(Ranked on Team Pinochle (Yahoo) Ladder) on December 22, 2011 at 06:38:08:In Reply to: puzzle posted by peaceful_easyfeeling on December 22, 2011 at 04:43:36:
: Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 9 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle.
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: AD AS CA CI EI EL ES ES GH HO IC IC LE LE LS MI NS NT PE RE RO SA SL ST TE TI US
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: 1. Sings CAROLS
: 2. Dwellings HOUSES
: 3. Cookie plan RECIPE
: 4. Frozen water stalactite ICICLE
: 5. St. Nicks SANTAS
: 6. Shiny garland TINSEL
: 7. ___toe MISTLE
: 8. ___ Fideles ADESTE
: 9. Ice vehicle SLEIGH