A previous posting introduced the concept of Venetian word pairs. Relaxing the rules a bit opens a whole new world of Venetian word pairs.
Let's allow the transformation to use sections which may consist of a single letter. Obviously, the reversal of a single letter is just itself again.
So SORCERESS becomes RECROSSES:
1. SORCERESS
2. SORCER ES S
3. RECROS SE S
4. RECROSSES
The hint for the above might be something like:
female wizard
<===> The tiger continually _________ his territory in search of prey and intruders
Now see how many of the below you can solve:
1. a fan of Peter, Ivan, Nicholas, Catherine, and all the rest
<===> Dire _______
2. ______ the number until the call goes through
<===> Emergency! We've had a train ______
3. Can you believe that people used to carry these fireworks around in their cars
in case of emergency?
<===> more wrong than wrong
4. no clothes
<===> clothes are scattered all over the floor
5. Why, Mrs. Winthrop, you're looking quite ______ this evening!
<===> ______ball
6. In youth, heights increase. In middle age, ______ increase.
<===> Bill of ______
7. The longer the baby goes without a nap, the _______ he becomes
<===> a split
8. big dog patrols the ski slopes
<===> marketers' reset
9. Applaud all you want, this orchestra never comes back out for _______
<===> Surgeons removed the tissue before it started to _______
10. The battlefield was strewn with _______
<===> creative _______
11. mathematical shape with infinite complexity
<===> boxcar train or _______ train
12. calm
<===> seen again
13. anything relating to marriage
<===> If you can braid hair then you can also undo the braids
14. six-legged animal
<===> She's the ______ person I've ever met!
15. often found in a fireplace holding the coals
<===> very weird
16. edible shellfish
<===> it can't be added up
17. get back together again
<===> known more commonly as a posse or an entourage
18. This ______ some interesting questions
<===> comes up
19. The British press ________ Winston Churchill
<===> Hand lotion leaves a feeling of ________ that I dislike
20. To smooth down this rough wood, you'll need a ______
<===> caught in a net
21. all the ceremonial stuff around royalty
<===> the price of sending goods by train
22. This extravagant staircase is even _______ than the last!
<===> unusual word for snarled
23. Interest _______ in a bank account
<===> to put a witchy spell on
24. one after the other
<===> If you enjoyed sailing it the first time then why not again?
25. He's not just a pastry chef, he's a true ______
<===> Some ______ you're just born with
26. They don't appreciate my dirty jokes because they're all a bunch of ______
<===> lips were pressed together tightly
27. Maybe I really ought to tone down the ________ of my jokes
<===> I guess if you can have several kinds of old laces then you can also have several kinds of ________
28. This tropical drink is made with ______ of mango, papaya, and guava
<===> to read very carefully
29. a place to store your clothes
<===> obscure carpentry term relating to the hole drilled for pinning a mortise-and-tenon joint
Unsolved: 7, 19, 22 All have been solved
Answer
FINAL ANSWER with much help from @Nicolas Budig and @JohnMark Perry
1 (@Nicolas Budig):
TSARIST <-> STRAITS
2 (@Nicolas Budig):
REDIAL <-> DERAIL
3:
FLARES <=> FALSER
4 (@JohnMark_Perry):
NUDITY -> NU DIT Y -> UN TID Y -> UNTIDY
5:
LOVELY <=> VOLLEY
6:
GIRTHS <=> RIGHTS
7:
FUSSIER <=> FISSURE
8:
BERNARD <=> REBRAND
9:
ENCORES <===> NECROSE
10 (@Nicolas Budig):
CORPSES <-> PROCESS
11:
FRACTAL <=> FLATCAR
12:
SERENE <=> RESEEN
13:
NUPTIAL <=> UNPLAIT
14 (@Nicolas Budig):
INSECT <-> NICEST
15:
BRAZIER <=> BIZARRE
16 (@JohnMark_Perry):
MUSSELS -> MUS SEL S -> SUM LES S -> SUMLESS
17 (@Nicolas Budig):
REUNITE <-> RETINUE
18:
RAISES <=> ARISES
19:
OILINESS <=> LIONISES
20:
SANDER <=> SNARED
21 (@JohnMark_Perry):
REGALIA -> R EGALIA -> R AILAGE -> RAILAGE
22:
GRANDER <=> GNARRED
23 (@Nicolas Budig):
ACCRUES <-> ACCURSE
24:
SERIAL <=> RESAIL
25 (@JohnMark_Perry):
ARTIST -> ART I ST -> TRA I TS -> TRAITS
26:
PRUDES <=> PURSED
27:
RACINESS <=> ARSENICS
28:
PUREES <=> PERUSE
29 (@JohnMark_Perry):
WARDROBE -> WARD ROB E -> DRAW BOR E -> DRAWBORE
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