“ACQUIRE ACRE CARE CURE RACE RICE ARC, AURIC, CIRQUE, CURIA, CURIE, ECRU, ERICA, IRE, QUAI, QUARE, QUIRE, REC, UREA, URIC, AREIC, AUREI, CAIQUE, CERIA, CIRE, CURIAE, URAEI, UREIC, IRAQ, ACE, AIR, ARE, CAR, CUE, EAR, ERA, ICE, RUE”

“Personification of an idea: AVATAR
Study of plants: BOTANY
Quantity produced: OUTPUT
Tired: WEARY
Large pebble: STONE
T-bone or sirloin: STEAK
Usually blue casual wear: JEANS
Trash: WASTE
Run together: MERGE
Use lips and mouth to create a partial vacuum: SUCK
Light breeze: AIR
… Carrey, Canadian comedian and actor: JIM
Unwise: FOOLISH”

Rubber, Stone, Fabric, Ceramic, Leather, Metal, Cotton, Glass, Wood

“CUSTOM SCOUT MUST MOST CUTS COST SUM CUT OUT COS, COT, MOS, MOT, MUS, OUST, SCOT, SCUM, SCUT, SMUT, SOT, SOU, SUMO, TOM, COTS, MOCS, MOTS, MUTS, OUTS, STUM, TOMS, SCOT”

“Mechanical man: ROBOT
Look fixedly: STARE
Little cat: KITTY
Satellite of Saturn: TITAN
Temporary release of the accused: BAIL
Two-wheeler: BIKE
Dalai …, spiritual and political leader of Tibetans: LAMA
Urban centre: CITY
Go wrong: FAIL
… Berners Lee, English creator of World Wide Web: TIM
Neither …: NOR
Spoil something: MAR
Unit of length equal to 1/1000 inch: MIL
Small carnivore: WEASEL”

Deity, Discount, Digit, Dialog, Dollars, Demands, Derives, Docile

“JEWELRY JEWEL WERE LYRE RELY EYE RYE EEL, ERE, EWE, EWER, EYRE, JEER, LEE, LEER, LEERY, LYE, REEL, WEE, WRY, YEW, EELY, EERY, EYER, WEER, JEW”

“Shelled reptile: TURTLE
Coldish: CHILLY
Consisting two or more energy sources: HYBRID
Mahatma …, leader of Indian independence movement: GANDHI
Pile: MOUND
A sudden expel of air: COUGH
Striking success: SMASH
Common conjunction: AND
Strain: FILTER”

Camera, Director, Cut, Take, Set, Action, Actors, Lighting

“SUDDEN DUNE USED SUED SEND ENDS SUN DUE DEN END SUE USE DUD, DUDE, DUN, NUDE, SEN, DENS, DUDES, DUDS, DUES, DUNES, DUNS, EDS, NUDES, UNDE”

“Mischievous: NAUGHTY
Thrown bomb: GRENADE
Wax colouring stick: CRAYON
Monastery office: ABBACY
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges: ACQUIT
Straining one’s patience: TRYING
Bypass: AVOID
Lift up: RAISE
Those people: THEY
Brisk energy or initiative and high spirits: PEP
God of the wild, shepherds and flocks: PAN
Root vegetable used in salads: RADISH”

Strat, Duck, The grail, Hitmaker, Telecaster, Concorde, Clarence, Old boy

“COCKPIT OPTIC TOPIC PICK TICK KIT COP OPT POT TOP PIT TIP COCK, COT, KIP, PIC, PICOT, POCK, POI, TIC, TOPI, OTIC”

“Involving human effort: MANUAL
Ascending: UPWARD
Start again where left off: RESUME
Saving for a … day, saving money for later: RAINY
Irene …, fictional character of a Sherlock Holmes: ADLER
Profit: YIELD
One to go on foot in socks and all: SANDAL”

Football, Balloons, Bubble, Scuba tank, Lungs, Bread, Tyre

“MAKES MASK SAKE SAME SEAM ASK SEA MAKE BH KAME, MESA, SKA, EMS, MAES, MAS, SAMEK”

“A person of scientific experiments: CHEMIST
Elevated: RAISED
Sharp tasting: ACIDIC
Social group: CIRCLE
African antelope: IMPALA
Thorny bush: ROSE
Wickedness: EVIL
… and cheese, a comfort food: MAC
Mom: MOTHER”

Scrub, Stiff, Stuck, Cross, Hall, Swell, Temps

“PARKOUR PARK PORK POUR ROAR OAK RAP PRO OUR ARK, KORA, OAR, OKRA, PAR, PARR, PURR, RAKU, UPROAR”

Posh: CLASSY
Most friendly ghost: CASPER
Threaten with violence: MENACE
Small extraterrestrial body: METEOR
The 13-a-side game: RUGBY
State of being joined as a whole: UNITY
Medication: PILLS
Fastens: LOCKS
Human joint: WRIST
Swimming style with overarms and rapid kicks: CRAWL
Heart of the matter: CORE
Native American people inhabiting eastern Montana: CROW
Not stringent: LAX
Play section: ACT
Draft copy of printed text: PROOF

Rice grain, Electron, Atom, Nucleus, Microbe, Bacteria

“SOLELY SELL YELL LOSE SOLE SOY YES LOSEL, LYE, OLE, SLOE, SLY, SOL, ELLS, LES, YELLS”

“Subtle distinction: NUANCE
Small scale: MINOR
Lodgings: ROOMS
Happy: MERRY
Openly resist to obey: DEFY
Against the … of a play, typical of the way a game has been going: RUN
Greek letter comes after beta: GAMMA”

Rear mirror, Handbrake, Bluetooth, Pedals, Radio, Cd player, Heating, Seat

“JANUARY JURY AURA YARN JAR ANY RUN RAY RAN AJAR, JAY, JUN, NARY, NAY, RAJ, RAJA, RUANA, UNARY, URN, YUAN, JURA, RAYA”

Covering for a sweet: WRAPPER
Soon: SHORTLY
Roll of parchment: SCROLL
Rent payer: TENANT
Maiden or maid: VIRGIN
Top: SUMMIT
Position troops: DEPLOY
Fungus able to convert sugar into alcohol: YEAST
Large bear from the bamboo forests of China and Tibet: PANDA
Missile fired from bow: ARROW
Be a partner in crime: ABET
Hazard: RISK
Oinking animal: PIG
Edible mollusc: SQUID

Canvas, Sign, Fence, Face, Table, Wall, Car

“FONDLY FOND FOLD ONLY FLY OLD NOD DON, YOD, YON, YOND”

“Develop gradually: EVOLVE
Household servant: BUTLER
Question: QUERY
To the rear side of a sailor: ABAFT
Document folder: FILE
Small opening in the skin: PORE
Resinous substance secreted by a scale insect: LAC
Cattle’s way of digesting food two times: CUD
Annie …, Scottish singer who formed Eurythmics with Dave Stewart: LENNOX”

Happy, Hog, Hunch, Heron, Having, Hear, Heir