Chop
Chop! Part I
Some words can survive without their heads and tails.
Clip the 'MIDEAST' of its first and last letters and 'IDEAS' remains.
Fill in the blanks in each sentence by putting a head and tail on
another word in the sentence.
eg.
An irate publisher urged his government to enact stricter laws to
punish software ___________. (pirates, from irate)
1.
The couple had hoped to enjoy lamb FLAMBE for their main course.
However, the waiter had obviously been sipping from the brandy and
he managed to set himself ablaze.
2.
The only upside of the company's May lay-off is the opportunity
it
affords fans to stay up late to watch the hockey PLAY-OFFS.
3.
The only way I could stomach liver as a child was to cut it into
SLIVERS and drown it in ketchup.
4.
I've been wandering the streets of Camelot for hours. It's well
nigh
time I bumped into a KNIGHT.
5.
The leg of Granny's rocker jarred the cabinet, and down fell all
of
Granny's CROCKERY.
6.
"You've just broken par for the first time. I'd expect to see
at least
a(n) SPARK of enthusiasm."
7.
An utter lack of EQUITY in the advancement practices of the company
was the reason that she quit.
8.
An eight-foot ladder would put us in fingertip range of the ORANGES.
9.
In a(n) BRAZEN statement by the company's CEO, we learned that they
were going to raze our town in order to expand the theme park.
10.
It has become TRENDY to rend your blue jeans and wear them proudly
in tatters.
Chop Chop! Part
II
Add a letter fore and aft to create a new word. Aft S's not permitted!
STAMEN
1. tame
STURDY 2. turd
LURCHING 3. urchin
AVIAN 4. via
AWARD 5. war (9 answers)
SCRIBE 6. crib
SEXPOT 7. expo
FEWEST 8. ewes
CHINTZ 9. hint (3 answers)
LOATHE 10. oath
ISOMER 11. some
Chop
Chop! Part III
The
two word answers clued below comprise a longer word and a word formed
by beheading and curtailing that word. For instance, "What
follows the sixth event?" is SEVENTH EVENT. The word SEVENTH
when beheaded and curtailed yields EVENT.
1.
TV commercial promoting a joinery groove? DADO AD
2. The atmosphere in the cow milking barn? DAIRY AIR
3. Rivendell inhabitant made of Blue and white glazed Earthenware?
DELFT ELF
4. Evoke happiness? ELICIT FELICITY
5. Does a ratite have this leg bone? EMU FEMUR
6. Chauvinists are extant? SEXISTS EXIST
7. A score departed? TWENTY WENT
8. Scoundrels who hide out in the center of churches? NAVE KNAVES
9. Over-protective parent? SMOTHERY MOTHER
10. Frequently gives in to pressure? OFTEN SOFTENS
Thanks
to Jamie Lawson for his Perls of wisdom in creating the comprehensive
list of words that survive getting beheaded and curtailed (derived
from the UKACD15 wordlist). The list fills
56 4-column pages.
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