Braingle: 'Behead G' Brain Teaser

Behead G

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

Puzzle ID:	#46175
Fun:	(3.08)
Difficulty:	(0.75)
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. Firm earth -> Circular
2. Tomb; serious -> Talk wildly or madly
3. Dead spirit -> Person who entertains guests
4. Spectacles -> Young maidens
5. Happy, joyous -> Youth; boy
6. Precious metal -> Advanced in years
7. Increase in size -> Move a boat with oars
8. Large boat with oars -> Narrow back street

Hint

The shorter words start with these letters:
1. R
2. R
3. H
4. L
5. L
6. O
7. R
8. A
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Comments

Stack1607 Jan 19, 2010	Nice teaser! I like these "behead" and "curtail" teasers. .
bear01 Mar 15, 2010	sweet and fun thanks for the teaser, Good fun had by all
builder Mar 15, 2010	New, fun, easy, yay, thanks
doehead Mar 15, 2010	Nice and easy
patiencewithaP Mar 15, 2010	Fun and easy! Great teaser!
jcann Mar 15, 2010	Yes, they were easy, but fun. A good way to start the day! Thanks!
sunnybonghits Mar 15, 2010	I do like these teasers, but these were way too easy. Thanks though.
UptheHill Mar 15, 2010	!
wattsofawesome Mar 15, 2010	I Alt-3 these teasers! A nice friendly brain exercise does me good!
auntiesis Mar 16, 2010	Cute teaser, fun and easy.
wtfonfire Mar 17, 2010	pretty easy butalso first behead thing ive done! hooray!
Babe Mar 15, 2013	A very enjoyable, fun, and easy teaser.
jaycr Mar 15, 2013	Good way to start a Friday.
cutebug Mar 15, 2013	EZ,EZ,EZ
Maggiethe8th Mar 15, 2013	fun & easy worked perfectly this morning for me
HABS2933 Mar 15, 2013	Yes, they were easy, but it these teasers are always fun. .
allythebuterfly Mar 15, 2013	I got them all, except for the galley one. I got the alley part, but didn't know that a there was a type of boat called a galley. Now I know!
gaylewolf Mar 15, 2013	Fun - thanks for posting!
thecatladycac Mar 15, 2013	I was halfway through before the name of the Title kicked in - the 1st word in each answer started with G - I finished even more quickly than I started! - I enjoyed this quiz very much