Solution to V, 1

Pairs:

HUSBAND and WIFE
HITHER and YON
SUCH and SUCH
RANT and RAVE
PRIDE and PREJUDICE
READING and WRITING
THIS and  THAT
HIT and MISS
PLEASE and THANK YOU
DREAMS and NIGHTMARES
HIDE and SEEK
YES and NO
WILL and GRACE
NATURE and NURTURE
OVER and DONE
KISS and MAKE UP
RANK and FILE

Not giving away the Easter Egg ---  yet.

New Series: PAIRS

Series V: Pairs : Puzzle 1

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No hints, but there's an Easter Egg...

Solution available Thursday, February 18th

Solution to IV, 4

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Secret Word: Light

Twenty-one Words

Series IV: Compound Words : Puzzle 4

 

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The twenty-first word is a secret:

It's a compound word, and a noun, when preceded by 9 or followed by 8.
It's a two-word verb when preceded by 1 or followed by 18.
It can be an adjective as well, modifying 20, for example.
As a plural noun, the ones in your 6 can be 10, 11, or 12.

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Include your name (or nom de plume, or code name)  and your favorite common phrase with the following structure:  _____ and ______.  (Examples: black and blue, over and out.) I'll include ten solvers' phrases in an upcoming puzzle and credit everyone who sends the secret word before the solution date.

Solution available Thursday, February 11.

Solution to IV, 3

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The Compound Clock

Series IV: Compound Words : Puzzle 3

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12:05 is to supervise.

1:10 are present and past tenses of the same verb.

3 is an animal.

4 AND 6 are body parts. So is compound word 4:30

5 AND 10 are antonyms

ELVIS had a wold-class pair of 6:35s.

7 AND 11 rhyme.

8 AND 9 can mirror: "The 8:45 from the movie showed the 9:40 Chinese food still on the table."

9:50 is a wrestling term.

10 11 10 is a mirror image from last Friday's puzzle.

11:55 is a dessert.

NO HINTS

Solution available Thursday, February 4

Solution to IV, 2

1a: MIRROR IMAGES :

The party was on a school night, so the kids had to be

reminded not to oversleep after their sleepover.

The holdup  at the bank was foiled by a security guard

determined to uphold the law.

From his vantage point, the lookout could see that

the outlook was bleak.

Due to the downturn in the economy,  

turndown service at the hotel has been suspended.

The football coach complained that the handoff

had been accomplished in a casual, offhand fashion.

1b. FALSE ANTONYMS:

Teachers don’t have the highest incomes,

but they have the highest outcomes.

The Republican candidates are finding that

overtaking Trump’s lead in the polls is

a difficult undertaking.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is trying to handle the

political fallout from Bernie’s standout

performance in early state polls.

With Pacho’s father in jail and two brothers on

the lam, his wife thinks of her inlaws as a bunch

of outlaws.