A mixed selection of brain teasers. All answers contain the word 'black'.
-1. Solve the anagram given in CAPITALS.
The LACK of BARBED wire fencing allowed the pirate to escape.
2. Solve this cryptic clue:
A person playing stickball violently may end up on this? blackl--t
-3. Find the item that sounds like the solution for this rebus:
Darkest colour + Drilled a deep hole
4. Anagram the words shown in capital letters to find the answer here.
If you were to start applauding the dawn chorus, which small feathered creature would you not expect to CLAP BACK? black--p
-5. Anagram the letters given in capitals to complete the Australian saying "Beyond the ___ ___".
Mike was headed BACK to PLUM ST but got lost somewhere in the Australian outback.
-6. Lookout! A troublemaker has run away with all the vowels from the term below. Can you figure out what it becomes when you retrieve them and put them back?
BLCKSHP
-7. Search for the hidden 'black' word described in this sentence.
I cannot hide my tears when I watch the 'The Blitz: London's Longest Night', especially during the touching moment when the lights dim and Charles and Mary Lamb lack outside shelter for their dog.
-8. Fill in the missing 'black' term in this analogy.
500 is to Rummy as 21 is to _______
-9. Solve this cryptic clue to find a 'black' word.
Backlist him heartlessly, he's an honest forger
-10. What word can you make by replacing "dark envelope" by synonyms?
acebook
witter
