26 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES | may 2019
WORDPLAY
SIX LETTERS, SEVEN WORDS
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with the other letters remaining in the same order. For example, dropping the
first, third, or fourth letter of LAMP results in the words AMP, LAP, or LAM,
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common four-letter words, which appear when its first and fifth, second and
fifth, fourth and fifth, or fourth and sixth letters are dropped.
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- amusement park
sight - endure
- part of a roof
- place of
confinement- type of cheese
- wedding sight
- well-known game
Can you name the word?
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TEASERS
PRIME CHOICES
When you fill in each box in the grid
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and three-digit numbers in the rows
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way to fill in the grid so that the
following statements are all true?
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is used once. - 2SRYQFIVFIKMRW[MXL
- 7IZIRSJXLIIMKLXRYQFIVWEVI
prime; the number that is not
prime reads across. - One of the numbers is the sum
of two of the others.
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WORDPLAY
STARTS & ENDS WITH...
All SJXLIERW[IVWXSXLIGPYIWFIPS[WXEVXERHIRH[MXLXLIWEQIPIXXIV8LI
number of letters in the answer appears in parentheses after each clue. Got it?
Now get to it!
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MAPPIT
BORDERLINES
- The Connecticut River forms the entire border
between which two states? - The Colorado River forms the entire border
between which X[SWXEXIW#ɸ - The St. Lawrence River forms part of the border
of which state? - The Rio Grande River forms part of the border
between which two states? - Colorado and Wyoming have straight north-
south borders that form right angles with
their straight east-west borders. What state’s
border includes two straight northeast-
southwest sections that form right angles
with a straight northwest-southeast section?
6. Which state includes paVXSJETIRMRWYPEXLEXI\GITXJSVEJMZIQMPIPSRK
bridge, would require driving through three other states to reach by car?
7. ;LMGLWXEXIMRGPYHIWTEVXSJETIRMRWYPEXLEXI\GITXJSVEQMPIPSRK
bridge-tunnel, would require driving through one other state to reach
by car?
8. To travel from the Kentucky Bend to the rest of Kentucky, what other state
would you pass over if you were a bird taking a direct route, and what
different other state would you have to go through to avoid crossing water?
9. Which state’s “Northwest Angle” can only be reached from the rest of the
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10. Which state’s Point Roberts can only be reached from the rest of the state
by going over Boundary Bay or going through Canada?
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