MATCH-UPS: PROVERBS
Work out all the missing parts from these sayings and find the
words hidden in the box of letters. The letters left over will spell out
another oft-quoted maxim.
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14.Better safe than …
15.Birds of a feather flock …
16.… is thicker than water
17.… begins at home
18.… is next to godliness
19.… is the better part of valour
20.Don’t bite the hand that …
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21.Don’t count your chickens
before they are …
22.Don’t put all your eggs in
one …
23.… breeds contempt
24.… is forearmed
25.If you can’t stand the heat get
out of the …
26.… is the sincerest form of
flattery
27.It’s better to give than to …
Create as many words of 4 letters or more
as you can using the given letters once,
but always including the middle letter. No
proper names or plurals. See if you can
find the 9-letter word using all letters.
15 GOOD
20 VERY GOOD
25+ EXCELLENT
Solution: Cede, Code, Cord, Deco, Deer, Doer, Dove, Redo, Reed, Rode,
Cered, Coder, Cored, Coved, Credo, Creed, Decor, Drove, Erode, Erred,
Order, Roved, Decree, Drover, Recede, Recode, Record, Reeved, Veered,
Covered, Revered.
Nine-letter word: RECOVERED
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1. Lid lifted from concealment
of crime (5-2)
5. Cheesy type touched dart
when tout left (7)
8. Sums you abandoned to
send mobile sentences (1,1,1)
9. Admits tennis call lapse
(4,2)
10. They keep you cool and
write you letters (4)
12. Dine on hay, maybe
(3,4,1,5)
13. Sue lit one entrance (8)
14. Commencing May or
November, take holidays for
four weeks (5)
16. Face of lisper shows
conviction (5)
18. Looks like a lobster is
related to a spider (8)
22. Record information on
ram for wildlife programmes
for example (13)
24. Eastern lair becomes
paradise (4)
25. Take no notice in
campaign or else (6)
26. Make extra inclusion
involving Dad (3)
27. Violet finally distributes
paper hankies (7)
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2. A friend in need is a friend …
3. A good … makes a good
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4. A … is not a home
5. A little … is a dangerous
thing
6. A little of what you … does
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7. A penny saved is a penny …
8. A picture is worth a … words
9. A problem shared is a
problem …
10.All you … is love
11.An apple a day keeps the …
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12.Ask no … and hear no lies
13.… is in the eye of the beholder
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28. Shifty Sam lied to give the
wrong impression (7)
DOWN
1. Some broncos tell off
Abbott’s mate (8)
2. Call on six to take a seat (5)
3. Rail vehicles for very rich
cows (7,5)
4. Doctor’s client content to
wait (7)
5. Old saw in Arabic lichen?
Nice work if you can get it,
etc (6)
6. Local language of destroyed
citadel (7)
7. Enter into new contract and
quit job (6)
11. Type checkers, claims Prue,
freed us (12)
15. Having single dimension
favouring a party (3-5)
17. Speak to crowd regarding
commercial frock (7)
19. Deceive class to fit in
socially (7)
20. They say that ass pecked
feature (6)
21. I’m a long time with
reflections (6)
23. Even in Vienna, Anne was
daft (5)