7 Little Words

Answers to Sunrise50
1. kitchen leader (4 letters) CHEF 2. hair curler (10 letters) BEAUTICIAN 3. government of the few (9 letters) OLIGARCHY 4. government takeover (4 letters) COUP 5. not military (8 letters) CIVILIAN 6. hiring of relatives (8 letters) NEPOTISM 7. college graduates (6 letters) ALUMNI (Submitted by Sunchon and Sharene – thanks!)


Answers to Sunrise49

1. extend (7 letters)PROLONG 2. down in the dumps (6 letters) MOROSE 3. subtle gossip (8 letters) INNUENDO 4. provoking fear (5 letters) SCARY 5. close-knit group (7 letters) PHALANX 6. in good spirits (8 letters) CHEERFUL 7. ringmaster, for one (7 letters) SHOWMAN (Submitted by Sunchon – thanks!)


Answers to Sunrise48

1. microscope dye (5 letters) STAIN 2. gloomy (8 letters) FUNEREAL 3. one cheering you on (9letters) SUPPORTER 4. shortage (6 letters) DEARTH 5. pulleylike structure (8 letters) TROCHLEA 6. old Grecian currency (7 letters) DRACHMA 7. rescue illumination (11 letters) SEARCHLIGHT (Submitted by Sunchon and Sharene – thanks!)


Answers to Sunrise47

1. thought to be true (8 letters) PUTATIVE 2. fatherhood (9 letters) PATERNITY 3. yarn bundle (4 letters) HANK 4. one who thinks he’sclever (7 letters) SOPHIST 5. gloomy (10 letters) LUGUBRIOUS 6. gloomy (9 letters) SATURNINE 7. make a miasma (7 letters) POLLUTE


Answers to Sunrise46

1. debased caricature (8 letters) TRAVESTY 2. badly distorted (9 letters) GROTESQUE 3. look like (8 letters) RESEMBLE 4. be too sweet (4 letters) CLOY 5. without a care (11 letters) THOUGHTLESS 6. sci-fi invader (7 letters) MARTIAN 7. fall apart(7 letters) CRUMBLE


Answers to Sunrise45

1. neural junction (7 letters) SYNAPSE 2. remove foreign elements (6 letters) PURIFY 3. restaurant booking (11 letters) RESERVATION 4. foolishness (9 letters) ABSURDITY 5. depreciation (9 letters) SHRINKAGE 6. armored mammal (9 letters) ARMADILLO 7. of the universe (6 letters) COSMIC


Answers to Sunrise44

1. strange (8 letters) ABNORMAL 2.spontaneously playful (9 letters) WHIMSICAL 3. chick’s cry (4 letters) PEEP 4. device used on some screens (6 letters) STYLUS 5. one in music up to his chin (9 letters) VIOLINIST 6. detail-oriented (10 letters) METICULOUS 7. arrogant (11 letters) OVERBEARING


Answers to Sunrise43

1. make larger (7 letters) ACCRETE 2. ridiculous (10 letters) OUTLANDISH 3. impressive or majestic (7 letters)SUBLIME 4. jester (7 letters) BUFFOON 5. eccentric (8 letters) CRACKPOT 6. put in order (8 letters) ORGANIZE 7. customary (12 letters) CONVENTIONAL


Answers to Sunrise42

1. cleaning (9 letters) HOUSEWORK 2. furtive moving (7 letters) STEALTH 3. flawlessly clean (10 letters) IMMACULATE 4. extra tidy (10 letters) FASTIDIOUS 5. ancient city (4 letters) TROY 6. at a high cost (7 letters) PYRRHIC7. FM receiver (5 letters) RADIO


Answers to Sunrise41

1. forest dweller (6 letters) SLYVAN 2. great interest (10 letters) ENTHUSIASM 3. play piano for, say (9 letters) ACCOMPANY 4. western African nation (8 letters) CAMEROON 5. safeguard (10 letters) PRECAUTION 6. kiss (4 letters) BUSS 7. South American cowboy (6 letters) GAUCHO


Answers to Sunrise40

1. affected refusal (8 letters)ACCISMUS 2. not living forever (6 letters) MORTAL 3. puts up roadblocks (7 letters) STYMIES 4. below the surface (10 letters) SUBLIMINAL 5. elimination (11 letters) ERADICATION 6. panel member (5 letters) JUROR 7. Port-au-Prince is its capital (5 letters) HAITI (Submitted by Hahn – thanks!)


Answers to Sunrise39

1. actor’s substitute (10 letters) UNDERSTUDY 2. sugar substitute (10 letters)NUTRASWEET 3. actress’s substitute (10 letters) STUNTWOMAN 4. substitute governor (9 letters) SURROGATE 5. emergency substitute (6 letters) BACKUP 6. cheap substitute (6 letters) ERSATZ 7. substitute worker (4 letters) TEMP (Submitted by Hahn – thanks!)


Answers to Sunrise38

1. tragic upheaval (9 letters) CATACLYSM 2. nuclear tragedy (8 letters) MELTDOWN 3. tragic (8 letters) SHOCKING 4....