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1. All of the 180 words I used in the Amazing Postal CODE series were perfect combinations of state abbreviations, e.g. CODE (Colorado and Delaware). All of the following answers will be two or more codes running on, i.e. overlapping or combining. An example of the difference is CAME (California and Maine) versus CAR (California and Arkansas).
The first word rhymes with the example and means to deface or scratch.
2. This is a waterfall or a product for your dishwasher. With the rules for Postal CODE Plus, the words will usually include a two letter sequence that is not a state abbreviation, in this case AD.
3. This is a word meaning to devise or to mix together, as in chemistry or cooking. Keep the Rocky Mountains in mind.
4. Also called a transfer, you can stick this on your car window, among other places.
5. This word applies to an opponent. It can be prefaced by "arch," if it's your main one.
6. This is what a judge may do to a convicted murderer or a building inspector to an unsafe house.
7. This word is the adjective describing the green, slimy stuff in ponds, pools and other places.
The two states involved are contiguous, southern ones.
8. The next word is a star. At the bend in the handle of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) is a second magnitude star called Mizar; it has a much fainter fifth magnitude companion that has been used to test visual acuity. What is the name of the fainter star?
9. This optimist is (perhaps) Voltaire's most famous character.
10. The last word is seldom used and may take some thought. It means a class of women who have lost their standing in respectable society, usually through some indiscretion. It is from the French for "half-world." The first four letters have gone before Moore, Willis and Kutcher.
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