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Go With the Flow 10
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For each of the following, use the clue words to help you find three words that are linked to each other through their last two letters and first two letters of the subsequent word.
The 1st word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 2nd word, and the 2nd word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 3rd word.
Example: exchange / exit / come back Answer: traDE / DEpartuRE / REturn
1. do this to the wagons / injury / burdensome
2. fingers / big wave / important task
3. water disturbance / draw the curtain first / wear away
4. bright / mistake / not copied
The 1st word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 2nd word, and the 2nd word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 3rd word.
Example: exchange / exit / come back Answer: traDE / DEpartuRE / REturn
1. do this to the wagons / injury / burdensome
2. fingers / big wave / important task
3. water disturbance / draw the curtain first / wear away
4. bright / mistake / not copied
Answer
1. circle / lesion / onerous2. digits / tsunami / mission
3. splash / shower / erode
4. clever / error / original
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Pretty good, but "draw the curtain first" for shower was not the best choice, imho. The rest are definitions, so why go with a crossword puzzle-style clue for just one of the 12? And I had "lighter" for bright in the last one. Still works.
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