In a multi-story structure, an elegant ascent
In an aerial excursion, I'm a fatal descent
I travel the field in a major-league sporting event

What am I?


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I hold a companion for a brick
A bonding agent once dry
At an assembly academic
I'll be tossed toward the sky

What am I?


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Country Anagrams

The following are anagrams of countries. Can you decipher all of them?

1. Glib Emu
2. Neat Grain
3. Age Lens
4. Dark Men
5. Serial


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Hit. Der.

What is represented by the following?


Hit. Der.


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Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. ally, range, light, vent, rope
2. lake, round, raft, error, fact
3. wing, mount, right, motion, ____


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Should a mystery arrive, then to learn do I strive
Should you change my first, into anger do I burst

What are we?


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For each item below, construct the answer word which has been fragmented, by joining/adding together its "fragment" words which are the smaller words you must figure out from the clues provided.

The hint gives the respective number of letters in each "fragment" word, and the number of letters in each answer word (shown in brackets).

Example: rectangular block + advance/profit Hint: 3 letters + 4 letters (= 7 letters) Answer: bargain (bar + gain)


1) block + man of honour
2) writing instrument + canticle
3) forehead + express a melody
4) musical group + length of existence
5) males + high card
6) at that place + front


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Complete the sentences below so that they make sense, by filling in the blanks of each sentence with two words which are anagrams of each other.

For example, given the sentence:

"Rachel originally planned to buy an apple, but found a bargain and bought a _____ instead, because it was fresh and _____.",

the two words would be "peach" and "cheap" respectively.


1. The dog approached the fire hydrant and lifted its hind leg, but just before being able to initiate a _____, its _____ yanked its leash in order to keep moving forward.

2. After hearing the banging _____ for three hours, they pleaded with the protesters to _____.

3. The bus _____ brought along her umbrella due to the rain, but was hoping that _____ weather would be on the way soon.

4. As he noticed that dinner time was about to _____ up, he hastily prepared to fry a _____.


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For each of the following, find a word that may be placed in front of each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. The resulting "binary" words may be singular (possibly hyphenated), or phrasal (i.e. the two component words are separated by a space) in construction.

For example, given: "light, rise, tide", you would need to find the word "high", which, when placed in front of these words, results in the three new valid words: "highlight", "high-rise", and "high tide" respectively.


1. line, post, tender
2. room, rack, tails
3. service, stick, sync
4. on, light, check


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My first is of a physical dimension
My second is to browse with transactional intention
My whole facilitates vehicular retention

What am I?


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For each of the following, find a word that may be placed in front of each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. The resulting "binary" words may be singular (possibly hyphenated), or phrasal (i.e. the two component words are separated by a space) in construction.

For example, given: "light, rise, tide", you would need to find the word "high", which, when placed in front of these words, results in the three new valid words: "highlight", "high-rise", and "high tide" respectively.


1. eye, school, property
2. drive, point, flood
3. house, guard, area
4. found, bell, waiter


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I'm not some kind of villain or jerk
But I like to do your dirty work

Whenever numbered arrows apply
My brothers should assist you, not I

Despite attending you faithfully
Soon you will take everything from me

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What number comes next in this sequence?

2088, 2092, 2096, ____


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Not Blue, but Green Is the Sky

My rings tell such a story
Of years past with gracious glory
Where I live is where I stay
From that spot I cannot stray
From my home man taketh me
So they can erect another home, you see
Many others bore into my sides
These things that crawl and things that glide
I weep with beauty or stand with grace
Every year I shed myself to nourish my place

What am I?


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Kangaroo Words 1

Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order.

Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion

See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words:
1. exists
2. deceased
3. barren
4. precipitation
5. prematurely

See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word:
6. feasted


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What Do They Say?

The following pairs of words can be unscrambled to make two words that go together, like "this & that." All pairs follow the same theme. Can you determine what they say?


DARK BOG = ______ + ______
COW MEAT = ______ + ______
ASHES SINK = ______ + ______
BRANDY YOKE = ______ + ______


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Riddle Me Not

I can be huge.
Or unusually small.
Kids use me daily.
Makes tales that are tall.

I can be real.
Or just a nice dream.
If you just use this thing.
Real - anything could seem.

I could be a monster.
Or an invention of times.
You can use me to think of ideas.
Or plot out huge crimes.

Without me, you're dull.
Just don't even try.
I just have one more thing left.
Do you know who am I?


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Yard By Yard

Blade to blade I always win,
My foe laid low and even.
Yard by yard through thick and thin,
I'm busiest in season.


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What Can You Make of This?

What phrase does this rebus represent?

H
HI
HIS
HIST
HISTO
HISTOR
HISTORY


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Crocodile Attack

Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?


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