January, 2004 Puzzle Contests
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1/30-2/2/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am something that can result from an earthquake, not what a letter does to motion hello or goodbye. What am I? (Total of 5 letters)
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1/29-1/30/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am an herb, not what happens to chips when large amounts of spicy sauce is poured on top of them. Change my first letter, and you have counterfeited or misrepresented. Another name for me relates to a creature in which pearls are sometimes found. What am I?
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1/28-1/29/04 Puzzle Contest:
I'm a fine white wine, but piggish. Remove my first 4 letters, and you have the place that Frodo is from. Remove my last 5 letters, and you have a Sergeant. What am I?
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1/27-1/28/04 Puzzle Contest:
I won't necessarily cut your hair, but I am a member of a group of people west of 3 E's. What am I?
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1/26-1/27/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am an old coin. Replace my last 2 letters with a different letter, and you have plant life. Change my last letter, and you have an indication that something is tinged with red. What am I?
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1/23-1/26/04 Puzzle Contest:
We are angry. You men are these! What are we? (9 letters)
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1/22-1/23/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am pieces of paper. Cut me in half and place a letter at the end of me, and you have a giant. What am I?
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1/21-1/22/04 Puzzle Contest:
I put folks down and make fun of them. When my last 3 letters are read backwards, they are the total after 2 numbers are added together. Remove my last 2 letters, and you have someone who is female. Who am I?
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1/20-1/21/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am an ancient city. My first five letters can be a theft, possibly committed by someone wearing my first 4 letters. What am I?
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1/19-1/20/04 Puzzle Contest:
I relate to the time after the fall of mankind, not to something that occurs after you have run completely around a track. What am I? (13 letters)
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1/16-1/19/04 Puzzle Contest:
My last half is a valley, and if you remove its last letter, you can fix your hair with what remains. I am a town. What am I?
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1/15-1/16/04 Puzzle Contest:
A hexagram I am, also a shield. One variant of my name is something that could be wished upon. What am I? (2 words, 5 letters each)
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1/14-1/15/04 Puzzle Contest:
I'm either a bird or a greedy person. Remove my first 5 letters, and you might do this and rave. What am I?
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1/13-1/14/04 Puzzle Contest:
Remove my last 2 letters, and you have a donkey. Remove my first letter, then read me backwards, and you have church proceedings. What, or perhaps more appropriately, where am I?
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1/12-1/13/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am a dance or jacket. My last half sounds like something you'd shoot from a bow, and my first 4 letters are part of a tree. What am I?
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1/9-1/12/04 Puzzle Contest:
I indicate that something is related to a flood. My last half might contain a liquid. What am I? (8 letters)
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1/8-1/9/04 Puzzle Contest:
I indicate the type of weather many people are experiencing in the U.S. right now (brrr!). My first 3 letters are something you might place in your hair, and if you remove them, my remaining 2 letters were discussed by Freud. What am I?
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1/7-1/8/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am the act of writing or speaking an introduction. Change my first 2 letters, and you have said you are sorry. What am I? (9 letters)
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1/6-1/7/04 Puzzle Contest:
I indicate that something is monochromatic. You may wish to dash me, as my last part is an outdated term used to refer to people who are not white. My first part is of interest to an egoist. What am I?
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1/5-1/6/04 Puzzle Contest:
I'm a particle or a coin, but definitely not pel. What am I? (6 letters)
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1/2-1/5/04 Puzzle Contest:
I am sheep, not a group of portals. What am I? (6 letters)
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