Braingle: 'Word Swap #7' Brain Teaser

Word Swap #7

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

Puzzle ID:	#28157
Fun:	(3.08)
Difficulty:	(2.11)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	fishmed

The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words.

1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so.

2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough __________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they shouldn't have.

3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________.

Answer

1. teacher, cheater
2. lessened, needless
3. Senator, treason
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Comments

froggygg Jan 19, 2006	Great teaser fishmend!
wolfmanh Jan 19, 2006	Great one.......... but had to think about it for a minute
Brainy_1 Jan 19, 2006	Great teaser! I also had to think a bit Nice job!!
SPUTNIK2 Jan 19, 2006	fantastic, Fun! thanks
Sunrose Jan 19, 2006	Fun to work, I remember this one in review! Fun and a bit hard to solve. Good Job Enjoyed it.
WJSMama Jan 19, 2006	THat was a good one. I only got the first one
choptlivva Jan 20, 2006	Good job Fishmed!!!! I liked it! A little personal irony though.... #2 hits very close to home with me .... yet IT was the one that stumped me!!!
wizofaus Jan 22, 2006	What about "Cured" and "crude" for #2?
sweetmama Jan 23, 2006	Good show!
bluehawk Feb 20, 2006	Enjoyed this one "fishmed". Keep up the good work.
bootscooter58 Feb 20, 2006	This was fun! I only got Number #1, but enjoyed trying to figure out the other two. Keep them coming..
churchlady Feb 20, 2006	Hi - I couldn't get #3 - oh well. Two out of three ain't bad!! Thanks and keep them coming!!!
coachpisco Feb 20, 2006	Very nice. A good, clean teaser.
jabdr Feb 20, 2006	Great teaser Fishmed! Got me smiling this morning.
bradon182001 Feb 20, 2006	I like this one. Easy, but not too easy. Got the brain going this morning.
shawneeo Feb 20, 2006	I got 'em all, I got 'em alllllll!!! LOL! I wish there had been more, or that there was another layer of teaser after 1:two anagrams of each other 2:have to fit in the blanks 3: something else, don't know what, I'll have to think about that (sorry, I know its easy to say, hard to do, and I always respect that these take a lot of time and effort to get them to the completely finished state!). wizo-crude and cured! Wow, that's really good! Thanks fishmed, great work!
saleprice Feb 20, 2006	I got 1 & 3 fast but 2 escaped me, well done let`s have more!!
smee Feb 20, 2006	The first one was just tooooo easy, but I didn't get 2 and 3. Good teaser!
luckybrown Feb 20, 2006	great teaser.
vlerma Feb 20, 2006	As usual, fishmed, great teaser. Got one and three and just bombed out on 2. ot the thought juices flowing this am, Keep 'em comin'.
iteachkids Feb 20, 2006	Great one, indeed ... and I do LOVE it when there are alternative answers that also work. (Crude and cured!) Aha - #2 stumped our Choptliva ... could that be a clue to where you got your User ID, Chopt??? So sorry for your pain.
lazy-boy Feb 20, 2006	very good one #2 got me though .
Vigo95 Feb 20, 2006	i only knew #1 and #3 . evidently #2 stumped more people than just myself !!! this is a realy great teaser !
lindquist_25 Feb 20, 2006	Well done. I only knew the first one because that was an annagram on Saturday's teaser. Yours was very well written. Good job!
besamishuevos Feb 20, 2006	mucho gusto
allurance Feb 20, 2006	I thought of cured/crude as well for #2, but even crude surgery sometimes is necessary.
Vigo95 Feb 20, 2006	POR FIN !!! besamishuevos likes somthing .QUE MILAGRO !
besamishuevos Feb 20, 2006	correction......the literal translation of the word huevos is eggs. now, we all know what happens when one assumes.....
besamishuevos Feb 20, 2006	p.s. no mames guey
Vigo95 Feb 20, 2006	NICE , besa .
iteachkids Feb 20, 2006	Halfmoonscott - check your private messages.
yesenia8rivera Feb 20, 2006	Great teaser!!!Really cool!!I've been feelin' pretty bumbed out lately and that really made me laugh. Thanks, you did a really nice job.
yesenia8rivera Feb 20, 2006	sorry bumed or something... Please forgive the misspellings
leftstaradam Feb 21, 2006	I ALSO thought #2 was "cured" and "crude" but didn't think it fit perfectly and was happy to see that there was a different answer that fit better...nice teaser. I love when geeks fight...they use their vocabulary! and scott doesn't see that he's being just as much of an a-hole with his comments! HAHA
