Raccoon Ran
12 May, 2011
You can treat this as a Birdbrain-in-progress. I’m currently putting together a Wordwit puzzle for the Herald, playing with words that own two double letters. Drop those two pairs, and see if a smaller word remains. RACCOON, say, can lose its double to make RAN. Hence a clue could say: Forager bolted.
Giving Herald readers a preview of the puzzle, here are the nine other examples I’ve discovered. Feel free to crack them, though I can’t help but think there are three or four lollapaloozas I’m missing. Any suggestions?
- Outlaw woodwind
- Turn cuspidor
- Enthrall Edgar
- Litigate hit
- Shaggy blemish
- Lament Brand
- Before Lady
- Clown roll?
- Horse bed
Let’s confine the answers to initials at first, to allow all comers to have a crack. And number any fresh additions. I wish you success.
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