The Puzzle
“Off with the heads” cried the Queen of Hearts, but Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carrol, together they converted it into a beheading of Words.
Select a synonym for the 1st clue . Then remove the 1st letter to get a synonym for the 2nd clue.
The number of letters before and after the chop is given in brackets
Example
1. Off with the head of “group in school” & get “a girl” (5,4)Ans: CLASS, LASS
2. Off with the head of “minimum” & get “ a direction” (5,4)
Ans: LEAST, EAST
3. Off with the head of “massacre” & get “ expression of joy” (9,8)
Ans: SLAUGHTER, LAUGHTER
Start
1. Off with the head of “pure” & get “ hurry” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
2. Off with the head of “sameness” & get “ parameter” (8,7) Login to Reveal Answer
3. Off with the head of “a swelling on the big toe” for a “ a wedding” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
4. Off with the head of “sending a communication” & “not well” (7,6) Login to Reveal Answer
5. Off with the head of “Nearer” to becoming an “also ran” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
6. Off with the head of “identify a rank” becomes “rot” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
7. Off with the head of “loiter” to get a “of the weasel family” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
8. Off with the head of “boasting” to go “punting” (7,6) Login to Reveal Answer
9. Off with the head of “mixer” & get “Shylock” (7,6) Login to Reveal Answer
10. Off with the head of “snugger & more comfortable” & get “ a reed” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
11. Off with the head ‘called” & get ‘sharpened” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
12. Off with the head of “the very beginning” & get “ a climb” (7,6) Login to Reveal Answer
13. Off with the head of ‘ an ivy” to get ‘lissome” (7,6) Login to Reveal Answer
14. Off with the head of “slick” and get an “onion like plant” (5,4) Login to Reveal Answer
15. Off with the head of “landed gentry” for the “sheets of paper” (6,5) Login to Reveal Answer
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