====== Puzzles in Verse ====== Below, and in the pages that follow, you'll find a selection of puzzles in verse from the pages of //The ENIGMA//, grouped by type. Before each type, there's a brief explanation of how that puzzle type works. You can select a puzzle's title to see its solution (but please try it yourself first). //The ENIGMA// also includes some [[nonverse|puzzles that aren't in verse]] that you may want to try, including a [[artist|cryptic crossword]]. ----- **BEHEADMENT**: A word becomes a new one when its first letter is removed. \\ Example: ONE = factor, TWO = actor. >[[versesol#1|1. BEHEADMENT]] (6, 5) > >They followed the stream as it FIRST through the wood, \\ >Staying as much in the shade as they could. \\ >A splash, and a swimmer then came into sight. \\ >"He's SECOND!" one Girl Scout cried out in delight. \\ ----- **CURTAILMENT**: A word becomes a new one when its last letter is removed. \\ Example: ONE = aspiring, TWO = aspirin. The asterisk indicates that the six-letter word is capitalized. >[[versesol#2|2. CURTAILMENT]] (7, *6) > >"Cleopatra," if it's true \\ >That opposites attract, \\ >Could be called the ONE of "TWO" \\ >By known historic fact. ----- **DELETION**: A word becomes a new one when an interior letter is removed. \\ Example: ONE = simile, TWO = smile. >[[versesol#3|3. DELETION]] (9, 8) > >So the jury finally TWO that czar of crime? \\ >And a jury trial is ONE? High bloody time. \\ >[[versesol#4|4. DELETION]] (5, 4) > >One year fat, one year lean. \\ >Never anywhere between. \\ >Diet changes every day; \\ >Either ONE or TWO, I say. \\ ----- On to many more [[verse2|puzzles in verse]]... ----- {{images:smsphinxr.gif|[}} [[start|Intro]] | [[contents|Contents]] | Verse Puzzles | [[nonverse|Non-verse Puzzles]] | [[answers|All Solutions]] | [[:join|Join us!]] | [[:start|Home]] {{images:smsphinxl.gif|]}} //Copyright (c) 1893-2003, National Puzzlers' League. All rights reserved.// \\ For permissions, apply to the .