Country Add A Letter
'Over' & 'Under'
Christmas!!!!!!!
Double Y-ed
Inconvenient Words
100
Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this painful wrenching of the ligaments around a join
What is a Sprain (from Spain)?
100
In Greek mythology it's Hades' domain
What is Hades?
100
In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"
What are Sleigh Bells?
100
This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me"
What is Mayday?
100
This carbonated water is flavored with quinine
What is Tonic?
200
Add a letter to the country highlighted here & you'll get this acronym for a device usable offshore
What is Scuba (from Cuba)?
200
It's the problem with the photo seen here (on the right)
What is oversaturation?
200
"And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"
What is a Christmas Carole?
200
From Greek words for "true" & "study", it's the study of the origin & development of words
What is Etymology?
200
It's a time-stamped document that outlines a buyer's obligation to a seller--a bill, if you will
What is an Invoice?
300
Add a letter to the country featured here & you get this word for a female
What is Woman (from Oman)?
300
An idiom meaning to have surgery is to "go" here
What is Under the Knife?
300
Set in the Aussie Outback, 1983's "Bush Christmas" was the feature film debut of this Oscar-winning actress
What is Nicole Kidman?
300
Mozart's "Haffner", for example
What is Symphony?
300
In 2023 this type of filing affecting housing was 50% higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities
What is Eviction?
400
Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this word describing a fully-equipped business opportunity
What is Turnkey (from Turkey)?
400
Hoping to change her own food behavior & that of others who needed help, Rozanne S. founded this organization
What is Overeaters Anonymous?
400
In June bonfires are lit on the eve of "Summer Christmas", celebrating the birth of this man who lit the way for Jesus
What is John the Baptist?
400
Ingrained prejudice against women
What is Misogyny?
400
The Patent Office wants to make sure that this is "new, useful & non-obvious"
What is an Invention?
500
Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless"
What is Benign (from Benin)?
500
In 9 letters, to divulge too much personal information
What is Overshare?
500
The tradition of having a decorated Christmas tree in the White House began with this president & grandson of another in 1889
What is Benjamin Harrison?
500
A peculiar habit or mannerism
What is an idiosyncrasy?
500
A column on chesscafe.com designed to help a beginning player improve is alliteratively called this "nook"
What is the Novice Nook?