Even Steven #45
How to play:
Even Steven puzzles are an excellent workout for crossword solvers. Each pair of lines below contains two clues and two 5- or 6-letter answers. The two answers are words which differ from each other by one letter, which has been provided in red. The remaining letters are ordered exactly the same in both answers. Your challenge is to guess the words from the two clues. For example, from the clues "Full of life" and "Exquisitely beautiful," you can arrive at the answers "LIVELY" and "LOVELY."
Printable Even Steven puzzles are also available.
Red gem __ __ __ N __ __
Attic __ __ __ R __ __
GARNET, GARRET
What the IRS does __ __ __ __ T
Of the ear __ __ __ __ O
AUDIT, AUDIO
Length of timber __ L __ __ __
Jokester's trick __ R __ __ __
PLANK, PRANK
Decorate __ D __ __ __
Oak seed __ C __ __ __
ADORN, ACORN
Bojangles, e.g. __ __ __ F __ __
Presidential vacuum? __ __ __ V __ __
HOOFER, HOOVER
Mourn __ __ M __ __ __
Dormant __ __ T __ __ __
LAMENT, LATENT
Fishing gear __ A __ __ __ __
What we do to Elmo __ I __ __ __ __
TACKLE, TICKLE
Tension __ __ __ __ S __
Scatters __ __ __ __ W __
STRESS, STREWS
Be indecisive __ __ V __ __
Ante __ __ G __ __
WAVER, WAGER
College certificate __ __ G __ __ __
Official order __ __ C __ __ __
DEGREE, DECREE
