I started with Scream but replacing "cream" with a single letter didn't go anywhere. Then I came up with the intended film series.Q: Think of a popular movie franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a food. Replace that food with a single letter and you'll get another popular film franchise. What films are these?
A: STAR TREK - TART + H = SHREK
I can think of another duo that ties the two duos together.Q: Name a famous musical duo. Remove four consecutive letters of the duo's name and phonetically you'll name a famous nonmusical duo. Who are they?
A: RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS --> WRIGHT BROTHERS
Contrary to what Will might think, we've seen a version of this before.Q: Name a famous 20th century writer. Remove the last two letters of the first name and the last letter of the last name. The result will name a clothing material. What is it?
A: VIRGINIA WOOLF --> VIRGIN WOOL
Q: Name something you don't want to have at night using two words (3,5). Shift each of the letters of the second word nine spaces later in the alphabet. If your count reaches the end of the alphabet, continue counting from the start. The result will name a famous singer.
A: BAD SLEEP --> BAD BUNNY
Take the even letters of the second word and rearrange to name something associated with this --> ❤️Q: A man said to a friend: "I'm thinking of a 9-letter word that contains my name, Ian ("I-A-N"), embedded somewhere inside it. If you replace my 3-letter name with your 4-letter name, you'll get a familiar word in 10 letters." What are the two words, and what is the name of Ian's friend?
A: APPL(IAN)CE --> APPL(ESAU)CE
Take the letters in the longer phrase. Replace the middle letter with a T and rearrange to get something else that can work against weightloss.Q: Name something in 7 letters that's designed to help you lose weight. Insert the letters EP somewhere inside this word to get a two-word phrase naming things that are likely to add weight. What words are these?
A: PILATES --> PIE PLATES
I was initially convinced it had to do with a dromedary and Drew Barrymore.Q: Think of two hooved animals. Take all the letters of one of them and the last three letters of the other, mix them together, and you'll get the first and last names of a famous actress. Who is it?
A: DEER + (spring*)BOK --> BO DEREK
*Note: There are many African antelope that would work (Blesbok, Bontebok, Bosbok, Duikerbok, Gemsbok, Grysbok, Klipbok, Reitbok, Rhebok/Reebok, Springbok, Steenbok/Steinbok and Waterbok)
A very timely puzzle.Q: Name a famous living singer whose first and last names together have four syllables. The second and fourth syllables phonetically sound like things a dog walker would likely carry. What singer is this?
A: ALICIA KEYS --> LEASH, KEYS
We're not going to quibble over syllabification of Alicia as A‑leesh‑a versus A‑lee‑sha, are we?
Change the last letter of the word to an "i" and rearrange to get a word meaning "enterprising".Q: Think of a word that means "very small." Move the first syllable to the end, separated by a space, and you'll get a two-word phrase naming something that is very large. What words are these?
A: SUBATOMIC --> ATOMIC SUB
Possible alternate answer: "subnuclear" and "nuclear sub"
