Braingle: 'Behead C' Brain Teaser

Behead C

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#45987
Fun:	(3.29)
Difficulty:	(1.75)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	MarcM1098

When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.

1. Outer layer -> Oxidized metal
2. Defraud; violate rules -> Thermal energy in transit
3. Sensation of cold -> Local land elevation
4. Go upward -> Jointed appendage; branch
5. Strong metal rope -> Having necessary skill
6. Confined; restrained -> Old; grew older
7. Stop; discontinue -> Freedom from hardship
8. Lacking dirt -> Lacking fat

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Answer

1. Crust -> Rust
2. Cheat -> Heat
3. Chill -> Hill
4. Climb -> Limb
5. Cable -> Able
6. Caged -> Aged
7. Cease -> Ease
8. Clean -> Lean
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Comments

SgtPepper Jan 13, 2010	Easy, but good fun. Might be better without the letter categorisation, though, to make it a little harder (if a little less organised). Thanks for the teaser!
scallio Jan 17, 2010	I loved it! A few easy, a few hard, a fun time.
builder Jan 17, 2010	fun, easy once the rules sunk in. Glad to see something new.
jimbooth019 Jan 17, 2010	Good one, I missed chill-hill, thought maybe fridge-ridge
crazy10man Jan 17, 2010	That was a lot of fun! Got stuck on cheat-->heat, but I enjoyed your teaser!!!
auntiesis Jan 17, 2010	Very much fun. I really liked this one, but had a little trouble with a few of them. Good job.
gargph Jan 17, 2010	I only got the last one..
patiencewithaP Jan 17, 2010	Not as easy as I thought it would be! Fun!
Johnny Jan 19, 2010	Not my thing I didn't really try
mathisnice Apr 05, 2010	Fun! I got them all right with the hint except for 1-3. In my favorites!
Babe Jan 18, 2013	I did not try either. The clues were a bit dense for me. I could have thought of easier ones for us stupid people.
jaycr Jan 18, 2013	Some answers came very quickly, other, not so much. I liked it.
cutebug Jan 18, 2013	Took awhile,but I got all of them. Enjoyable.
glowingredbob Jan 18, 2013	I love this one! Pretty easy, except for the cease-ease one.
chessgenius Jan 18, 2013	nice one buddy.i feel so dumb now, having failed to get almost all except the last one.
iggy39 Jan 18, 2013	fun missed #7 but really liked it. thx
Puzzle_Master Jan 18, 2013	Cool. For #1 I got core --> ore, because there is technically an outer and an inner core at the center of the Earth. Could that be another possible solution?
auntiesis Jan 18, 2013	I enjoyed this one and then I realized I had done it before. I didn't remember it at all, so it was like a new one to me. Memory loss is fun !!!
bobg Jan 18, 2013	I like fridge-ridge and I'd add 'stone-tone' to the last one.
thecatladycac Jan 19, 2013	Nice teaser; I very much enjoyed it. I had to give the most thought to number four - I kept wanting to start with the word "rise", but the right answer finally came to me! I look forward to more like this one.
GertieMarie Jan 20, 2013	I found this one much easier than the last one I did. Lots of fun, especially when I have no difficulty getting them. haha Good work.
Obilio Apr 29, 2013	Needed the hint for 3 and 8, I'm doing all Marc's teasers and quizzes, because I know they will be great