Letter Drop / Hints
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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?
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#1166200
10/16/18 02:41 PM
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Hi Bernie You and Michele are on the money!
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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Re: Letter Drop
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#1166258
10/16/18 09:26 PM
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Koala
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3. Peon - Pen (o) 17. Abide - Aide (b)
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
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Re: Letter Drop
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#1166311
10/17/18 08:51 AM
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Lex
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2. bane - ban 5. parse - pare
Last edited by Lex; 10/17/18 08:56 AM.
Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
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Re: Letter Drop
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#1166336
10/17/18 01:15 PM
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michele rose
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14. acute, cute (a) 15. draft, daft (r) 16. vomit, omit (v)
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Re: Letter Drop
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10/17/18 04:20 PM
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Two out of three ain't bad, Michele, at least that's how the song goes. Try again on #15 manxman
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Re: Letter Drop
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#1166361
10/17/18 06:38 PM
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manxman
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oops
Last edited by manxman; 10/17/18 06:39 PM. Reason: oops
Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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