A GIFTED puzzle
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A GIFTED puzzle
Each answer below is a word or familiar phrase that contains the letters G.I.F.T.
For eaxmple: "Simply Splendid" is the clue for MAGNIFICENT.
Now lets see how GIFTed you are...
This puzzle has been fully answered and is COMPLETE
1. ---G---IFT--- >>> Their pectorals are pumped up
2. --GI- F--T- >>> Mozart opera, with "The"
3. --G-IF----T >>> Of great importance
4. G-----IFT >>> Think car
5. G---IF---T--- >>> Praise
6. ---GI- F----T >>> Inviolate woodland
7. --G--I-- F--T--- >>> Chandelier, for example
8. G---I-- F-T >>> Toning up
9. --G-IF---T--- >>> Image booster
10. G----I---F---T-- >>> Che Guevara, for one
11. --G-I-- -----F--T >>> A variety of tea
12.--G--- -IFT- >>> Mid-octogenarian birthday
13. ---G-I- F-T---- >>> Mayflower voyagers
For eaxmple: "Simply Splendid" is the clue for MAGNIFICENT.
Now lets see how GIFTed you are...
This puzzle has been fully answered and is COMPLETE
1. ---G---IFT--- >>> Their pectorals are pumped up
2. --GI- F--T- >>> Mozart opera, with "The"
3. --G-IF----T >>> Of great importance
4. G-----IFT >>> Think car
5. G---IF---T--- >>> Praise
6. ---GI- F----T >>> Inviolate woodland
7. --G--I-- F--T--- >>> Chandelier, for example
8. G---I-- F-T >>> Toning up
9. --G-IF---T--- >>> Image booster
10. G----I---F---T-- >>> Che Guevara, for one
11. --G-I-- -----F--T >>> A variety of tea
12.--G--- -IFT- >>> Mid-octogenarian birthday
13. ---G-I- F-T---- >>> Mayflower voyagers
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
1.
2.
6.
7.
12.
13.
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WEIGHTLIFTERS
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MAGIC FLUTE
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VIRGIN FOREST
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LIGHTING FIXTURE
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EIGHTY FIFTH
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PILGRIM FATHERS
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
3.
9.
11.
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MAGNIFICENT ???
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MAGNIFICATION ???
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ENGLISH BREAKFAST
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
You guys are gifted
All are correct except 3 and 5. (Close, but no cigar).
All are correct except 3 and 5. (Close, but no cigar).
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
Yep...
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
10. (but only if you've made a mistake in your dashes I think )
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Guerilla Fighter
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
According to the magazine and Google, it is with two "R's"...but spelling aside...it is quite CORRECTLeif wrote:10. (but only if you've made a mistake in your dashes I think )Spoiler
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
#4 is also correct. Well done!
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
Oops...TX.... I completely overlooked that entry. Apologies!!!
Correct Leif!
Correct Leif!
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
Interesting - I have obviously picked up the American spelling at some point. Unless the second 'R' got lost in the Mist....Rudi wrote:According to the magazine and Google, it is with two "R's"...but spelling aside...it is quite CORRECTLeif wrote:10. (but only if you've made a mistake in your dashes I think )Spoiler
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Anyhow, Hans deserves the most G---IF---T--- as he's having to work with graffiti all over his iGlasses.
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
...or was released by Ms. Fossey... LOLLeif wrote:Unless the second 'R' got lost in the Mist....
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
I take exception to Number 2.
The name of Mozarts Opera auf Deutsche as it was written, contains no GIFT.
The name of Mozarts Opera auf Deutsche as it was written, contains no GIFT.
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
Ah, BUT, it was a GIFT to all mankind nevertheless.BobH wrote:I take exception to Number 2.
The name of Mozarts Opera auf Deutsche as it was written, contains no GIFT.
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Re: A GIFTED puzzle
Ja wohl!
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