Puzzler Page – Issue 48

by Garrick Stubblefield

Hello all and I hope you all have been having fun with the puzzles I’ve been doing for you and the chronicle. It has been a very good experience for me to do them because if you remember all these puzzles are coming from my head. I’m excited to introduce you to a couple of new ones. I will continue to put you in the thinking mode. If you’re interested in getting a whole series of them please contact me by phone and leave a message. My number is 269-256-0547. My proceeds go as follows: 40% goes to the chronicle 40% goes to our local veterans and 20% goes to offset the supply cost. 1-$1.50 / 3-$4 / 6-$7.50 / 12-$10. Also if you can text me at this number and give me your feedback. I will continue to make these puzzles for you to enjoy. Thank you for the support.

Puzzler Page

PUZZLE 1 – REDUCING THE WORD

Instructions:
- You’ll be given a 3, 4, 5, or 6 letter word.
- The object of the puzzle is to remove one letter each step, making a new word each time.
- After a letter is removed you cannot reuse it.
- Abbreviations do count. As in the English dictionary, there are 2 letter words that count, such as PI, AR, KA, KI, ER; however acronyms do not count.
- You may rearrange the letters each step to create your new word.

Words:

6 Letter –
- SCREAM

5 Letter –
- SMART

4 Letter –
- TART

3 Letter –
- ARK

As this puzzle could have many answers, you can email your possible answers to Garrick at garrickstubblefield@gmail.com. He will check and respond as quickly as he can. One possible set of answers is on Page 2 – Puzzles Answer Page.

PUZZLE 2 – KNOWING YOUR STATES AND CAPITALS

Instructions:
- Riddles below are clues to State or Capital names.

Clues:
- STATES:
  - This State may carry a special METAL to complete it and make steel: ______ .
- CAPITALS:
  - This Capital may host “The Masters” in PGA Golf, but in the wrong state: _______ .

PUZZLE 3 – CRACK THE CODE

Instructions:
- Beginning with a given three digit number, you will follow along each step and end with a different three digit number as your answer.
Code:

281

CHANGE THE 1 TO A 7;
CHANGE THE 2 TO A 3;
CHANGE THE 8 TO A 1;
THE FINAL 3 DIGIT CODE IS: The Date is very green and celebrated as St Patrick’s Day.

PUZZLE 4 – WORDS IN A QUOTE

Instructions:
- See if you can find the 4-letter words I found:
  - 3-4 you’re doing good
  - 5-6 catching up to me
  - 7-more fantastic
Quote:
- TURN AROUND AND WALK THE OTHER WAY

5-Letter Words:

4-Letter Words:

3-Letter Words:

PUZZLE 5 – WORD WITHIN A QUOTE OR MOVIE TITLE WITH CLUES

Quote:
- Quote: BEETLEJUICE
Clues:

This CRITTER likes to make us HONEY: _ _ _ .
You can press FRUITS to make _ _ _ _ _ .
There is a VEGETABLE in this movie: _ _ _ _ .
You can FLY in one of these: _ _ _ .
When you SMILE someone might say you have a _ _ _ _ SMILE.

PUZZLE 6 – ANAGRAM WORDS

Instructions:
- Simply rearrange the provided word to make another word or words.
  - Examples: car ~ arc, rate ~ tear
Clues:
- ART ~ _ _ _
- READ ~ _ _ _ _
- RELAY ~ _ _ _ _ _
- SNIPER ~ _ _ _ _ _ _
- TRASHED ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

PUZZLE 7 – ANIMAL COLLECTIONS

Instructions:
- Do you know the collective noun for each animal when its in a group?
  - Examples: PRIDE of lions, GAGGLE of geese
Clues:
- G _ _ G of ELK
- B _ _ I N _ _ _ of FERRETS
- _ K _ _ K of FOXES

PUZZLE 8 – BOXGRAM

Instructions:
- Fill the shaded boxes to complete all the answers that go with the clue.
- We’ve given you the beginning letters of each answer.
Clue: TYPES OF PASTA. (find 10 words)

Thank you for playing along with our puzzles in this issue!

Follow to Page 2 next for all the Answers!

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