Word games

17th March 2006, 12:00am

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Word games

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/word-games-27
BOYS WILL BE BOYS

1 All the following are anagrams of boy’s names - take the initial letters of the answers and mix them up to find another boy’s name:

UNBEER

ARCHRID

AIRHORNS

NCREEPS

CARPKIT

AHAIIS

MOTHNAIL

GUNEEE

RIVELO

ERICHAL

MRARTIST

2 Find the correct synonym for the first word - then add or subtract the letters given to find anagrams of some more boy’s names:

Old - A + V (7); Moral - T + M (7); Snake - R + H (7); Wandering - A + I (7); Stayed - D + J (8); Conflicting - G + O (8); Refrained - D + S (9) (Answers next week) pound;20 book token for the first correct answers to be opened on Tuesday.

Send to wordgames@tes.co.uk

or Wordgames, TES, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX.

Answers from last week

1 Toucan, Sparrow, Ostrich, Blackbird, Lapwing, Avocet, Redstart, Swallow, Anhinga.Initials T, S, O, B, L, A, R, S, A give Albatross.

2 Image + P = Magpie Airport - I = ParrotSter(i)le + K = KestrelGenuin(e) + P = PenguinBurbled + I = BluebirdRatings + L = StarlingSprained + P = SandpiperShrieking + F = Kingfisher

Last week’s winner: Sarah Wilkins of Southfield Street, Arboretum, Worcester

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