March 13 2011
Manx Zoo [BB301]
Manx cats lack a tail. Ditto these other mammals sheltering in the common English words listed below. If S(3)LEN, say, leads to SWOLLEN, gaining a tail-less WOLF, just as FORG(4)N requires a Manx OTTER to render FORGOTTEN, can you add the vital details to these other fourteen? The list is skewed to move from friendly to downright feral. Mind you don’t mauled.
1 ext(5)ate
2 (4)oca
3 trans(5)d
4 (4)erry
5 aut(4)
6 ex(4)
7 coer(4)
8 infa(4)
9 (5)roo
10 (4)ra
11 m(4)ge
12 (5)ement
13 e(6)
14 (6)on
Care to add to the Manx menagerie? Post your extra puzzle in the Comments.
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK BB300 SOLUTION: Basie, Julia, Powers, Julian, Emmylou, Louganis, Proulx, Ferguson, Donahue, Bukowski (Other names may click.)
Comments
Nib — 13 March at 03:50PM
Clever concept indeed, I can see a lot of work went into this.
*SPOILERS*
1. Harry Potter's friend.
2. ???
3. What Draco Malfoy was turned into.
4. Easter Bunny's rival.
5. Of course, of course.
6. Ding Ding!
7. This Kopi Luwak is delicious! What's in it?
8. Click click!
9. Nice. Who'll jump over the candlestick?
10. One lump or two?
11. ??? assa_ onta_ essa_
12. ???
13. ???
14. ???
Busy filming now, those last few look scary.
[Also, an addition to that thread a while back on unsettable names: Dr Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki.]
Boniface — 13 March at 05:08PM
2. This animal's from the Tupi language.
Boniface — 13 March at 05:15PM
11 is also a French word within a French word.
Boniface — 13 March at 05:53PM
15 s(5)w
16 c(6)st
Dave R — 13 March at 08:32PM
While trying to work out 5 I came across aut(3), a kind of wallaby.
Boniface — 13 March at 09:08PM
13. The animal is an anagram of the answer...
Boniface — 13 March at 09:53PM
12. This has cropped up in other DA puzzles before... drop one letter to form a new word.
Boniface — 13 March at 09:59PM
14. Heavenly example!
Boniface — 13 March at 10:17PM
17. g(5)ng
Nib — 13 March at 11:15PM
lol I got #2 straight away when looking this time.
15. Say again?
DA — 14 March at 08:58AM
16 See News/Views/Clues pic
17 Celeb animals now?!
18 s(5)d - an oblique reference to (16)
Boniface — 14 March at 03:17PM
18. Hmm much like a flower or a jumper...
19. (5)tion. By another name, the animal is shy, mostly.
AG — 14 March at 03:39PM
20. (6)istic
21. (3)mel
22. (5)ne
Boniface — 14 March at 04:10PM
20. See 14.
21. Also (3)phouse
22. Flighty one...
Boniface — 14 March at 09:03PM
Back to mammals:
23. (5)us - often seen just before a full moon
24. (6)llo
DA — 15 March at 03:53PM
23. I have a HUNCH
24. See s(5)d
Boniface — 15 March at 04:47PM
Nice on the tamarillo! I noted the d end-hook too which could augur well for another puzzle.
BTW, my 17 wasn't a celeb, more a 16. Did I misread you?
BTAIM, Here's another manx mammal dwelling in... well, a dwelling:
25. Hu(5)t
RK — 15 March at 06:05PM
My suggestions are pretty easy, but for all of them the outcome is the name of another animal. NB Some are animals that have already been used.
(3)ra
s(3)t
(2)ugar
n(2)t
er(3)e
(3)ver
RK — 15 March at 06:50PM
Ah, some of mine aren't quite mammals. I just read the fine print. Oops! I'm a creative type...
Boniface — 16 March at 07:59PM
Soultions to mine (since this thread has been silent for 24 hours):
15 s(PARRO-t)w
16 c(LEVERE-t)st
17 g(RABBI-t)ng
19 (NUTRI-a)tion, hint was COYPU
23 (GIBBO-n)us
24 (TAMARI-n)llo
25 Hu(GUENO-n)t