Newsletter Teasers and Answers

7 November 2024 Teaser – “Swinging States”

Can you identify the following US state names from the cryptic clues? (Hint: it helps if you say the state names out loud!)

  1. Just add Fried Chicken. (8)
  2. What you might hear if someone needs to check with their mum. (6)
  3. The most important state? (5) 
  4. I haven’t seen that woollen garment before! (3,6)
  5. Sounds like the Stephen King book with the crazed fan. (8)
  6. Sick and disturbing? (8)
  7. 1000kgs of laundry! (10)
  8. The view at Wimbledon? (9)
  9. Isn’t that usually just called a causeway? (5,6)
  10. Saying thanks to a female sheep. (4)
  11. Sounds like a lead-based vampire. (12)

How did you go? Some of these were tricky!

  1. Just add Fried Chicken. (8) KENTUCKY
  2. What you might hear if someone needs to check with their mum. (6) ALASKA
  3. The most important state? (5) MAINE
  4. I haven’t seen that woollen garment before! (3,6) NEW JERSEY
  5. Sounds like the Stephen King book with the crazed fan. (8) MISSOURI
  6. Sick and disturbing? (8) ILLINOIS
  7. 1000kgs of laundry! (10) WASHINGTON
  8. The view at Wimbledon? (9) TENNESSEE
  9. Isn’t that usually just called a causeway? (5,6) RHODE ISLAND
  10. Saying thanks to a female sheep. (4) UTAH
  11. Sounds like a lead-based vampire. (12) PENNSYLVANIA

 

31 October 2024 Teaser – “Scare tactics”

Can you unscramble the following Halloween-themed words?

  1. KYPOSO
  2. EUTSMOC
  3. LEEKSNOT
  4. MINKUPP
  5. THOGS
  6. ROCKIMOBST
  7. PRAVEMI
  8. LARDONUC
  9. BIZMOE
  10. VADRYAGER
  11. MARSEC

Did this puzzle scare you? Here are the answers!

  1. SPOOKY
  2. COSTUME
  3. SKELETON
  4. PUMPKIN
  5. GHOST
  6. BROOMSTICK
  7. VAMPIRE
  8. CAULDRON
  9. ZOMBIE
  10. GRAVEYARD
  11. SCREAM

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