Word Chain

The following clues form a word chain. The last three letters of one word form the first three letters of the next word, and the list wraps round from the last word to the first. Mostly straightforward, but there may be some hyphenated or two word answers in there, and a couple that might need the Stitchionary. Plenty there, so feel free to grab a couple

-1. Heavy work tool
-2. English river
-3. Indian Ocean Islands
-4. Conan Doyle character
-5. Having a nasal voice quality
-6. Spiritual leader
-7. Red-flowered house-plant
-8. Supple, flexoble
-9. Gymnastic movement
-10. Beyond human hearing
-11. Silvery-white transition metal
-12. S.I. base unit of temperature
-13. Capable of being defeated
-14. To make lighter
-15. Billy Ray Cyrus hit
-16. Skilled craftsman
-17. Whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass
-18. Spoken
-19. Material used to give stability
-20. Astronomical instrument
-21. To assist, encourage
-22. Engagement
-23. Indication of genuineness
-24. U.S. state
-25. Aromatic deciduous lauraceous tree
-26. Mystical adviser in the court of Czar Nicholas II
-27. Hearing defect
-28. Vigorous or determined struggle

1. steamhammer
2. mersey

15. Achy break heart

16. Artisan

Hi Rog.

Rushes - I'll take "Mersey"
Remi - both good!

26. Rasputin
27. tinnitus
28. tussle

13. vincible
14. bleach

Excellent!

I was surprised "vincible" was a word, a lot of these "opposites" aren't...

26. Rasputin
27. tinnitus


Sondi beat me to the post.

3. Seychelles
4. Lestrade

6.Lama
7.Amaryllis

5. adenoidal

I think #6 must be Dalai Lama.

Jema, Cheryl - spot-on!

Haroula - number 7 looks good, buut Sherlock's got #6

24. Arkansas
25. sassafras

1. sledgehammer

22. betrothal

23. hallmark

11. nickel
12. kelvin

We're on a roll!

Can you finish it before I go ??

8. lissome
9. somersault
10. ultrasonic

Needed 4 letters to bridge 8 to 9.

17. sandiver
18. verbal

19. ballast
20. astrolabe
21. abet

Great finish - about 4 and a half hours!

Thanks Bob, but I was using the alternative spelling:

"lis·some [lis-uhm] Show IPA


adjective

1.

lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.


2.

agile, nimble, or active.


Also, lis·som."

Aha! Learned something new today.