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) Two make a woodworker

(b) Not for country walks!

(c) Two make a flower

(d) Novel hostelry

(e) Two isles

(f) Cornish character

(g) Two going with Chinese

(h) Key to Egyptian characters

(i) Two synonyms

(j) Celebrate saying “I Do”

(k) Two anagrams

(l) Drink from cask

(m) Two to replace

(n) Upon my honour

(o) Two make a town

(p) Sweet storage place?

(q) Two going with master

(r) A smoker’s revelry?

1. Sea

2. Man

3. Inn

4. Carp

5. Rear

6. Head

7. Pipe

8. Legs

9. Dogs

10. Beer

11. Comb

12. Sweet

13. Honey

14. Enter

15. Stone

16. Range

17. Injun

18. Dream

19. Squire

20. Honest

21. Jamaica

22. Rosetta

23. Wedding

24. Admirer

25. Draught

26. William

27. Married

28. Buzzard

29. Builder

30. Flummery 31. Leighton

32. Mistress

33. Whispers

34. Trelawney 35. Blancmange 36. Anniversary 37. Gooseberries