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Letter Drop / Hints #1166165
10/16/18 09:20 AM
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Solve these clues by dropping a letter from the first word to form the second. No anagramming required.

Example: hold up - dad = prop - pop

Each clue drops a unique letter from the letter pool:

4 - 3 Letters

-1. crazy - whichever
-2. irritation - bar
-3. someone of low rank - writing implement

5 - 4 Letters

-4. adage - mutilate
-5. analyze a sentence - skin
-6. comb - acrid
-7. compete with a lance - remove
-8. genuflect - part of a boat
-9. gush - yes (s----)(s---)
-10. hot love interest? - celebrity
-11. part of an area calculation - among
-12. send - discharge (r----)(e---)
-13. set of rooms - location
-14. severe - darling
-15. sketch - mild expletive
-16. spew - overlook
-17. tolerate - helper
-18. woven fabric with diagonal parallel ridges - staying power

6 - 5 Letters

-19. coho - beauty shop
-20. spit - gutter
-21. warning - spoil

7 - 6 Letters

-22. comparison - type of clock or television signal
-23. exhaust - expunge
-24. songbird - getting larger
-25. tolerant - flagrant


Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166173
10/16/18 10:31 AM
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curly Online happy
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1. zany, any (z)

25. patient, patent (i) ???

Hi Cue.


If you can't dance, don't blame the dance floor.
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166176
10/16/18 11:12 AM
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4. maxim - maim (x)


Fil

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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166177
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19.salmon,salon (m)

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166178
10/16/18 11:38 AM
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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166191
10/16/18 01:42 PM
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Great start y'all! wave


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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166192
10/16/18 01:45 PM
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23. deplete, delete (p) wave

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166194
10/16/18 01:55 PM
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7. Joust oust - Hi Cue wave

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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166200
10/16/18 02:41 PM
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Hi Bernie wave You and Michele are on the money!


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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166243
10/16/18 07:27 PM
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8. kneel keel wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166256
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10. flame/fame (L) wave2

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166258
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3. Peon - Pen (o)
17. Abide - Aide (b)

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Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166262
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20. skewer, sewer (k) smile

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166303
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18. twill/will (T) wave

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166311
10/17/18 08:51 AM
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2. bane - ban
5. parse - pare smile

Last edited by Lex; 10/17/18 08:56 AM.

Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166317
10/17/18 09:53 AM
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A good run on that one! Whew! wave

Joan gets a half a point taken out of my book for the misdirection of the dropped letter rolleyes


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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166336
10/17/18 01:15 PM
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14. acute, cute (a)
15. draft, daft (r)
16. vomit, omit (v)

wave2

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166338
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13. suite site wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166348
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Two out of three ain't bad, Michele, at least that's how the song goes. yes Try again on #15
manxman thumbsup


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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166353
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6. scour/sour - C
21. threat/treat - H
24. finches/inches F

I fixed my boo-boo on #18 crazy

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166361
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oops

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Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166367
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rethinking #24 crazy

I think Michele was right on #15, but removed the wrong letter...
draft/drat - F confused

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166410
10/18/18 07:04 AM
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Yes, Joan smile


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Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166431
10/18/18 01:08 PM
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6. scour, sour (c)
11. width, with (d)

Re: Letter Drop [Re: Cue] #1166437
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