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) Hotel ministration

(b) Two going with short (c) Difficult bad habit?

(d) Two angles

(e) Jointly give in?

(f) Two joined with witch (g) Ring turn

(h) Two suggesting queen (i) A lecture on boxing?

(j) Two synonyms

(k) A press cutting?

(l) Two anagrams

(m) For Gallic marks?

(n) Two linked with cash (o) Behaving badly, sick? (p) Two words with Roman (q) Snore?

(r) Two with Lieutenant

1. Cut 2. Bee 3. Old 4. Box

5. Ill

6. Act 7. Room 8. Hard 9. Hunt

10. Talk

11. Aged 12. Clip

13. Right 14. Paper 15. Sound 16. Under 17. Chalk 18. Circus 19. French

20. Candle

21. Second

22. Obtuse

23. Beauty

24. Asleep

25. Knuckle

26. Intones

27. Signals

28. Service

29. Circuit

30. Doctors

31. Tension

32. Fighting

33. Drinking

34. Mannered 35. Numerals 36. Dispenser 37. Commander