Elimination

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) Stick for calculation

(b) Two making high flier

(c) Ladies’ coverer

(d) Two associated with peg

(e) Lad of the island!

(f) Two owls

(g) For metallic music?

(h) Two linked with lie

(i) Should lie, it’s said!

(j) Two synonyms

(k) Mrs T was important player (l) Two anagrams

(m) Big way for Scots

(n) Two words with net

(o) Letters unseen from it

(p) Two with cap

(q) Current timer!

(r) Two joining with pile

1. Ink

2. Jim

3. Ice

4. Tin 5. Hip 6. Rot 7. Rule 8. Tent 9. Lady

10. Dogs 11. Barn

12. Root

13. Drag 14. Clock 15. White 16. Dress 17. Slide 18. Street 19. Atomic

20. Spaces

21. Process

22. Dilates

23. Clothes

24. Screech

25. Hawkins 26. Whistle

27. Leading

28. Princes

29. Drivers

30. Corpses

31. Curtains

32. Electric

33. Sleeping

34. Designer 35. Detectors 36. Invisible

37. Decompose