Elimination

HOW TO PLAY

Each of the clues eliminates two words from the list of 37. Find the words that match the clues, cross them off the list and you’ll be left with one word. You can confirm the accuracy of your answer next week.

(a) A meal gone hard?

(b) Two associated with tray (c) Pugilistic opportunity?

(d) Two suggesting wheel

(e) Cheeky cabin-boy?

(f) Two going with volume

(g) Place for old swingers?

(h) Two linked with Cheshire (i) Fast marker!

(j) Two synonyms

(k) Party-going celebrity?

(l) Two anagrams

(m) Beastly book?

(n) Two words with turn

(o) The air of Eton

(p) Two joining with stone

(q) ’Oppit! And leave the bank (r) Two with dirty

1. Off

2. Ash

3. Tea

4. Age

5. Key

6. Cat

7. Sea

8. Fly

9. Set

10. Star

11. Song

12. Farm

13. Long

14. Tree

15. Linen

16. Comic

17. Shove

18. Lunch

19. Guest

20. Cheese

21. Chance

22. Pencil

23. Masons

24. Tricks

25. Tyburn

26. Urchin

27. Barrow

28. Animal

29. Boating

30. Control

31. Fighting

32. Companion

33. Dominates

34. Cardboard

35. Extensive

36. Maidstone

37. Indelible