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Curtail O
When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Greeting word -> Hades; place of torment
2. Company symbol -> Tree trunk piece; written record
3. Large stringed instrument -> Small room; prison
4. Vote against; forbid -> Pet doctor
5. Jewellery or stone carved in relief -> Arrived; moved toward something
6. Champion; type of sandwich -> That woman
7. Rope with a sliding loop at one end -> An unmarried young woman
8. Exhibition of cowboy skills -> Was carried on the back of an animal
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Greeting word -> Hades; place of torment
2. Company symbol -> Tree trunk piece; written record
3. Large stringed instrument -> Small room; prison
4. Vote against; forbid -> Pet doctor
5. Jewellery or stone carved in relief -> Arrived; moved toward something
6. Champion; type of sandwich -> That woman
7. Rope with a sliding loop at one end -> An unmarried young woman
8. Exhibition of cowboy skills -> Was carried on the back of an animal
Hint
The words start with these letters:1. H
2. L
3. C
4. V
5. C
6. H
7. L
8. R
Answer
1. Hello -> Hell2. Logo -> Log
3. Cello -> Cell
4. Veto -> Vet
5. Cameo -> Came
6. Hero -> Her
7. Lasso -> Lass
8. Rodeo -> Rode
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Quick & easy, but lots of fun.
I agree with craniac. Also, shouldn't abbreviations be noted someplace? (Vet)
Are they easier? Or am I just getting better at solving them? Either way they are lots of fun!
I agree with the above comments. Nice and easy.
I didn't get the cameo/came answer , but the rest of them were easy. Lots of fun.
I loved this one - I got almost all of them. I couldn't think of "lasso" and I completely overlooked cameo! Thanks!
Wow. Knowing that all of the words end with "O" makes it waaay too easy...
Loved it! 6/8 right. I didn't know the second one of 7 meant that though... Even if I did know the first.
I had completely forgotten that O was the last letter in all of them--I just knew that I was dropping a letter!! Got them all with zero problem. but as you can tell by my moniker, this kind of teaser is my thing!
Nice teaser.
Extremely easy. I got it in a matter of seconds. However, I like easy!
For some reason I was unable to come up with cameo/came until I looked at the hint (duh). The rest came easily. Though some of them are easy I enjoy the behead and curtail series.
Not much of a challenge,but enjoyable.
I missed two, for some reason Same two previously noted on other comments-Fun, though!!
This was pretty easy and I got them all. I also found the teaser quite enjoyable - teasers can be easy and fun too!
Fun and easy; did not even need to use the hint. I liked the teaser and would like to see more like this.
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2 ezy; didn't even note the title!
Got 'em all easy. The only remotely difficult one was #5.
Easy teasy. Still fun.
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