Follow-up Word Puzzle: Replacement IDs
(Source from NPR Sunday Puzzle created by Will Shortz, which was aired this last weekend:
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876570406/sunday-puzzle-replacement-ids )
This is a follow-up puzzle to previous
"Lost ID's" puzzle. It's called "Replacement ID's." I'm
going to give you some words. Each word contains the consecutive letters I-D
somewhere in it. Change the I-D to two new letters to get a new familiar word.
Example: Stride --> Stroke or Strafe
1. Fidget
2. Ideate
3. Bridal
4. Rancid
5. Fiddle
6. Afraid (hyph.)
7. Collide
8. Provide
9. Humidity
10. Consider
11. Diffident
12. President
Answer Keys
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876570406/sunday-puzzle-replacement-ids )

Example: Stride --> Stroke or Strafe
1. Fidget
2. Ideate
3. Bridal
4. Rancid
5. Fiddle
6. Afraid (hyph.)
7. Collide
8. Provide
9. Humidity
10. Consider
11. Diffident
12. President
Answer Keys
1. forget
2. create
3. brutal
4. rancor
5. fondle
6. a-frame
7. collage
8. provoke
9. humanity
10.
consumer
11.
different
12.
prescient
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