Arrange the following letters in the grid to form six 5-letter words. Each 5-letter word is the result of two 3-letter words, the final letter of the first being the initial one of the second word, eg: spa & ark → spark.

A A A C E E E E H I I M N N O P P R S T T These clues pertain loosely to the 6 5-letter words: victor mature holding weight tree grape

AMP - ampere; amplifier; amplify
CAR - a wheeled vehicle
CHA - tea
NET - mesh; network; trap
NOT - verb negator; to no degree
PEN - an instrument with ink for writing
PIN - device for fastening; to fasten into place
RAT - a rodent; a scoundrel; a snitch
RIP - a tear; to tear or rend
TEN - the cardinal number 10

CHAMP   CHAMP - VICTOR  (CHA + AMP)
A S I   CARAT - WEIGHT  (CAR + RAT)
RIPEN   RIPEN - MATURE  (RIP + PEN)
A E O   ASPEN - TREE    (ASP + PEN)
TENET   TENET - HOLDING (TEN + NET)
        PINOT - GRAPE   (PIN + NOT)

CARAT
H I E
ASPEN
M E E
PINOT


** 1,000,000 BC, that is (TUMAK was the character Victor Mature played in the movie ONE MILLION B.C., though the movie in reference to the clues (if there is one) is unknown to me. Victor Mature did play strong men (holding weight?), and in some films even might have involved trees and grapes).

Edited on May 11, 2012, 1:26 am

Posted by Dej Mar on 2012-05-11 01:19:05