Friday, January 22, 2016

Compund Interest


Series IV: Compound Words : Puzzle 2


More Fun with Compounds.


1a: MIRROR IMAGES :


The party was on a school night, so the kids had to be
reminded not to _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ after their _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _.

The _ _ _ _ | _ _  at the bank was foiled by a security guard
determined to _ _ | _ _ _ _ the law.

From his vantage point, the _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ could see that
the _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ was bleak.

Due to the _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ in the economy,  
_ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ service at the hotel has been suspended.

The football coach complained that the _ _ _ _ | _ _ _
had been accomplished in a casual, _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ fashion.

1b. FALSE ANTONYMS:


Teachers don’t have the highest _ _ | _ _ _ _ _,
but they have the highest _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _.

The Republican candidates are finding that
_ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ Trump’s lead in the polls is
a difficult _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is trying to handle the
political _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ from Bernie’s _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _
performance in early state polls.

With Pacho’s father in jail and two brothers on
the lam, his wife thinks of her _ _ | _ _ _ _ as a bunch
of _ _ _ | _ _ _ _.

Hint (rollover to reveal):

Mirror Images: Joint | Chiefs, Chief's | Joint
False Antonyms: Shut | Up, Shut | Down

Solution Available Thursday, January 29th

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Solution to IV, 1 (and Mea Culpa)

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Now, dear fellow-puzzlers, a small apology.  The words given in last week's puzzle are COMPOUNDS, not true portmanteaus, as I discovered recently while working on the quite wonderful PUZZLEUP #33.

This months them is therefore compounds.  My bad.  New compound-themed puzzle tomorrow.  


Friday, January 15, 2016

New Series

Series IV: ????????????? : Puzzle 1

 
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This month the puzzles will not be the same type. Instead they are linked by a theme, announced above...

Hint (rollover to reveal):

One plus one equals one.

Solution available Thursday, January 21

 

Friday, January 8, 2016

The final exclided, I mean, excluse me, umm...

Series III : Excluded Middles : Puzzle 3

 
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No hints.

Solution available  1/14

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Solution to New Years Special

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Out with the old 12/31/15, 
in with the new 1/1/20016 !


Happy Twenty-Sixteen to y'all from Pacho.