Saturday, November 4, 2017

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 4, 2017

FUN FACT
Mountain Lions can whistle! They don’t know any tunes though, but still...

COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {The Marx Brothers, Queen}
02. {Puff, Smaug}

RHYME TIME
The clue to something is below, but no matter what your answer is, every word within it must rhyme. Ready?

Nocturnal viewing aid?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the October 28, 2017 Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
What was the first liquid laundry detergent?
Wisk, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary before the manufacturer suddenly replaced it with Persil for some unknown reason(s).

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you make out of the letters in HALLOWEEN?

A, all, allow, an, awl
Eel, ell, eon
Ha, hall, hallow, heal, he, heel, hell, hello, how
Law, lawn, lea, lean, low
No, Noel (as a season, not a name), now
Oh, on, owl
Wall, we, wean, wee, well, well, (and) who.

More than the 35 listed above might be possible.

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