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Example, index.
Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
By: Nedra Paschal / Paschal’s Puzzle
Each answer word will contain “ex.” For
instance: An _________ might be to use
one’s _______ finger to point the way. Answers:
1. What’s _______ on your agenda?
2. “All my ______ live in ______.”
3. She’s no _______, but she does know something. For instance,
the opposite of inhale is_____.
4. “An __________ to the rule” might be one’s ability to
__________ strenuously without raising a sweat.
5. What a dentist sometimes has to do: _________ a tooth.
6. Breakfast cereal by General Mills: _______. Children are
_________ to eat this cereal.
7. Napoleon Bonaparte was __________ to St. Helena Island in
1815.
8. I had an eye _________ the other day. They recommended
___________ my old glasses for new ones.
9. In algebra a small number up and to the right of a regular number
is called its ___________.
10. This is not _________ what was intended, but by being
___________ maybe one can understand it.
11. When ______ season comes around it might be best to hire an
________ advisor/preparer.
12. A house divided into two apartments is called a __________.
13. It was an __________ performance by ______ Harrison in
the 1964 movie “My Fair Lady.”
14. A person using both hands with equal ease is said to be
________________.
15. Taken out of _________ many facts, and especially political
statements, may be ________.
16. U.S. neighbor to the south: __________.
17. Little Lucy was very _________. Her mom had __________
to her how to make ice cream.
18. The art _________ at MOMA is very ___________,
covering a wide range of artists..
19. Author of books, including the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
series: ______McCall Smith.
20. I can’t afford that. It’s way too ________! (But it _________
my feelings.)
ANSWERS
1. Next; 2. Exes, Texas; 3. Expert, exhale; 4. Exception,
exercise; 5. Extract; 6. Chex, expected; 7. Exiled; 8. Exam
(or examination), exchanging; 9. Exponent; 10. Exactly,
flexible; 11. Tax, expert; 12. Duplex; 13. Excellent, Rex;
14. Ambidextrous; 15. Context, exaggerated; 16. Mexico;
17. Excited, explained; 18. Exhibited (or exhibition),
extensive; 19. Alexander; 20. Expensive, expresses
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