Funny how “more cross words” and “more crosswords” can seem to be the same but are actually so diferrent.
In this article, clearly the words are good ones, not cross ones.
But to get your attention, I broke the word into two … after finding more words that I had to look up while doing the Sunday Boston Globe magazine crossword puzzle. And yes. Then “cross words” came into play! Even though the letters fit, I had no idea about the answers for some of clues.
So, let’s see how you fare in this word challenge. The words on the left are the answers that were in the crossword puzzle. The words on the right were the clues, but they’re all mixed up.
Which word goes with which clue?
UVULA………..set of stairs
HINNY…………impact sound
RIVE……………make fuzzy
STILE………….a performer
BLEAR………..part of the soft palate
MAAM…………offspring of a female donkey & a male horse
BLAM………….took too much
ODED………….elided title
BUSKER………tear apart
Ready for the answers?
UVULA………..part of the soft palate
HINNY…………offspring of a female donkey & a male horse
RIVE……………tear apart
STILE…………..a set of stairs
BLEAR…………make fuzzy
MAAM………….elided title
BLAM…………..impact sound
ODED…………..took too much
BUSKER………a performer
In case you’re not familiar with ODED, it’s usually written as OD’d or ODed. Overdosed. Yeah, I couldn’t figure it out for quite a while, either. I kept reading it as “o-ded,” which made NO sense. (That happens a lot when I do these puzzles.)
Yes. I had to look up “elided.” Not a word that I’ve seen much, maybe not ever.
And remember: you have something to work with: a list of possible answers. Also, there are certainly better definitions for some of the words, but that’s just another challenge for those of us who do the puzzles. Sometimes we know the word, but the definition isn’t exactly clear.
So, how did you do? Do you feel smarter … or not?