The puzzle Pungent Puns has been out for a week now. If you’re struggling, check out the hint below.
The metapuzzle for January-February is Ordered Series. Check it out once you’ve completed last week’s puzzle, or give it a go anyway if you’re still stuck.
The sentences have been split up into their component clues to make them easier to understand. The first one has been given as an example. Two of the clues cannot be broken up, but still lead to a two-word phrase which sounds like a single word.
| First Word Clue | Second Word Clue | Combined Word Clue |
| fellows (MEN) | mystical glow (AURA) | candelabra (MENORAH) |
| Colony member | runs off to get married | deer |
| needlefish | burrow | flower bed |
| hotel | peer group | harm |
| desert | enchantress | lunch, perhaps |
| oak or maple | child | Betrayal |
| uncooked | monarch | moving back and forth |
| Noah’s boat | assistant | gaming center |
| discuss | transgressions | poisons |
| Norse epic | bovine | Consumable |
| What a pen makes when writing (2 wds.) | slope | |
| sister | throws | weapon |
| platter | Sorento | airway |
| treefolk | wrath | full |
| garden decoration | commercial | wanderer |
| Part of a swimming pool (2 wds.) | rely | |
| What someone with a phobia might say | mouth | gum |
| campus housing | something found in the freezer | animals |
You will get a clue phrase, which clues a pun of an eight-letter word.