Saturday, April 19, 2014

THE PUZZLE CORNER: APRIL 19, 2014

HOPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!
To celebrate, we have a special quiz for you!
Every answer to the clues below, while something Easter related, is also an everyday phrase or
eggs-pression.
Ready?

01. To urge into action
02. Brianiac
03. Fail
04. Embarassment
05. Tread carefully
06. Dependent upon just one thing?
07. Savings
08. Overcome shyness

We'll reveal all next weekend. Meanwhile, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the April 12, 2014 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
While everybody within the subsets below are the scoreboard designation for specific baseball teams, each group also has something else in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {LAD, OAK, PIT, SEA} All are also normal words
02. {ARI, MIA, TEX} All are also people's (nick)names
03. {DET, MIN} Both are also abbreviations of real words: detective and minimum, respectively.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in BASEBALL?
There's more than you think.


A, abs, able, ale(s), all, as
Babe(s), bale(s) ball(s), base, be, bell(s)
Ebb(s)
Lab(s), label(s), lea(s)
Sable, sale, sea, seal, sell

More than the 30 listed above might be possible.

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