Vigo95 Feb 21, 2006	right on leftstaradam
Vigo95 Feb 21, 2006	alright , angry . we didn't invite you to play in our game . so go ahead, run along , and find another group of kids on the playground or you can just run and tell your mommy on us .
fishmed Feb 21, 2006	I would say that this is enough for all of us. I do know that the word is slang in some hispanic countries for balls and it has been reported to Jake. These comment areas are not to fight each other and show our ignorance, but rather to comment on whether you like the teaser or not, in a constructive manner, not hatefully. So, chill and go on to the next teaser. TTFN.
blackmarket69 Feb 21, 2006	HA!........
FulanitoGM Feb 22, 2006	Great teaser, fishmed! halfmoonscott, how's about you check on your translations before presuming to translate Spanish into English? Menso...
kashby May 24, 2006	pretty good
cloughme Feb 20, 2007	Very well written! Good Job!
lmurray Feb 20, 2007	KINDA EASY, BUT NOT TOO BAD.
Tadge Feb 20, 2007	The brain teaser was fun.Got one out of three. Made my morning thanks.keep them coming.
marschie Feb 20, 2007	I also got one out of three ...and enjoyed them. Needless/lessened was hard. I should have got senator/treason -- but didn't!
(user deleted) Feb 20, 2007	I love dis brain teaser!! It's the best I've seen in decades!!!! BRAINGLE PWNS YOU, THEY OWN YOU!!!!
katjojo Feb 20, 2007	Good job!!
bradon182001 Feb 20, 2007	Have to agree with my comment of a year ago. I still like this teaser.
campfirecutie Feb 20, 2007	Great teaser even though I wasn't able to get #2!! Keep them coming!!
tpkarth Feb 20, 2007	good one
Pizzazz2u Feb 20, 2007	This is still an Awesome teaser. It will get your mind working and it is a fun one. Keep up the terrific work!
wordmama Feb 20, 2007	First of all, and most importantly: Fishmed, great job!! Really enjoyed this. I see I was not alone in getting 1st & 3rd easily and not getting the middle one (couldn't get off 'eased' the pain!) Secondly, who the heck is supervising this site??? That entire exchange from besa and halfscott should have been deleted--it was disgusting and not what this site is about; there are plenty of other places on line for talk like that (so I hear). Could it please not be here?!
scallio Feb 20, 2007	Good one. I was unable to solve the last; kept looking for military titles. Elected officials didn't occur to me!
auntiesis Feb 20, 2007	Not too difficult, but I enjoyed it. The 2nd one gave me a little trouble. I thought of manage, ease, control, and finally lessen. Just hard enough to be interesting. Thanks, I'll be looking for more
I_Write_Books Feb 20, 2007	Enjoyable teaser! I got the first one quickly so I didn't take enough time to try to figure out the second two! Great teaser all the same!
jamy400 Feb 20, 2007	A little challenging but ok.I only got the first one right.But attempted all.
donfrench Feb 20, 2007	And I though that his math tutor couldn't tolerate a trout!
Aarghonauts Feb 20, 2007	excellent anagrams a lot more challenging than the usual stop/spot/pots/tops/opts things
breathesunshine Feb 20, 2007	Fun stuff! Like most others I got #'s 1 & 3.
galaxynova Feb 20, 2007	gave it to the academic decathlon team - we got 1 and 3 but totally spaced on 2! good one!!!
grams60 Feb 21, 2007	lots of fun it gets the old grey cells working keep up the good work.....
speedqueenkmw Feb 21, 2007	got 1 & 3 also. great job
notsosmart111 Feb 21, 2007	I like it!
Qrystal Mar 07, 2007	Niiiiiiice!! I too was stumped on 2. tutor and trout! ROFL!!!! cured and crude! awesome!!! Great teaser, easy and challenging depending on which part of it you're doing!
luckysarat Feb 20, 2010	gr8 teaser, could only manage 1st and 3rd
doehead Feb 20, 2010	On the semi-easy side. But still good.
auntiesis Feb 20, 2010	I had forgotten this one, but I still like it. Not too easy, not too hard. Thanks.
TallTimber Feb 20, 2010	Easy but fun.
patiencewithaP Feb 20, 2010	Didn't get number 2...great teaser!
Babe Feb 20, 2013	I was not looking for a political person in the last one, but a military man so missed that one. Nice teaser.
cutebug Feb 20, 2013	Very nice,got them all.
HABS2933 Feb 20, 2013	Easy but enjoyable
clgraham0459 Feb 20, 2013	Although not a perfect grammatical match as the answer given, I can see that the second one could also use the words cured and crude.