Downhome Magazine | January 2011 Puzzle Answers

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The Beaten Path
Hermitage

Themed Crossword

Downhome Detective
DD could walk in circles around the tree so that the dog would follow him (out of the dog�s reach, of course), thereby winding the chain around the tree and making the leash shorter and shorter until DD could safely reach his car.

Picturesque Place Names
Sop�s Arm

Double Definition
a broad (abroad)

Incidental Idioms
1. C, 2. E, 3. B, 4. A, 5. D

In Other Words
Back seat driver

A Way With Words
A raise in pay

Rhyme Time
1. pub grub, 2. urban turban, 3. tail a whale

Jumbled Jargon
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. - Abigail Adams

Acronymical
5 is the day in November on which Bonfire Night falls

Rhymes Five Times
1. foal 2. hole, 3. stole, 4. role, 5. goal

Scrambled Sayings
The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do. ~ J. Ogden Armour

Know Your Newfoundland and Labrador
1. 1949, 2. 1912, 3. pitcher plant, 4. caribou

What do you know
1. 13, 2. Germany, 3. Philippines, 4. Tarzan

True North
1. Shania Twain, 2. Toronto, 3. 11, 4. Yukon

East Coast Quiz
1. Lady�s slipper, 2. Cape Breton, 3. New Brunswick, 4. Nova Scotia

The Bayman's Crossword Puzzle

Sounds familiar
Port aux Basques
Long may your big jib draw

Tangled Towns
1. Adeytown, 2. Ballyhack, 3. Baytona, 4. Caplin Cove, 5. Eddies Cove

Four-Way Crossword

Dial A Smile
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
� Mel Brooks

Crack the Code
Money is like a ponderous New Year�s resolution � easier made than kept

Food For Thought
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
� Aesop

Analogical Anagrams
1. inanimate, 2. versatile, 3. palpitate, 4. telephone, 5. Saturn.

Different Strokes
1. man�s leg, 2. chair leg, 3. bottle, 4. door, 5. cap, 6. jacket, 7. coal bin, 8. lamp, 9. trousers, 10. score board, 11. sleeves, 12. darts

Finish the Rhyme
battle

Opposites
1. C, 2. B, 3. F, 4. E, 5. D, 6. A, 7. H, 8. I, 9. G

Kiddie Riddles
1. C, 2. D, 3. E, 4. B, 5. A

The Kiddie Quiz
1. C, 2. C, 3. B, 4. C

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