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Behead O
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. To be required to pay -> Married
2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement
3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time
4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something
5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time
6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region
7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment
8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. To be required to pay -> Married
2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement
3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time
4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something
5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time
6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region
7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment
8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. W
2. P
3. V
4. R
5. L
6. Z
7. M
8. R
Answer
1. Owed -> Wed2. Open -> Pen
3. Ovary -> Vary
4. Orange -> Range
5. Olive -> Live
6. Ozone -> Zone
7. Omission -> Mission
8. Oration -> Ration
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Love the new ones. Fun
Wow!!! A new teaser. Got them all on only one cup of java. Enjoyable.
Fun and creative. Thanks for posting.
Very fun even though I couldn't think of omission/mission! I love these!
Really fun! I missed the last three even with the hint! I think I just gave up too soon.
Omission is the one that gave me trouble. The rest were fairly easy with a little thought.
I really enjoy the Behead and Curtail series of puzzles. Always challenging enough to be enjoyable, yet not so hard as to not be fun! A hard balance to obtain once let along maintain among an entire series of puzzles. Great job again Marc
Got them all. Enjoyable.
I knew I'd be miffed when I saw what I missed-But it was a good miffed, anyway! Loved them, and did manage to get most!
I knew I would be angry when I used the hints and still missed a couple. thought it was hard then a previous one this week, I think it was this week anyway. Did really enjoy it. thanks for posting.
Enjoyable puzzle. I had to use my brain just enough to be satisfying, but not enough to create frustration!!
super
Well written, fairly ezy, fun teaser, thanks!
However, leaving something out should be: omitting, not omission, despite that hiccup, I managed to solve them all ?
However, leaving something out should be: omitting, not omission, despite that hiccup, I managed to solve them all ?
The clue for 7 should be "Something left out." The use of an "-ing" word made my mind go to "omitting."
Very good and thought provoking. I was planning to write about my issue w/ omission and the -ing, but everyone already has.
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