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Curtail R
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. Measuring stick -> Law
2. Prophet; visionary -> To perceive
3. Rip; pull apart -> Beverage
4. Topic; anything with mass and volume -> Not glossy; flat
5. Moon depression -> Large box
6. One who digs for ore -> Belonging to me
7. Police person -> Place of work
8. Vocalist -> Scorch; burn superficially
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Measuring stick -> Law
2. Prophet; visionary -> To perceive
3. Rip; pull apart -> Beverage
4. Topic; anything with mass and volume -> Not glossy; flat
5. Moon depression -> Large box
6. One who digs for ore -> Belonging to me
7. Police person -> Place of work
8. Vocalist -> Scorch; burn superficially
Hint
The words start with these letters:1. R
2. S
3. T
4. M
5. C
6. M
7. O
8. S
Answer
1. Ruler -> Rule2. Seer -> See
3. Tear -> Tea
4. Matter -> Matte
5. Crater -> Crate
6. Miner -> Mine
7. Officer -> Office
8. Singer -> Singe
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Woot, I got them all right.
Great teaser.
Great teaser.
missed #7 guess I should have looked at the hint. Good teaser. thanks
Enjoyed it. Just what I needed to start the day -- the teaser and two cups of java. #4 and #5 made me think a bit, but the rest was pretty easy. I don't mind easy now and then at all. It still stretches my brain some.
Nice easy one to start my day.
Needed the hint to get #4, but got them all! While the premise might be easy, I still had to think a tiny bit, which is perfect for first thing in the morning! This was actually pretty perfect!
Shows how much before coffee it is--I hate being redundant, and I used perfect twice in a row. Obviously, I myself am not perfect!
I love it! Needed the hint for #2...and it still took me a while. Great job!
Fun teaser. Enjoyed it.
Easy, but enjoyable.
Cool I got them right(with help from my friends)Cool teaser.
did not get it. still don't get it. are you just supposed to take away the 'r' in each word??
-confused me
-confused me
Great Teaser. Only One correct, but I got the jits of the matter.
To hubbamutt777 you are supposed to take off the letter at the end of the first word and then you get the second word, for example, tear, you take off the r and you have a beverage, tea. Hope that helps!
very fun teaser
i did surprisingly well
i did surprisingly well
No comment!
Too easy today!
Had to use the hint for #4 , otherwise easy & fun
I could only think of "sever" for the third clue, but that led me to "seve," which refers to the taste and body of a wine, so that could be considered an alternate answer.
Sorry Marc, I found this teaser 2 ezy, even without the hint!
Yes, too easy. Others were much better.
Needed the hint for '2'- enjoyed the whole thing immensely
Easy teasy. But, reading through the comments it was apparently challenging enough not to be trivial. Makes up for all the teasers people get right away that utterly stump me.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got 7/8 easily without the hint and one (#4) very quickly with the hint.
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