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1. EXAMPLE: Changing one letter, make A DEPARTURE DOOR become a word that means MAKE CHANGES OR REVISE. (4,4)
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By changing one letter, turn A BUILDING FOR PUBLIC LODGING WITH AN INSIDE ENTRY into A BUILDING FOR PUBLIC LODGING WITH AN OUTSIDE ENTRY FROM PARKING AREA. (5,5)
2. One letter change from FRIGHTEN to EXTRA. (5,5)
3. All that's required here, is a one letter change from AN APE OF THE PAN GENUS and you'll have the most lovely MUSICAL BELL-LIKE SOUND. (5,5)
4. Drop the first two letters from INTELLIGENT and add a new beginning letter to get the much dreaded FLATULENCE. (5,4)
5. Start with THE NOON MEAL and change one letter to arrive at WHAT SOMEONE HAS GIVEN YOU IF YOU EAT A KNUCKLE SANDWICH. (5,5)
6. Start with the 1967 HAIGHT-ASHBURY'S SEASON OF LOVE and change a letter to get A REAL 'DOWNER' (slang). (6,6)
7. Begin with THE DIAMOND CAPITAL OF BELGIUM and change letters numbered 3 and 7 to obtain REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. (7,7)
8. Drop a letter from SOMETHING YOU USE TO BLOW YOUR NOSE and you'll have DESCENDANTS OF THE KING, A CONCERN OR DISPUTE. (6,5)
9. Drop the last three letters off of A PERSON OF MADRID, add two others and you should end up with A SHORT LEGGED DOG WITH LONG WAVY HAIR AND LARGE DROOPING EARS. (8,7) (Think: Joe who sang "You Are So Beautiful")
10. Take A CARDBOARD BOX OR TEN COLLECTIVELY WRAPPED PACKS OF CIGARETTES and add a letter to get A COMIC STRIP. (6,7)
11. Change one letter of A GUY WHO WEARS A HORNED HELMET and net yourself THE ACTIVITY OF RIDING MOTOR CYCLES. (6,6)
12. One letter change should turn A TRICK OR DECEPTION into WHEEDLE OR URGE. (4,4)
13. With a one letter change, PROPEL A BOAT into THE BONEY PORTION OF THE HEAD. (5,5)
14. A one letter change to A 1994 KEANU REEVES AND SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIE will get you A HORSE. (5,5)
15. Change out the first letter of THE COLOR OF THE SKY and the result should be A HINT. (4,4)
16. Take an eight letter word meaning SLIVER, drop the first three letters and add a new letter to form a six letter word for THE COLDEST PERIOD OF A YEAR. (8,6)
17. Turn CORNY into ANNOYINGLY SLOW by changing out the first letter. (5,5) (Think: Put your right hand in, take your right hand out...)
18. Change A NOVEL into A CHEF. (4,4)
19. MISS PIGGY, FOZZIE BEAR OR EVEN KERMIT THE FROG can morph into A TYPE OF HOWDY DOODY by changing the first of six letters.(6,6)
20. An ARACHNID spins himself into ONE WHO SCOLDS OR REBUKES by changing out his first two letters. (6,6)
21. A "KILLER," "BLUE" OR "SPERM" MAMMAL becomes A FINELY LAYERED ROCK FORMED FROM CLAY, MUD OR SILT by simply changing the first letter. (5,5)
22. Take a word meaning TO CONNECT BY JOINING THE ENDS, remove one letter and end up with OREGANO OR SAGE. (6,5)
23. Drop a letter from A COLLECTIVE NAME FOR MEDICAL NEEDLES, SYRINGES AND LANCETS and find yourself holding MORE THAN ONE ANGELIC INSTRUMENT. (6,5)
24. A little different approach: Take A SHELTER FOR HORSES, remove the first two letters and pin them on the end (same order) and wind up with a word meaning MOST CAPABLE. (6,6)
25. An UNSOPHISTICATED COUNTRY PERSON becomes a JACK-O'-LANTERN WANNA BE by changing the first letter. (7,7)
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