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Behead 7
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. Delayed -> Delighted
2. Dresses -> Possesses
3. Duplicate -> Solitary
4. Contemplated -> Employed
5. Useless -> Useful
6. Falling behind -> Feature to prevent falling
7. Holds waste water -> Holds drinking water
8. Poke with a stick -> A pole or stick
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Delayed -> Delighted
2. Dresses -> Possesses
3. Duplicate -> Solitary
4. Contemplated -> Employed
5. Useless -> Useful
6. Falling behind -> Feature to prevent falling
7. Holds waste water -> Holds drinking water
8. Poke with a stick -> A pole or stick
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. E
2. O
3. L
4. U
5. U
6. R
7. E
8. R
Answer
1. Belated -> Elated2. Gowns -> Owns
3. Clone -> Lone
4. Mused -> Used
5. Futile -> Utile
6. Trailing -> Railing
7. Sewer -> Ewer
8. Prod -> Rod
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Either that puzzle was harder than usual, or I'm just particularly stupid this morning. 2:30 AM, no coffee yet, not enough sleep, and the morning after St. Patrick's Day -- maybe not my time to shine. Great puzzle, though Thanks.
craniac, you must be having a bad morning. I thought it was on the easy side,
fun, but i did have to peek at the hint for some help. it all came together for me then
Nice, these were a bit tough. I couldn't get numbers 4 and 5, even after looking at the hint.
I think thiss is the hardest one I've worked on in quite a while. Good job.
I did not like it as I thought the words were too hard to guess another meaning. I am usually pretty good at these, but these were a bit beyond me. Sorry!
Somehow I found this pretty easy and with only 1 cup of coffee, too.
I had and discarded "sewer-ewer" because I didn't realize what ewer was. Good teaser though. Clear directions, and clever, elegantly phrased clues. Enjoyable, thanks, MarcM1098.
Fantastic! So hard. I had no shot at utile or ewer. I needed the hint for three others. I loved the antonym pairs. This goes on my faves. Just wonderful.
Fun and entertaining teaser. I had to use the hint. It took awhile but I got them all.
Wow, those were tough! Very good, though.
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