3. Etymology
• Quintessence
• Son of a gun
• Skid Row/Skid Road
• Suede
• Gung Ho
4. Rebus
• Guerilla Marketing
• North by Northwest
• Head over heels in love
• Connecting the dots
• The door is ajar
5. Tom Swifty
• "I need a pencil sharpener," said Tom __bluntly___. (7)
• "I only have diamonds, clubs and spades," said Tom
___heartlessly_______. (11)
• "This must be an aerobics class," Tom __worked__ out. (6)
• "3.14159265," Tom said __piously__. (7)
• "I've struck oil!" said Tom __crudely___. (7)
• "I like modern painting," said Tom ___abstractly___ .(10)
• "How do you start a model-T Ford without a battery?" asked Tom
__crankily___.(8)
• "Don't add too much water," said Tom with great
__concentration______.(13)
• "Who discovered radium?" asked Tom __curiously_____. (9)
• "I'd better repeat that SOS message," said Tom
__remorsefully______. (12)
7. Spoonerism
• block of flats – flock of bats
• dental receptionist – rental deceptionist
• sad ballad – bad salad
• Birthington’s washday – Washington’s birthday
• master plan – plaster man
• lack of pies – pack of lies
• roaring with pain – pouring with rain
• ease my tears – tease my ears
9. A to Z
Z Q M I F F
E W I R Y L
B B Z O
U K U L E L E C
A A P
I D H J
S V G Y R O
X E N O N R T
R W A S
10. Zebu -A domesticated ox of Asia and eastern Africa, having a
prominent hump on the back
Ukulele – A small four-stringed guitar popularized in Hawaii
Kaiser - Any of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (962-
1806), of Austria (1806-1918), or of Germany (1871-1918)
Qibla - the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn
for their daily prayers
Wiry - (of people or animals) slender but strong in
constitution
Miff – A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
Floc - a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material
suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
