Crazy crossword clues, Round 2: “Letters from your parents”? (3 letters) and “Sound elicited by an electric can opener” (5 letters). This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “More Crossword Clues”
Earlier we were talking about crossword clues, or I was.
Well, there’s a great site called crosswordese.com, C-R-O-S-S-W-O-R-D-E-S-E.com.
Okay.
And they post clever clues of the month, and I wondered if I could test you with a couple of those.
Oh, please do. Please do.
All right. This is a crossword clue.
Okay.
Letters from your parents.
That has a question mark on the end.
Letters from my parents.
And how many letters?
Three?
Three?
DNA.
Yeah.
That’s pretty cool, right?
Yeah.
How about this one?
It’s often carried around a gym.
It’s often carried around a gym.
-huh.
Okay.
How many letters?
Four.
It’s not fungal infections.
It’s often carried around a gym.
It’s odor.
Oh, odor.
Very good.
Boy, that brings me some.
And this one is the last one.
Sound elicited by an electric can opener?
So there’s a question mark at the end, which is why I say it that way.
Sound elicited by, and how many letters?
Four.
Four letters.
So it’s not lid.
It’s not, I have no idea.
Meow.
Oh.
If you’ve got some crossword clues you’d like to share with us, drop us a line.
Words@waywordradio.org or give us a ring on the telephone.
