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) Having another look? (b) Two associated with tea (c) Vehicle for trains

(d) Two writers

(e) Starts board game!

(f) Two going with net

(g) Result of needlework? (h) Two synonyms

(i) For speech pictures!

(j) Two anagrams

(k) Spring falls!

(l) Two linked with tin

(m) A dark wood?

(n) Two suggesting acid

(o) Vulgar jurisdiction?

(p) Two make a county

(q) Rows without pay

(r) Two with horse (a) 16-8 (b) 10-28 (c) 36-12 (d) 4-34 (e) 13-31 (f) 6-21

(g) 14-35 (h) 5-20 (i) 15-32 (j) 19-25 (k) 7-23 (l) 9-17

(m) 29-26 (n) 3-22 (o) 33-11 (p) 27-2 (q) 18-37 (r) 1-30

1. Law 2. Set 3. Wall 4. High 5. Lamb 6. Drag 7. Foil 8. Rain 9. Corn

10. Magic 11. Sense 12. Black 13. April 14. Wagon 15. Slave 16. Plane 17. Swift 18. Opera 19. Gambit

20. Double 21. Leaves

22. Forest

23. Common 24. Galley

25. Seeing

26. Station 27. Opening 28. Showers 29. Pattern 30. Curtains 31. Knitting 32. Lanterns 33. Hardened 34. Whistles 35. Antidotes 36. Stationed 37. Sulphuric