Braingle: 'Double Meanings' Brain Teaser

Double Meanings

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

Puzzle ID:	#8029
Fun:	(2.93)
Difficulty:	(3.03)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Bobbrt

Below are definitions of words (with the length of the word in parentheses), followed by a clue for a broken version of the word. For example:

PONDERING (8)...Monarch after dieting.

Would result in the word "THINKING", which could be broken into "THIN KING".

Can you decipher the five words below?

1. Certain Evening (9)...Tiny chess piece
2. Deed Subjects (10)...Cravats that are suitable
3. Ne'er-do-well (11)...Onion performing hip-hop music

4. Hawaiian person, eg. (8)...Confessions of a scandalmonger
5. Buddhist belief (13)...Flower adorning a horse's bridle

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Comments

nickadeemus Aug 15, 2003	Very tough and VERY good.
oxymoronish May 11, 2009	Tough, but brilliant!!
builder May 11, 2009	wow bobbrt, that was incredible. I haven't seen this much challenge in quite a while. Thanks
gaylewolf May 11, 2009	WOW very difficult (for me, at least!) But I loved it! More like this, please!
auntiesis May 11, 2009	I only got the last one.
patiencewithaP May 11, 2009	Tough but fun!
tonjawithaj May 11, 2009	Fun! And I realize, now that I am terrible at these!
rt1819 May 11, 2009	Wow, I was really confused, but upon seeing the answers I got it! Thanks for a great teaser!
(user deleted) May 11, 2009	im new soc i cnt do it......
davidrools May 11, 2009	awesome! these are the kinds of things I think of when I see words that work like this. Great collection w/ well written clues!
UptheHill May 11, 2009
bradon182001 May 12, 2009	I really had fun working on these. Can't say as I got them all, but it was fun trying. Thanks for posting.
Babe May 11, 2012	Yeah! Good teaser. I just did not feel like putting in the time it took to solve it. It is too late at night and I am sleepy. Good one though. Thanks.
crazy10man May 11, 2012	Brilliant!!!!!
Maggiethe8th May 11, 2012	fun! I loved the answers once I tired of figuring-