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) Rocket’s cushion ?

(b) Two associated with dark (c) Withdraws tearfully?

(d) Two with Red

(e) Would make us leave now! (f) Two making a book

(g) Up these lawmen!

(h) Two linked with lion

(i) For game persons

(j) Two synonyms

(k) Assisting extremely?

(l) Two anagrams

(m) Drying rope

(n) Two joining with cow

(o) Domestic place to exist? (p) Two words with runner (q) Musically warm?

(r) Two with sign

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

The remaining word is “Threads ” (a) 18-12 (b) 13-19 (c) 16-6

(d) 9-34 (e) 35-15 (f) 17-36

(g) 27-5 (h) 11-28 (i) 4-37

(j) 14-30 (k) 8-24 (l) 21-31

(m) 3-29 (n) 22-32 (o) 2-33

(p) 10-23 (q) 26-1 (r) 20-7

1. Age 2. Sea 3. Icy 4. Boy 5. Inn 6. Pad 7. Off 8. Hot 9. Time 10. Bean 11. Fang 12. Hand 13. Line 14. Room 15. Cries 16. White 17. Tamer 18. Field 19. Sheds

20. Launch 21. Laymen 22. Living

23. Piping

24. Damson 25. Square 26. Police

27. Namely 28. Mounted 29. Playing 30. Helping 31. Clothes 32. Glasses 33. Machine 34. Mountain 35. Freezing 36. Marathon 37. Language