Odd Man Out
By Chris Morse and Ann Jones
Each of the following sets of 5 words has a common
property for 4 of them and one odd word out. The odd words out in each column (bold) also form a
set. This leaves five final words
(bold and italics), which read across as: COUNCIL POSSESSES CRATE EXTRACT
SINGLETON
And when the come to headquarters to see the crate, the
only singleton in it is a piece of "RED TILE."
COUNCIL ACANTHOMERIDAE AGGRAVATED AMINE FORCE
ENSIGN CABERNET GAZETTEER METER OVERDRIVE
HATCH PALISADE SHUFFLED MIND PROGRAM
REED STALEMATE STEWARDESSES PALM RISK
TALENT SUBARTESIAN WATERCRESS TOME VELOCITY
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read
ALMOST ATTEST CANOPY ALES ATLATL
BIOPSY BYTE CRUELTY ANGERS BANANA
CHINTZ FORMIDABLE DURESS NICE DYNAMO
GHOSTY POSSESSES OUTRAGEOUS TAXES FAVORITE
POWDER UPPSALA WRECKS TOURS HELICOPTER
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with a end
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in made from
alphab. preposition of
a letter France two-letter
order element
symbols
DELIVER AMPLE BALD AZORIAN CLOCK
POOLS CADRE FARDELS CLEAVE FIRE
PRUSSIAN LUMP SHORT DUST IVORY
REMIT PANES SIMPLE OVERSIGHT SINGLETON
SWARD SACRIFICE STAMMERER RAVEL WATCH
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with
antonyms tower
ABSENTLY ADDER AFGHAN BLIXEN ALUMINUM
EXORCISED CASTLE CALMNESS EXTRACT ATWIXT
MIDNIGHT OHMS HIJACKING HOARD HOMOTAXIA
STROLLER STAR OVERSTAY MARTYR TIMOTHY
UNSELFISH STEEDS UNDISCOVERED PAGAN WITHOUT
contain Caesar
shift to contain rhyme contain
only
Tolkien another
word alpha
triplets with a L-R
creatures President’s symmetric
name letters
ABROAD AM COMPOUND ADDLE ADOS
BABY DENS CRATE LAID JOT
BARBARA SEVER INVALID ORGONE LUMBERS
DOODAD SKEWER SUPPLY ROPER REALIZE
PARAPOD VAN WOUND SHAW RUSH
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British
spellings