ＨＡＭＬＥＴ: Tragedy in 6 Letters - 2/8 Quiz - By jyrops
ＨＡＭＬＥＴ: Tragedy in 6 Letters - 2/8
Can you discover a synopsis of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 8 Word Ladders? Part 2 (Act 1, scene 5) Note: 3 letters change per rung ... see How-To-Play More Info
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Table of Clues
| Clue | 6-Letter Rung | Letter Patterns of Adjacent Rungs | |
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| 1 | “ Neither a borrower nor a _be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, ” ( Hamlet 1.3) |
⇙ ⇙ N ⇙ E R | |
| 2 | Steve Martin vis-a-vis most anyone else, or more like author Grey? |
⇖ ⇖ N ⇖ E R Z ⇙ N I ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 3 | Apex or apogee, or television brand known for the first wireless remote |
Z ⇖ N I ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ I T H |
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| 4 | Any one of Middle Earth's Nazgûl, or phantasm, ghost |
⇖ ⇖ ⇖ I T H W R ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ H |
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| 5 | Spanner, across the pond | W R ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ H ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ N C H |
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| 6 | Spare tire, beer belly | ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ N C H ⇙ A U N ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 7 | Usual hang-outs | ⇖ A U N ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ U ⇙ T S |
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| 8 | Playing areas for tennis, racquetball, basketball | ⇖ ⇖ U ⇖ T S C O ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ S |
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| 9 | NBC sportscaster Bob | C O ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ S C ⇙ S T ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 10 | _Howl's Moving _ (2004 Hayao Miyazaki animated film) |
C ⇖ S T ⇖ ⇖ C ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ L E |
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| 11 | _King _ (Elvis song, album, movie) |
C ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ L E C R E ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 12 | Southern US Amerind tribe, or brooks, streams |
C R E ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ R ⇙ E ⇙ S |
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| 13 | Things taken by waiters and soldiers | ⇖ R ⇖ E ⇖ S ⇙ R ⇙ ⇙ R S |
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| 14 | Lawrence (from Romeo and Juliet) and Tuck (from Robin Hood) |
⇖ R ⇖ ⇖ R S F R I ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 15 | Richly ornamented band on a building, the famous one from the Parthenon for example |
F R I ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ R I ⇙ ⇙ E |
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| 16 | UK's Charles, William, Harry, or George | ⇖ R I ⇖ ⇖ E ⇙ R I N ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 17 | Sea waters | ⇖ R I N ⇖ ⇖ B ⇙ I ⇙ E ⇙ |
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| 18 | Old _ (London's criminal court dating to the 16th century) |
B ⇖ I ⇖ E ⇖ ⇙ A ⇙ L E ⇙ |
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| 19 | Small settlement or village | ⇖ A ⇖ L E ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ L E T |
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| 20 | Small house associated with the Swiss Alps | ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ L E T C H A ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 21 | Don new duds, or money gotten back after a purchase |
C H A ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ N G E |
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| 22 | Apply an eye-for-an-eye attitude | ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ N G E ⇙ V E N ⇙ ⇙ |
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| 23 | Knocked down the high spots; smoothed | ⇖ V E N ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ N E D |
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| 24 | Struck out swinging | ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ N E D F A ⇙ ⇙ E ⇙ |
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| 25 | QUEEN: “ [T]hou hast thy _ much offended. ” PRINCE: “ Mother, you have my _ much offended. ” ( Hamlet 3.4) |
F A ⇖ ⇖ E ⇖ F ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ E R |
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| 26 | Citizen Kane's middle name, or promote growth and development |
F ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ E R ⇙ O ⇙ T E ⇙ |
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| 27 | “ Something is _ in the state of Denmark. ” ( Hamlet 1.4) |
⇖ O ⇖ T E ⇖ |
More Info:
- The arrows in the third column indicate which letters changed from the previous rung (up arrows) and which letters in the current word must be changed in order to produce the next rung (down arrows).
Last Updated: Aug 9, 2018
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