1.

FRESCORER (8*2 + 5):

Find the three letters that make two words: one each with the letters preceding
and succeeding the blanks.
1. Man _ _ _ bil GER
2. Ty _ _ _ lar PED
3. Spo _ _ _ ful USE
4. Pon _ _ _ ide DER
5. Sp _ _ _ ine ERM
6. Wai _ _ _ dant VER
7. Coi _ _ _ eid NER
8. Int _ _ _ fold ONE

2. Spoonerisms (3*5 + 5)
Swap two syllables in one phrase to give the other one.
1. Roald’s Poultry (5,8) | Victorian Writer (7,7) DAHL’S CHICKENS,
CHARLES DICKENS
2. Jacuzzi (3,3) | Maternity Ward (3,3) HOT TUB, TOT HUB
3. Bow down (3,3) | Surrender (3,2) GET LOW, LET GO
4. Wandering groups (7,5) | Tiny aves (12) BUMMING HERDS,
HUMMINGBIRDS
5. Coarse Opinion (5,4) | Strong Garden Tool (5,4) ROUGH TAKE, TOUGH
RAKE

3. XYZs (9*2 + 5)
9 words in total, with their definition given next to them. All of them share three
unknown letters (denoted by XYZ) in the same order.
1. X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Paraffins) ACETYLENES
2. _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ (A deep cut) LACERATION
3. _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ (Reconciliator) PEACEMAKER
4. _ _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ (Contiguous) ADJACENTLY
5. _ _ _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ (Clumsy) UNGRACEFUL
6. _ _ _ _ _X Y Z _ _ (Self-Approving) COMPLACENT
7. _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y Z _ (Emerges again) RESURFACES
8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y Z (Electronic Medium) CYBERSPACE
9. Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y (Self Centered Person) EGOMANIAC
10. Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ X (part of the brain [plural]) CEREBELLA
4. Homophones (2*5+3) :
Fill in the pairs of blanks in the sentence with words that are homophones of
each other. No part points for getting only one blank out of two.

1. Ever since the restaurant owner treated those _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8) to a

meal, his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) started going through the roof. PROPHETS,
PROFITS
2. When Orpheus turned back, breaking his promise; he was punished for
being a _ _ _ _ (4), having his favourite _ _ _ _ (4) torn from his hands.
LIAR, LYRE
3. When visited by the enlistment officer, the vagabond decided he would
beg for _ _ _ _ (4) no longer, and take up _ _ _ _ (4) instead. ALMS, ARMS
4. While being in the lead for the first 10 _ _ _ _ (4) of the race, a momentary
_ _ _ _ _ (5) in judgement pushed Vettel to second. LAPS LAPSE
5. It was truly pointless being the _ _ _ _ _ (5) of the godforsaken land,
which was _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) all year round. BARON, BARREN

5. Addagrams (3*6+4)
Fill in the blanks. Each word of length x is made up of the same letters as the
word of length x-1 + one more letter. That is, the 4-letter word will be an
anagram of the three letter word plus another letter (eg. ale, leap, plead,
plated and so on). Your job is to find all the words.

When Karthi challenged Tejas to a game of _ _ _ _ _ (5), he didn’t expect to

lose, because he’d mastered the _ _ _ (3) of the game. He knew even if Tejas
tried his _ _ _ _ _ _ (7), he couldn’t be the _ _ _ _ (4) that he was at the game.
Unsurprisingly though, on viewing the message written on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8)
paper, Tejas _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) at it for a second before tossing it in the bin and
carrying on with his convenor duties.

When Karthi challenged Tejas to a game of DARTS (5), he didn’t expect to

lose, because he’d mastered the ART (3) of the game. He knew even if Tejas
tried his HARDEST (7), he couldn’t be the STAR (4) that he was at the game.
Unsurprisingly though, on viewing the message written on the STARCHED
(8) paper, Tejas STARED (6) at it blankly for a second, before tossing it in the
bin and carrying on with his convenor duties.
 6. Word Square (3*6 + 5):
 6 words: n-th word written in the n-th row and n-th column, across and down
 

P A S C A L

A C T I V E

S T A G E S

C I G A R S

A V E R S E

L E S S E N

1.     SI Unit (6)

2.     Spry (6)

3.     Junctures (6)

4.     Cubans or Bolivars, say? (6)

5.     Against (6)

6.      Mitigate (6)

 
7.   Rotagram (13 or nothing): 
 

S R S I U O P O L E O L C

U I H Q Q I V L S A Z E Y

T C E N N U I R R I N O R

M N A U Z D E H C T L I D

 
 

S C H I Z O P H R E N I C

U N E Q U I V O C A L L Y

T R A N Q U I L L I Z E R

M I S U N D E R S T O O D

8. Rebus Puzzles! (5*2+3)

   

SKATING OVER THIN ICE

PAINLESS OPERATION

TOO GOOD FOR

ME

I OVERATE TODAY

METAPHOR