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Plan it!
Puzzle 14: In the news
Read the directions!
Puzzle 15: Noisemakers
Read the directions!
Puzzle 16: Credit, greeting, St. Louis, business, union?
The element in sentence 12 is in plain sight.
Puzzle 17: Old and new
The first letters of each sentence can be anagrammed into a hint that goes with the title.
Puzzle 18: Minimum vocation
The title is an anagram of the first letters of the 15 hidden elements, and only 1 element is in plain sight.
Puzzle 19: Tempt us, fudge it
Sentences 8, 13, and 18 have elements in plain sight.
Puzzle 20: A hefty monolog poem
The opposite of monopsony.
Puzzle 21: Yuletide euphoria
Note the total number of elements and add 1 for the missing element. The theme of this puzzle is similar to the theme of Puzzle 2.
Puzzle 22: Three for a quarter
Think about how many total elements there are and the sorts of sets that have that many elements. Word placement in the sentences is important in determining the element that does not fit perfectly.
Puzzle 23: Atlas stars
Look for capital letters.
Puzzle 24: Aka Dr. Black
This is one of my favorite puzzles. You shouldn’t need another clue, but I just gave you one anyway.
Puzzle 25: A thespian’s promo
One of the words of the anagrammed title is parts.
Puzzle 26: A prix fixe menu of zeros
One of the hidden elements in each sentence is a number. Use that number to solve the anagram.
Puzzle 27: Signatures
Sentence 7 is the only sentence with an element in plain sight.
Puzzle 28: It is quantity, not quality
The subthemes in each sentence are hidden in plain sight.
Puzzle 29: Free bird
This puzzle is easy as pie.
Puzzle 30: My acorns
Anagram the title.
Puzzle 31: Unbiased mediator’s pronouncements
Starting from a sports perspective will help you solve this one.
Puzzle 32: Totally irrational
This one is hard to see, especially since most of the hidden elements are small.
Puzzle 33: This hound amused sick people
The ends justify the means. The title is a beauty. Slur it together a little.
Puzzle 34: Snoop Dogg’s amigo
Add up all the numbers in the sentences. The resulting calendar year is good context for solving this puzzle.
Puzzle 35: Aardvarks don’t buzz
If you only get half of the elements, you probably need to do some research into the other half.
Puzzle 36: Land shark
Yes, it is about colors, but where would you find this color scheme?
Puzzle 37: What’s next? (part 1)
Symmetry is beautiful.
Puzzle 38: What’s next? (part 2)
Symmetry is key, and there is only one remaining symbol.
Puzzle 39: What’s next? (part 3)
Only one of the numbers is in base 10.
Puzzle 40: From Martha to Michelle
The title names are the wives of this sequence.
Puzzle 41: Initial orders
The white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland was always worried about time.
Puzzle 42: RASH musical artists
Beers Fall-mug is Brews Spring-Stein or Bruce Springsteen.
Me also is You too or U2.
Puzzle 43: RASH capitals
Frenchman’s name is Pierre. Autos-off Burg is Carson City.
Puzzle 44: RASH classic TV shows
The Sweetie-bumexposers is The Honeymooners. Ear Tennisnil Free-look is Eye love loose-see or I Love Lucy.
Puzzle 45: RASH games
Riverspan is Bridge.
Puzzle 46: RASH brands
These brands are well-known corporate names, not individual products.
Fire-admonish (axe-censure) is Accenture.
Puzzle 47: RASH animated characters
Animated characters include characters from cartoons, movies, comic books, and comic strips.
Seethrough Felon is Shere Kahn (Sheer Con) from Disney’s The Jungle Book.
Puzzle 48: Scrabble® pertinence
Get out a Scrabble® bag of tiles.
Puzzle 49: Sum fun
Pair up the numbers that add up to 1000 (1 and 999, 2 and 998…etc.).
Puzzle 50: Percentage poser
Don’t look at this problem from zero to infinity. Think about it from infinity to zero.
Puzzle 51: The genius
Start by writing down all the possibilities. Then remember that even though you don’t know the genius’s age, the genius does know his own age.
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Idrew on many books and websites in the preparation of this book and the various lists of pleonasms, oxymorons, heteronyms, and so forth. I also used some other sites for puzzle generation and reference. Here are the main sources that contributed to my compilations.
http://a2zwordfinder.com
http://askoxford.com
http://cooper.com
http://dictionary.com
http://enchantedlearning.com
http://fun-with-words.com
http://oxfordonline.com
http://pleonasms.com
http://refdesk.com
http://wikipedia.org
http://wordle.net
http://wordsmith.org
http://www.geocaching.com
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