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) Ensures good time for us! (b) Two associated with pay

(c) Lights in big blows

(d) Two going with key

(e) Bible waster!

(f) Two linked with ball

(g) Round fumes in it

(h) Two suggesting night

(i) Open-air music is exhausted (j) Two synonyms

(k) Buyer’s midpoint

(l) Two anagrams

(m) High law officers!

(n) Two joining with blue

(o) Builder’s cap?

(p) Two squares

(q) Outcome of eating badly!

(r) Two with star (a) 20-9 (b) 1-28 (c) 2-21 (d) 6-16 (e) 13-29 (f) 7-36 (g) 24-17 (h) 14-22 (i) 15-30 (j) 3-37 (k) 33-18 (l) 25-31 (m) 26-10 (n) 8-11 (o) 34-12 (p) 4-32 (q) 35-19 (r) 5-23

1. Day 2. Net 3. Red 4. Son 5. Out 6. Mare 7. Save 8. Bell 9. Food

10. Turn

11. Ring

12. Watch 13. Stone 14. Smoke 15. Board 16. Played 17. Tissue 18. Mortar 19. Docker

20. Master

21. Centre

22. Suites

23. Police

24. Bottle

25. Mounted 26. Lantern 27. Schools 28. Deliver 29. Chamber 30. Prodigal 31. Shopping 32. Repairer 33. Skeleton 34. Medicine 35. Hurricane 36. Trafalgar 37. Poisoning