TROUBLE WITH TRIPLES
Complete each sentence below by filling in the blanks with three words that differ by only one letter. The changed letter will be in the same position in all three words. For example, to complete the sentence, “______they were at Sea World, the ______class cheered the killer ______” you would add the words WHILE, WHOLE, and WHALE; in this case the third letter of each word was changed. Getting 12 or more is GOOD; if you GOAD yourself into getting 15 or more, you earn a GOLD star!
1. To avoid getting a ______, the ______ate a bowl of hot ______.
2. With all ______imaginative ______parks, ______must be someplace we can take the kids.
3. We have to be back on the bus at ______, which only gives us an ______to ______the ruins.
4. ______of the travelers had ever ______into another time ______.
5. Our first night on the ocean ______, we washed down the ______paté with a whole ______of wine.
6. Around ______, anyone who can round up an entire ______of stampeding cattle is considered a ______.
7. The cryptographer couldn’t ______if he should keep trying to ______a message he had been working on for nearly a ______.
8. When we’re at the lake, ______is the avid ______of the family, whereas the rest of us would ______go canoeing or just bask on shore.
9. There’s no ______in opening up a new ______store until you can ______up plenty of advertising flyers showing the range of colors you stock.
10. Our treasurer is quite a ______money manager, and she soon made a ______in the group’s ______.
11. Finding the perfect ______to accompany a ______is one of the composer’s most difficult ______.
12. The ______persuaded the city council to make a ______contribution to the fund to renovate his ______house.
13. A prudent florist orders extra daffodils and ______as the need ______, thus averting ______.
14. To ______our spirits, we should keep ourselves ______and try to ______our woes.
15. The youngest son of the English country ______is a little ______who can ______his way out of any trouble.
16. Although the ______of the evening’s ______was
quite original, it was marred by the conductor’s haughtiness and ______.
17. The next time I spend extra money for a ______umbrella, I
won’t ______myself about its ability to survive a real ______.
18. The bootlegging Chicago ______became a real ______
when he was served dry cake, and he demanded something______...
19. ...unfortunately, there was only a ______amount of fresh Danish ______on the ______shelf.
20. Any solver who ______to tackle these word ______
will probably need to make several ______through the puzzle.