February, 2004 Puzzle Contests

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2/27-3/1/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am a cream cheese. Replace my last 4 letters with a letter, and I become a cosmetic. What am I? (10 letters)

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2/26-2/27/04 Puzzle Contest:

I'm the study of the moon, not of the individual habitations of prisoners. What am I?

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2/25-2/26/04 Puzzle Contest:

Add a letter to me and then read me backwards, and you have a cutting tool or weapon. I'm a member of a group of folks who live in Nigeria. What am I?

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2/24-2/25/04 Puzzle Contest:

My first half is a vessel. I indicate that something has parts arranged in pairs. What am I? (6 letters)

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2/23-2/24/04 Puzzle Contest:

I'm a place kind of like El Dorado, but mentioned in the Bible. There are also at least 2 towns in the U.S. with my name. What am I? (5 letters)

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2/20-2/23/04 Puzzle Contest:

I was a king, but not of some hot dogs. My name is also a city in at least 2 states in the U.S., and relates to an early culture in North America. And to top it off, I'm also the name of the main character in one of the books that Puzz.com is giving away as a prize. Who the heck am I?

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2/19-2/20/04 Puzzle Contest:

SPOT CHECK - Logically, what should replace the question marks?

1:3::5:?7?

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2/18-2/19/04 Puzzle Contest:

9 6 3 = OIL
7 8 5 6 3 = anvil
63 - 87 = not my prime time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = ?

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2/17-2/18/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am a boat, specifically one that is typically a large type of something that, if you removed its first letter, would be someone who advised Neo. Change my last 2 letters, and you have a seedless raisin. What am I?

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2/16-2/17/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am a swindler's game. Remove my last letter, and you have a type of bed. What am I?

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2/13-2/16/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am a vibration that you feel in your hand when you place it on a speaking person's chest. What am I? (8 letters)

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2/12-2/13/04 Puzzle Contest:

I mean to restore to an original condition or state. Remove 4 of my letters, and you have a word indicating that something is uncorrupted. What am I? (12 letters)

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2/11-2/12/04 Puzzle Contest:

Medical profession is to caduceus as cyclical nature of things and eternal return is to me (9 letters). What am I?

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2/10-2/11/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am a type of exercise. Anu is a goddess of part of me, if you first change a letter in that part to 2 other letters. The following can also symbolize what I am:

uselespushupssness

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2/9-2/10/04 Puzzle Contest:

I'm the language of some Indonesian folks. Change my first letter, and you have an Eskimo boat. What am I?

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2/6-2/9/04 Puzzle Contest:

I'm a German poet from centuries ago. Remove my first 5 letters, and you have what (for example) Christina Aguilera is. What am I?

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2/5-2/6/04 Puzzle Contest:

Replace my first 5 letters with a 4 letter word and a space, and you have someone affiliated with Watergate. I am a type of bird. What am I? (11 letters)

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2/4-2/5/04 Puzzle Contest:

I mean to shelter or settle. Remove my first 2 letters and you have a fort, or a bracket for holding candles. What am I?

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2/3-2/4/04 Puzzle Contest:

I am an old monetary unit. Reverse my last 2 letters, and you have an organ. What am I?

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2/2-2/3/04 Puzzle Contest:

I'm the mom of a tough guy who had a weakness that was his undoing. My last half, read backwards, is a common command given to dogs. Who am I?

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