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Behead 19
When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Shut -> Misplace; fail
2. Open -> Glass container
3. Unusual; lightly cooked -> They exist
4. Prevent from spoiling -> Holding back
5. Broken glass -> Unyielding
6. Dampen; cushion -> Frequent
7. One who leases -> Go into
8. Leave one's country -> Move seasonally
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Shut -> Misplace; fail
2. Open -> Glass container
3. Unusual; lightly cooked -> They exist
4. Prevent from spoiling -> Holding back
5. Broken glass -> Unyielding
6. Dampen; cushion -> Frequent
7. One who leases -> Go into
8. Leave one's country -> Move seasonally
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. L
2. J
3. A
4. R
5. H
6. O
7. E
8. M
Answer
1. Close -> Lose2. Ajar -> Jar
3. Rare -> Are
4. Preserve -> Reserve
5. Shard -> Hard
6. Soften -> Often
7. Renter - > Enter
8. Emigrate -> Migrate
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Nice easy teaser.
P.S
A special hello to G. W. from Mich.
A special hello to G. W. from Mich.
Good teaser! and a special reply to K from PA!
cool - love these teasers.
Well done. Love these teasers.
A great teaser as usual Marc. Missed Preserve/Reserve but got the rest
Nice one, fairly easy but fun. Thanks.
Ajar actually means "slightly" open. Fun though.
How nice to be first and not have to read others. Some others.
This was a fun teaser , but I missed two which is not too bad. Thanks for posting this one.
This was a fun teaser , but I missed two which is not too bad. Thanks for posting this one.
Here is my comment on the teaser:
Other "beheaded" teasers have come pretty easy to me, this one proved to be a bit more difficult. Nicely done.
Other "beheaded" teasers have come pretty easy to me, this one proved to be a bit more difficult. Nicely done.
Though I enjoy all the Behead series, these ones, in which each answer begins with a different letter are much more challenging than your alphabetical series. Both are great, but I prefer the challenge.
six got me, but all in all fun!
Fun and easy. 8/8
Missed preserve/reserve completely. Got shard/hard with the hint. The other 6 easily on my own. Fun!
Liked this one, missed #4 & 6, got the rest okay. Had fun anyway.
Fun, enjoyable and easy teaser to start the day. Got them all.
I was convinced #3 had to do with aliens! Couldn't get it out of my head! And the hint of "A" sure didn't help!
Fun teaser - I got some, missed some others. Good mix!
Fun teaser - I got some, missed some others. Good mix!
A little too easy for me, sorry!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I breezed right thru it and got them all just like I did three years ago.
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