====== More Puzzles in Verse ====== **TERMINAL DELETION**: A word is changed to a new one by removing its first and last letters. \\ Example: ONE = foregone, TWO = Oregon. >**[[verse2sol#5|5. TERMINAL DELETION]]** (6, 4) \\ > \\ >I knew my son would be a TALL >When he was very small, \\ >For when I put him in his SMALL \\ >He doodled on the wall. \\ ----- **WORD DELETION**: A word removed from inside a longer one leaves a third word. \\ Example: TOTAL = performance; ONE = man, TWO = perforce. The length is given only of the longest (TOTAL) word. >**[[verse2sol#6|6. WORD DELETION]]** (8) \\ > \\ >I ate at seven, felt TOTAL by ten. \\ >I doubt if I'll INSIDE eat OUTSIDE again. \\ >**[[verse2sol#7|7. WORD DELETION]]** (10) \\ > \\ >I TWO the praise of any soul \\ >With knowledge of a ONE like this. \\ >I've just an ALL--so on the whole \\ >I'm glad that ignorance is bliss. \\ ----- **CHARADE**: A word is broken into two or more shorter words. \\ Example: TOTAL = scarcity; ONE = scar, TWO = city. The length is given only of the long word. >**[[verse2sol#8|8. CHARADE]]** (10) \\ > \\ >My migraine was pounding; I needed some rest. \\ >"There's WHOLE," said my FIRST, "in the medicine chest." \\ >The SECOND on all of the labels looked blurred. \\ >I took one at random and promptly got THIRD. \\ ----- **LETTER CHANGE**: One letter is changed in a word to make a new one. \\ Example: ONE = pastry, TWO = pantry (a third-letter change). >**[[verse2sol#9|9. FIRST-LETTER CHANGE]]** (8) \\ > \\ >Our baby had colic, and ONE all the day. \\ >No sound's ever TWO it, I'm happy to say. \\ >**[[verse2sol#10|10. THIRD-LETTER CHANGE]]** (11) \\ > \\ >His mood was indicative, her voice purely passive; \\ >He grew more explicative, her boredom grew massive. \\ >To his ONE, she said, "Somehow I feel it's not you \\ >I'm looking for," ending their date with a TWO. \\ On to even more [[verse3|puzzles in verse]]... \\ ...or go back to some earlier [[verse|puzzles in verse]]. ----- {{images:smsphinxr.gif|[}} [[start|Intro]] | [[contents|Contents]] | [[verse|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 .