Clued In (Word Puzzles)

Anagram Pairs:

Instructions:

     Each answer is a pair of words that fit the given clue and pattern of spaces. The two words are anagrams of each other, meaning they have the same exact letters but in a different order. In the example, the answer is “quite quiet.”

Example:

     Unusually un-sound
     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

This Week's Puzzles:

     A: Count on her little at night
             ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___


     B: Water moccasin
             ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___


     C: They’re taut in high school
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     D: Threw part of the race
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     E: Places that call for tipping cows
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


Answers (highlight to reveal):

      A: Wee ewe
     B: Hose shoe
     C: Tense teens
     D: Hurled hurdle
     E: Holstein hotlines


Ban-Ana Splits:

Instructions:

     Each answer contains a three-word phrase that fits the given clue and pattern of spaces. The longest word in each answer has been split up and its letters rearranged to form the other two words. In the example, the answer is “toward war dot.”


Example:

     Headed for a period of strife
     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___

This Week's Puzzles:

     A: Allow one with a habit to really dig it
             ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

     B: Bad time to hold a cigar
             ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___


     C: Dumb notice for an opening position
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___


     D: Growing pains of hunger straits
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     E: Herb’s lover follows rosemary
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


Answers (highlight to reveal):


     A: Let nun tunnel
     B: Dim humidor hour
     C: Moron doorman ad
     D: Spreading dire pangs
     E: Specialist tails spice

Rhymes Square:

Instructions:

     Each answer is a pair of rhyming words that fits the given clue and pattern of spaces. In the example, the answer is “Therm term.”

Example:

     Condition of a heating unit
     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___


This Weeky's Puzzles:

    A: Fashion aftermath
             ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___


     B: Dead car, more like a lemon
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     C: Logs that you saw
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     D: Rite on the edge
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


     E: It will currently get you nowhere
             ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___     ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Answers (highlight to reveal):

     A: Make wake
     B: Worse hearse
     C: Slumber lumber
     D: Nervous service
     E: Battery flattery