January 10, 2009

Puzzle – Three-Way Definitions

Filed under: Puzzles, Wordplay — Screenhog @ 8:58 am

Bad at figuring out the answers for crossword clues? Then this puzzle is for you, because each word that we’re trying to find is defined three times! For each entry below, there are three different definitions of the exact same word. That word might sound different in some cases or have a capital letter, but the spelling is exactly the same. Can you answer all of the words?

Three-Way Definition #1

- three strikes in bowling
- Mid-East country
- popular holiday food

Three-Way Definition #2

- inflate
- type of women’s shoe
- gas station terminal

Three-Way Definition #3

- size of bed
- chess piece
- female member of royalty
Three-Way Definition #4

- fourth hand in bridge
- mall mannequin
- idiot

Three-Way Definition #5

- common type of snake
- “Knights of the _______”
- strap holding a stocking up

Three-Way Definition #6

- playground equipment
- baseball move into home plate
- trombone part
Three-Way Definition #7

- World Wide Web
- basketball hoop
- money earned after taxes

Three-Way Definition #8

- color
- fruit
- “A Clockwork ______”

Three-Way Definition #9

- musical key or tone
- black tar
- throw a baseball
Three-Way Definition #10

- type of toast
- type of fries
- type of kiss

Three-Way Definition #11

- helpful act for a community
- beginning a tennis rally
- Sunday church event

Three-Way Definition #12

- male deer
- bull or bronco activity
- slang term for a dollar
Three-Way Definition #13

- move quickly
- zero
- fasten, i.e. on a coat or purse

Three-Way Definition #14

- is going to
- last testament
- source of determination

Three-Way Definition #15

- pretends
- book of the Bible
- divisions of a Shakespearean play

Answers:

  1. TURKEY
  2. PUMP
  3. QUEEN
  4. DUMMY
  5. GARTER
  6. SLIDE
  7. NET
  8. ORANGE
  9. PITCH
  10. FRENCH
  11. SERVICE
  12. BUCK
  13. ZIP
  14. WILL
  15. ACTS

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