Answer to Language Teaser #1:

• Mortimer was a tax collector.
• Dirk was a lumberjack who died because he didn't hear his partner yell “Timber!”
• Suzy was a comedian.
• Ethel was a maid, always fighting dust.

Answer to Language Teaser #2:

My FATHER, the BATHER, would RATHER LATHER with soap than with body wash.

Answer to Language Teaser #3:

• The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out.
• The man was so upset about being BALD that he regularly BALLED himself up on the bed and BAWLED his eyes out.
• I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my nose.
• A pirate will wander the SEAS and essentially SEIZE everything he SEES.

Answer to Language Teaser #4:

• Mite … Might
• Sighted … Cited
• Seer … Sear
• Pail … Pale
• Eye … Aye

Answer to Language Teaser #5:

• Ponder … Yonder
• Danger … Ranger
• Towel … Vowel

Answer to Language Teaser #6:

• Fighting a liar … Lighting a fire
• Lack of pies … Pack of lies
• Mad bunny … Bad money
• Take a shower … Shake a tower
• Shoving leopard … Loving shepherd

Answer to Language Teaser #7:

• Grip gripe
• Ant rant
• Irate pirate
• Latter platter
• Thin thing

Answer to Language Teaser #8:

• POLARIZE (polar eyes)
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY (auto biography)
• COURTSHIP (court ship)
• DILATE (die late)
• LIABILITY (lie ability)

Answer to Language Teaser #9:

• Bored … Board
• Allowed … Aloud
• Paced … Paste
• Pleas … Please
• Sachet … Sashay

Answer to Language Teaser #10:

• under + stand = understand
• short + cut = short cut
• horse + shoe = horseshoe
• tea + spoon = teaspoon
• honey + moon = honeymoon

Answer to Language Teaser #11:

• water + fall = waterfall
• book + case = bookcase
• star + fish = starfish
• hair + dresser = hairdresser
• butter + scotch = butterscotch

Answer to Language Teaser #12:

• MELODRAMA (mellow drama)
• PARLIAMENT (par lament)
• OFFSPRING (off spring)
• OVERBOARD (over board)

Answer to Language Teaser #13:

During the baseball game, the CHATTER didn't bother the LATTER BATTER, but it did bother the one before him.

Answer to Language Teaser #14:

• Weeknight … Wee knight
• Properties … Proper ties
• Rapscallion … Rap scallion
• Islander … I slander
• Reincarnation … Rein carnation

Answer to Language Teaser #15:

• Deer reed
• Regal lager
• Leg gel
• Reel leer

Answer to Language Teaser #16:

The words, when combined with the correct placement letter, form new words.

1. Corn (acorn)
2. Leaf (belief)
3. Saw (see-saw)
4. Part (depart)
5. Mitt (emit)

Answer to Language Teaser #17:

• The FUNCTION of a stoplight is to make a road JUNCTION safer.
• Like the saying goes, you can't FORCE a HORSE to drink. He'll do it in due COURSE.
• The JOCKEY was terrible at HOCKEY because he was much too short and kept slipping on the ice.

Answer to Language Teaser #18:

• MANACLES
• MANATEE
• MANDATE
• MANNEQUIN
• MANUAL

Answer to Language Teaser #19:

• DISADVANTAGE (staged)
• SOMERSAULT (slates)
• PENITENTIARY (pretty)
• RETAINERS (strain)
• SCARCITIES (access)

Answer to Language Teaser #20:

Each word can be changed into a new word by adding a letter of the alphabet to either the beginning or the end. These new words fit the definitions.

• Treaty (TREE-T)
• Esquire (S-CHOIR)
• Elfin (L-FIN)
• Unite (U-KNIGHT)
• Piccolo (PICKLE-O)
• Pansy (PAN-Z)
• Entire (N-TIRE)

Answer to Language Teaser #21:

• Trendy (TREND-E)
• Extort (X-TORT)
• Esteem (S-TEAM)
• Embrace (M-BRACE)
• Oboe (O-BOW)
• Maybe (MAY-B)

Answer to Language Teaser #22:

Since you gained so much weight, your shoe doesn't fit any more. You must have TOO FAT A FOOT.

Answer to Language Teaser #23:

• Intent
• Inmate
• Invent
• Intern
• Inspire

Answer to Language Teaser #24:

• Assassin (S)
• Fallible (L)
• Pepper (P)
• Assesses (S)
• Minimum (M)

Answer to Language Teaser #25:

• Russell the Leaf
• Brad the Nail
• Pattie the Hamburger
• Sandy the Beach
• Mark the Pen
• Carrie the Basket

Answer to Language Teaser #26:

• BEEF for a THIEF
• A JESTER with a FESTER
• Don't IMPEDE the STEED
• A SHREW with a CLUE

Answer to Language Teaser #27:

• Crimson … Red … Read … Perused (F)
• Elk … Deer … Dear … Darling (D)
• Pair … Two … Too … Also (E)
• Soothsayer … Seer … Sear … Scorch (C)
• Step … Stair … Stare … Gawk (B)
• Quote … Cite … Site … Locale (A)

Answer to Language Teaser #28:

Cook before you sleep, from “Look before you leap.”

Answer to Language Teaser #29:

• Below elbow
• Mentors monster
• Hectare cheater
• Alps pals
• West stew

Answer to Language Teaser #30:

• Gulp plug
• Teaser eaters
• Spam maps
• Lease easel
• Lotus louts