answer to Visual Riddle 10

KETOSIS!

The process by which fat is metabolized for energy instead of carbohydrates—the goal of the keto diet, which was originally developed to help epileptics.

Key
Tow (act of towing)
Sis (sisters pictured)

answers to Crossword Puzzle 13

ACROSS

2. You have no alternative, Matt. Shooting yourself to save your wife is your only choice .

4. A number “2” is what we call a(n) Arabic numeral.

6. cheese lovers = mice

7. The finely made rifle was precisely calibrated, and he proved to be a(n) accurate shot with it.

8. If someone is discovered to be absent after a long time, we could say that that person is “found to be missing .”

9. A long sentence with many ideas and no punctuation to break up the rhythm is called a runon (no hyphen, correctly written as run-on).

14. A comma splice occurs when you erroneously separate two independent clauses with just a comma.

15. You should capitalize words at the beginning of a sentence.

DOWN

1. The comma you use when addressing people (Hey, dude) is called a vocative comma.

3. Commas, question marks, periods, etc. are collectively called punctuation .

5. Independent clauses can also be separated with a comma-conjunction .

10. If you act strangely around Phil, he’ll get suspicious, so act naturally .

11. “I don’t know, sweetheart, you’ll have to ask Grandma.” Replace the second comma with a(n) semicolon .

12. The first generation of replicas molded from that ancient statue are original copies.

13. The boss was quietly dating the gorgeous Mrs. Schrader, but everyone in the office knew. It was an open secret .

answer to Word Find 3

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answer to Visual Riddle 9

ACETOMINOPHEN!

The active ingredient in Tylenol.

Ass

Seat

Oh!

Minnow

Fin

Crossword Puzzle 12—answers

 

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answer to Transformations 5

EARS
EARL
MARL
MAIL
SAIL
SOIL
TOIL
TOOL
TOOK
LOOK

9 steps!

answer to Transformations 4

BARS → FALL

BARS
BURS
FURS
FURL
FULL
FALL

5 steps!

BARS → PISS

BARS
BASS
PASS
PISS

3 steps!

BARS → PUKE

BARS
BARE
PARE
PURE
PUKE

4 steps!

answer to Transformations 3

There is always, of course, more than one possible answer. Here's my first stab.

SHIP → ROCK

SHIP

SHOP

SLOP

PLOP

POOP

POOF

ROOF

ROOK

ROCK

8 steps! Can you do better?

answer to Transformations 2

Six steps:

HAIL

1. SAIL
2. SOIL
3. SOUL
4. SOUR
5. SOAR
6. STAR

Can you find an even shorter solution?

answer to Transformations 1

In six steps:

LICK

1. LOCK
2. LOOT
3. SOOT
4. SLOT
5. SLAT
6. SLAP

So—there it is.

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