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Behead 8
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. Middle -> Go into; to type
2. Tool for cutting grooves -> External, exterior
3. Care for -> Stop; discontinue
4. Exploiting -> Make melodious sounds
5. Talk indistinctly -> Talk
6. Pig noise -> Writing fluid
7. Book leaf; errand boy -> Grow older
8. Name one by one -> Represent numbers by symbols
Bonus: Take the eight beheaded letters and form a one-word anagram; you will find a machine.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Middle -> Go into; to type
2. Tool for cutting grooves -> External, exterior
3. Care for -> Stop; discontinue
4. Exploiting -> Make melodious sounds
5. Talk indistinctly -> Talk
6. Pig noise -> Writing fluid
7. Book leaf; errand boy -> Grow older
8. Name one by one -> Represent numbers by symbols
Bonus: Take the eight beheaded letters and form a one-word anagram; you will find a machine.
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. E
2. O
3. E
4. S
5. U
6. I
7. A
8. N
Bonus: Several of the answer words are related to this type of machine.
Answer
1. Center -> Enter2. Router -> Outer
3. Tend -> End
4. Using -> Sing
5. Mutter -> Utter
6. Oink -> Ink
7. Page -> Age
8. Enumerate -> Numerate
Bonus: COMPUTER
"Enter" and "End" are two computer keyboard keys; "Page" is found on "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys. A "Router" is a computer network device. Computers can "Enumerate" (count) very fast.
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