Elimination

HOW TO PLAY

Each of the clues eliminates two words from the list of 37. Find the words that match the clues, cross them off the list and you’ll be left with one word. You can confirm the accuracy of your answer next week.

(a) Fuse for dull game?

(b) Two going with salmon

(c) Girlish machine?

(d) Two soldiers

(e) Undesirable party man!

(f) Two associated with card (g) Annie Oakley

(h) Two ways to move

(i) Submen fear them!

(j) Two synonyms

(k) Hot marker!

(l) Two anagrams

(m) Light for the literate?

(n) Two make a dance

(o) For honourable discharge! (p) Two with cash

(q) Eastern tripe?

(r) Two linked with pin

1. Box 2. Run 3. Lee 4. Low 5. Star 6. Iron 7. Trot 8. Slow 9. Gate

10. Lamp

11. Pink

12. Junk

13. Table

14. Depth 15. Sharp 16. Jenny 17. Match 18. Spread 19. Smoked

20. Stroll

21. Drapes

22. Turkey

23. Charges 24. Crasher 25. Chinese 26. Pistols

27. Drawing 28. Reading 29. Shooting 30. Visiting

31. Branding 32. Spinning 33. Register 34. Duelling 35. Alexander 36. Confining 37. Depressed

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

The remaining word is “Data” (a) 19-1 (b) 10-32 (c) 36-17 (d) 2-29 (e) 22-9 (f) 12-34 (g) 30-7 (h) 6-15 (i) 23-20 (j) 27-37 (k) 8-3 (l) 26-31 (m) 4-21 (n) 14-16 (o) 35-24 (p) 13-25 (q) 11-33 (r) 18-28