On-air challenge: Every answer is a compound word with two hyphens in which the part in the middle has two letters.
Ex. Perfect stroke for a golfer —> gap-in-one
1. Carousel
2. Officer during a meeting who stands near the door
3. Basic piece of lumber
4. Street that's a dead end
5. Relative of one's spouse who is stereotypically hard to acquire along with
6. Smarty-pants; a person who pretends to have all the answers
7. State flower of Alaska,whose name suggests you'll always remember it
8. Capital of Haiti[br]9. Person who can represent you in a legal case
10. French name for blackjack, which translates as "twenty-one"
11. Decorative symbol with a French name
12. Basic kind of knot used to tie a necktie
13. Person who is idle and irresponsible
14. Relatively affluent
[br]final week's challenge: This was a two-week challenge, or it came from Zack Guido,the author of the book Of Course! The Greatest Collection of Riddles & Brain Teasers for Expanding Your intellect. Write down the equation 65 – 43 = 21. You'll notice that this is not right. 65 minus 43 equals 22, not 21. The thing is to move exactly two of the digits to create a right equation. There is no trick in the puzzle's wording. In the answer, or the minus and equal signs do not move.
Answer: 65-43=12
Winner: Michael Holmes of North Potomac,Md.
Next week's challenge: This week's challenge sounds easy, but it's a little tricky. Name a famous nationality. Drop a letter, or the remaining letters in order will name a metal — one of the elements on the periodic table. What is it?[br]
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