin put scan pea (s)
-3. nay tar vary lay out (v)
-4. line foe lies lam fig (f)
-5. bid ace bake lid base
-6. coy ail foul ace fats (f)
-7. lose use hoe pay hue
-8. hie con lit ate rat
-9. hop sit her oft lie (s)
-10. bay rail thy bet eat (b)

5. backslide - bid, ace, bake, lid, base

The backslide in her career ended as she bid to put a lid on the competition and did bake the ace of cakes in the base event.

Perfect!

10. Heartbeat.

bay rail thy bet eat


The first time was down at the bay, standing next to the rail with Sally, sure she could hear his heartbeat pounding in his chest, when Billy said I am "Thy Guy" and bet you're ready to eat right now!

Good job, soot, but you forgot to use the main word!

7.
You carry the HOE and take care not to LOSE it - Because you know we have to USE it to help plant flowers of every HUE right next to my PLAYHOUSE with shutters of blue. We will all have fun there everyday - but if you lose that hoe, you'll have to PAY!

Love it!

Thanks Sue, I'm obviously can't read

Easy fix

Wait... "heartbeat" is incorrect! There are no repeated letters. I didn't check the answer because it never occurred to me you might get it wrong!

1. handiwork

Noah's red hair and almond shaped eyes had stood out in class as did his elementary handiwork of an ark with a built-in wok.

Impressive!

8. chlorinate

Good morning, manxman.

Hmmm....it's quite obvious that I can't read...that's for sure

This is actually a very difficult puzzle. Throw in the directions-skimmers (you know who you are) and it becomes almost impossible. Throw in my occasional typo and it's just a free-for-all.

I'll post first-letter hints and hope for the best.

9. shoplifter good evening Pandora

Buonasera, manxman.

3. voluntary

4. flamingoes

Attagirl!

2. Speculating

a scan of the slag heap left him speculating about who put the tin of pea soup there

Great sentence, Lex!

6. facetiously

10. breathily

Breathily holding on to the wooden rail was thy best bet to descend the rocky terrain in order to eat at the bay restaurant.

Nicely finished off.