A Conversation for Anagrammitis Extra
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Aug 29, 2005
Sorry, I hadn't had a look at them yet.
Calw
Calm
Talcum
Alcohol
Arty, can't you put a new quiz, please ?
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Artisan Posted Aug 29, 2005
Magic square!
*************
2 ? ?
? ? 1
? 3 ? 
Place the remaining numbers, 4-9, in the remaining six spaces(?'s)in such a way that the total of each row, column, and diagonal are the same.
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puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) Posted Aug 29, 2005
276
951
438
WE***ME
***LATE
***ATE
***G
Same 3 letters different order.
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Icy North Posted Sep 5, 2005
welcome, collate, locate, clog
Decode these:
1. bloeraodn
2. xzeinnocn
3. riardoonn
4. agroglodn
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Icy North Posted Sep 19, 2005
Hi Puzzler,
I've dropped a few big clues already, on the Q&A thread I think.
You have to decode each word into its basic elements.
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Icy North Posted Sep 20, 2005
OK, This one's been going for too long, so I'll post the solution:
Alternate letters of the four words spelled chemical elements:
boron lead
xenon zinc
radon iron
argon gold
We need a new puzzle, so let's throw it open to anyone....
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Icy North Posted Sep 21, 2005
OK I'll post one, then
Changing one letter at a time, can you get from FROG to TOAD.
To make it more difficult, I'm going to disallow colloquial abbreviations like "prog", "frag" and "trog". Simple words only...
FROG
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
TOAD
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 21, 2005
Well, my dictionary says 'trad' is a noun, so here goes:
Frog
Flog
Flop
Flap
Clap
Crap
Trap
Trad
Toad
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Icy North Posted Sep 22, 2005
Sorry, I didn't spot that you'd posted here.
Trad is a bit dodgy, but it's a recognised abbreviation for traditional jazz, so I'll let you have it. Crap is somewhat colloquial. Eight steps is good.
I had
frog
flog
flag
slag
slap
soap
soar
roar
road
toad
Over to you...
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 22, 2005
I wasn't sure about trad, but couldn't find any other way to get there 
change from wart to hive
wart
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
hive
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Icy North Posted Sep 22, 2005
wart
hart (deer)
hare
hire
hive
OK, try
love
XXXX
....
XXXX
hate
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 22, 2005
i thought as much
Love
dove
dive
hive
have
hate
New one:
play
xxxx
....
xxxx
work
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puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) Posted Sep 23, 2005
play
slay
stay
star
soar
soak
sock
pock
pork
work
ruin
----
make
(6 steps?)
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Icy North Posted Sep 27, 2005
ruin
rain
main
mail
mall
male
make
Complete the gaps with birds:
ma****al
de****ed
wa****ds
ma****ey
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puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) Posted Sep 29, 2005
maTERNal
deRAILed
waRHEAds
maLARKey
Start with A and add a letter at each stage doing an anagram if necessary to make a word each time and reach PLANTERS
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puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) Posted Sep 29, 2005
That's right except I don't think it works by that route.
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