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) Bird papers kept here? (b) Two suggesting field

(c) Sea pollutions

(d) Two linked with sugar (e) Big rock holy once!

(f) Two joining with chair (g) Performer’s prize

(h) Two going with pot

(i) The finest digits?

(j) Two synonyms

(k) Unfixed banquet?

(l) Two anagrams

(m) Shot off his son’s head! (n) Two associated with fog (o) Much-hindered run!

(p) Two words with hair

(q) Rousing in the nose!

(r) Two with secret

1. Gun 2. Oil 3. Tip 4. Net 5. Top 6. Plum 7. Bath 8. Bank 9. Hole 10. Tell

11. Horn 12. Race 13. Mount 14. Plant 15. Prime 16. Candy 17. Award 18. Feast 19. Salts

20. Pigeon 21. Slicks

22. Pepper 23. Agents 24. Academy 25. Restful 26. William 27. Feature 28. Playing 29. Olympus 30. Numbers 31. Fluster 32. Dresser 33. Moveable 34. Obstacle 35. Smelling 36. Electric 37. Gratuity

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION The remaining word is “Elder”

(a) 22-16 (b) 4-32 (c) 13-36 (d) 5-25 (e) 6-17 (f) 1-26

(g) 7-30 (h) 2-27 (i) 8-18

(j) 9-37 (k) 35-19 (l) 14-20 (m) 23-21 (n) 3-28 (o) 10-31 (p) 24-33 (q) 29-12 (r) 11-34