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) Vertical instrument?

(b) Two linked with bottom (c) Purifying water source? (d) Two going with pick

(e) Sporting chances on them! (f) Two joining with letter

(g) Original song?

(h) Two associated with rat

(i) Hamlet’s fool?

(j) Two synonyms

(k) For high escapist?

(l) Two anagrams

(m) Diced sweet?

(n) Two make a PM

(o) Fliers safe here

(p) Two words with well

(q) Infantile lines!

(r) Two with crab

1. Axe 2. Air

3. Ill 4. Rock 5. Open 6. Weak 7. Bird 8. Cube 9. Fresh 10. Water 11. Ivory 12. Slope 13. Sugar 14. Apron 15. Apple 16. Feuds 17. Piano 18. Tooth 19. Pools

20. Idiot

21. Tower

22. Poles

23. Spring

24. Church

25. Drawer

26. Poison

27. Feeble

28. Hermit

29. Upright

30. Village

31. Wishing

32. Strings

33. Football

34. Cleaning

35. Artesian

36. Anonymous 37. Sanctuary