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Word Pyramid: Ancient Wonders I
In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!
Starting letter: D
Clues:
1. pop-up material
2. assist
3. uttered aloud
4. surprise attacks
5. render harmless
6. indefinite number
7. polyhedrons
Starting letter: D
Clues:
1. pop-up material
2. assist
3. uttered aloud
4. surprise attacks
5. render harmless
6. indefinite number
7. polyhedrons
Hint
GizaAnswer
DAD
AID
SAID
RAIDS
DISARM
MYRIADS
PYRAMIDS
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great stuff, had to untie my brain on this one!!
Great FriarFox, loved it keep them coming
Awesome... it bugs me that i couldn't figure out the 'indefinite number', being a math nerd and all, but i graciously admit defeat. Good job.
Clue 3 is invalid; it should be in the past tense (uttered aloud) to match the tense of the answer.
Clues 2 and 3 are both in error. Clue 2, "assistant," does not suggest the word "AID," but rather the word "AIDE," and Clue 3, "utter aloud," calls for 'SAYS," rather than what is really wanted, the past tense, "SAID."
While we are beating you up I want to mention that your numbering should start with 2 since you said "D" is the first answer. I had to decide that part of your question was bogus before I could solve this thing.
Sorry about all that Friarfox. It might help to not edit your own teaser. We have the capacity to not see our own errors. Otherwise pretty good job.
This whole writing was a disaster.It should have been proof read before it was published.
Interesting comments for a teaser written in 2005.
Yup. Gotta go with Doehead, Builder and Lukasiwicz here. I'm surprised this teaser made it into circulation. Good premise, with some errors that could have been easily caught in review. Where are the reviewers and editors?
In addition to the foregoing criticisms of the clues, I take issue with "indefinite number". "Myriad" (singular) isn't indefinite; it means 1,000. "Myriads" (plural) IS indefinite, I grant, but a better clue might have been simply "large numbers". Of course, it's easier to be a critic than to think up teasers in the first place. Despite the criticisms, I found this teaser fun, but to be honest, too hard for me.
It's bad enough when the commentators don't have a nodding aquaintance with a dictionary, but a presenting constructor has an obligation to get it right and that means verifing entries with a GOOD dictionary, please!
geesh...you commentors need a nap or something, you are all rather grumpy, it's a stinking game not a contest for perfection...I'm half tempted to search if you all have posted anything and criticize you...
I have to agree with the "said" criticism, but was fortunate enough to get "raids" and work my way backwards to "said" and then finish the puzzle. Overall, I thought it was a really fun puzzle, but I can see how "said" would be a deal-breaker for some.
It's funny, but I got all the words without a problem, I guess my mind just works that way.
I got thrown by "myriads" - I've been trained not to use the "s."
I also take issue with "uttered..."
I also take issue with "uttered..."
I love these! Thanks for a good one! Babe, check your messages please!
Where are the editors/proof-readers ?
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