Only the United States (in November) and Canada (in October) celebrate the concept of Thanksgiving.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate things have at least one word in common and can be combined to form something new.
Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
Mister Toad goes to Tara.
TRIVIA TIME
Actress Florence Henderson will probably be remembered best as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, but who was actually first offered the role?
We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the November 19, 2016 Puzzle Corner.
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims.
THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in the word THANKSGIVING?
A, aging, ah, akin, an, angst, as, at
Gag(s), gain(s), giant(s), gas, gat(s) <old 1930's slang for guns>, gig(s), gin(s), gist, git(s) <Hillbilly slang for scram/get>, giving
Hag(s), haggis <a Scottish delicacy>, hang(s), has, hat(s), having, hi <short form of "hello">, hiking, hint(s), hit(s)
I, ink(s), in(s), inn(s), is, it, its
Kin, king(s), kit(s), knight(s), knit(s)
Nag(s), nigh, night(s)
Sag, saint, sank, sat, saving, shag <a type of carpeting>, sight, sighting, sign, signing, sink, sinking, sin, shin, shining, sit, skin, skit, snag, snit, stag, staging, stain, staining, stank, sting, stinging, stink, stinking
Tag(s), tan(s), tank(s), than, thank(s), thin(s), thing(s), think(s), this, tin
Vain, vat(s), visit, Viking(s), (AND) vista.
Other words besides the 117 above might be possible.
But IV (the medical term) didn’t count because it’s an abbreviation. The Roman numerals II and IV are debatable, but the cuss word for human waste was not listed since this is a family oriented E-zine.
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