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Stephen Sniderman created this feature. He is professor of English at Youngstown State University, contributing editor to Games magazine and Games World of Puzzles, and author of Language LoversWord Puzzles (Sterling Publishing, 2002) and Stanley Newman Presents Grid Play (Random House, 2003).    
Doublet Doubt    

Each sentence below has two sets of blanks that represent identical sets of letters in the same order. Using your _ _ _, figure out what fits in the blanks _ _ _ h no further instructions. If you're stumped, click the blanks to reveal the answers.

For a printer-friendly file with more Doublet Doubts, click on the link below. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.

   
     

1.  does not have nearly as many  rwnes
as New York.

2. Don't you just   eating  eftrs?

3. In a heavy Spanish accent, Eastwood’s    said she
was from  
 ica.

4. Do you think we    to eat another dnu?

5. Looking at the strange photo, we    the newspaper
had   
erim  one image over the other.

6. To learn about a primitive  , one must study its music,
paintings,  s
p, and architecture.

7. This was the first time the  drn from    had been away
from their parents, let alone in the United States.

8. The   had never learned to emor, but her new
husband didn't seem to care.

9. Being in unfamiliar  ity, he felt dread and even  .

10. Though the hall was  , we could see because there was plenty of
s
gh  streaming in through the window.

11. We were all surprised to see the dowdy  hleach  ride in on
a cool motor  
.

12. By its very  ,  mii  golf is not as difficult
as regular golf.

 
 
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