h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Add words to make new words (clue - the missing words are all related)

fr*****ed
an***na
pu****ss
pi***er

freighted
antenna
puniness
pioneer

Thanks for the clue

Probably not really the right question here, but can't think of anything else so quickly
Which vegetable is the odd one out and why ?

potato, tomato, eggplant, pumpkin ?

I think it's pumpkin, as it's not a member of the potato family.

Then again, it could be potato, which grows underground - but I prefer the first one.

Pumpkin is correct, as it doesn't belong to the solanum plants.

Add words to make new words (clue - the missing words are all related)

di***ns
br***rs
lic***s
out***s
s***led

sow,ewe,hen,doe,cow.

-Double acrostic-
The acrostic is a short poem in which, by taking the initial letter of each line in sequence, a name or sentence is formed(also in riddle form a rebus).
The -double acrostic- is a riddle(double rebus), the initial and final letters of a word or words selected making two names or two words.
The usual plan is first to suggest the foundation words, and then to describe the separate words, whose initials and finals furnish the answer to the question!

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A party to charm the young and erratic-But likely to frighten the old and rheumatic.

1.The carriage in which the fair visitants came;
2.A very old tribe with a very old name;
3.A brave Prince of Wales free from scandal or shame.

Three clues mean a 6 lettered word is required, what is the word?

Oh, I know! It's Picnic!

A new one:

Add words to make new words (hint: all the missing words are synonyms)

miss****
red****s
ma****gs
c****ing
****outs

missPELT
redSKINs
maSKINgs
cLASHing
BLOWouts

I'm looking for a four letter word.

The first two letters make words if placed before ASH, OATS and AT

The second two letters make words before TEN, RING, STERN

Hi Puzzler.

Yours is FLEA

You got two of mine:

missPELT
red****s
maSKINgs
c****ing
****outs

I'll throw it open again...

cHAIRing ?

HIDEouts ?

Correct!

One to go - entertainers in a holiday camp...

Coat

I thought a redcoat was a soldier

Quite appropriate for Butlins, some would say. The razor wire is intended to keep the holidaymakers in.

Redcoats is correct - over to you ...

a word chain.

The idea is to change one letter at a timE making a new word at each step.

COST
----
----
----
LESS
----
----
DEAR


Just to get the thread moving again.

Are we allowed proper names?

COST-LOST-LEST-LESS-LEAS-LEAR-DEAR

If that's OK, then

Here's an easier one - complete these words with mammals:

1. re***es
2. va***ed
3. di***rs
4. am***es
5. ma***ms
6. de***ds
7. wh***ed

What about LEES, DEER,DEAR?

I actually had your version written down; there was another alternative in the first section as well, Lest and loss are interchangeable.

do your *** indicate word length, Icy?

Hi puzzler, they have done so far, so I guess the answer is yes

How many have you solved, B'Elana? I've only managed No. 2.

To be honest, I haven't really looked yet, but #3 is diAPErs