Thursday, July 26, 2012

This One's for the Birds

Q:


Find an answer for each "crossword" clue.  Drop one letter from your answer to get the name of a common bird.  Take the first letter of each bird name and you will have seven consecutive letters in the alphabet, not necessarily in order.

1.  Put it on the short grass  
2.  A chase involving no running
3.  Taking the edge off
4.  Addict's bane
5.  Bonk on the noggin
6.  Brave men seldom do it
7.  Hale's rue

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A:

1.  A golf reference, put being past tense - drove
2.  Chase being a channel, ravine or in this case - gully
3.  Not talking imbibing here - blunting
4.  Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, John Belushi, etc. - heroin
5.  As a noun, it's a noggin.  As a verb, it's the bonk - crown
6.  And sometimes they get punched in the face - flinch
7.  Hale as in Nathan.  Rue as in - regret

In order:

Bunting    Crow    Dove    Egret    Finch    Gull    Heron




                                                                                                                                                                          





      
       

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Don't Touch That Dial!

Q:


"Do you see this thin wound beneath the victim's left shoulder blade?  Its symmetry and size leave little doubt as to the murder weapon.  I'll inform the captain to hold the suspects since they all had access to the kitchen."

Now that I have your attention, pick two consecutive words from this excerpt.  Rearrange the letters to name the genre of the story.

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A:  


There are some red herrings here.  Film Noir and Suspense were close but no cigar.  Damn Mystery works, but c'mon.  Really?

The solution comes much sooner from the phrase thin wound.  


Who Dunnit

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Now That's Funny

Q:


Rearrange the letters in  Balkan anise, fitful rise, lanai worker and lifetimes.  Put the new phrases in the proper order to come up with a humorous two line proverb.

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A:


Take the phrases in reverse order.  Rearrange the letters and you get...

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like bananas.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Stuck in the Middle

Q:


Since tomorrow is a federal (and national) holiday, I'll mix picnics and politics.  Rearrange the letters in a sourer incumbent to make two new words.  One word can be placed in front of the word sandwich to make a common phrase.  The other word can be placed after the word sandwich to make another common phrase.  What words are these?

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A:

Nothing flashy here.

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