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Please help me with a project, thanks.

1) EXP?NS?VE

Clue: Development of large areas of new land is liable to be an a) expansive b) expensive project.

2) O?E
Clue: Girlfriend is touched by boyfriend's gift, a book of poems, and asks him to read out loud her favourite a) ode b) one


3) ?an

Clue: Woman who hates to cook and has few utensils likes the fact that soup can be heated in simple a) pan b)can

4) Ke?s

Clue: New manager is completely stressed when she realizes the pub's ke?s have been stolen. a) kegs b) keys

5) ?atch

Clue: Home decorator is frustrated by wealthy client's difficult demand that she ? a piece of wallpaper, which has intricate design. a) match b) patch

6) I?is

Forced to rush, photographer is thrilled that she has still managed to get shot of unique-looking a) ibis b) iris

7) Sociologist points out how much of society has approved a conventional ?ode of behavior. a) code b) mode

8) Condemned murderer's thoughts frequently focus on matters relating to his a) grave
b) grace

Thanks to all who responds.

No idea what this is about, but if it helps my answers are:
1) EXPENSIVE
2) ODE
3) Pan
4) Keys
5) match
6) Ibis
7 a) code
8) a) grave

Was just going to respond in exactly the same way as Mrs Trellis: if it helps, my answers would tend to be the same, though for many different reasons to do with the various situations indicated rather than/in addition to the vocabulary items given to choose from. Please let us know what kind of "project" this is! It sounds more like a badly constructed test in English as a Second or Foreign Language to me: in each case the other alternative could also be justified!

Well, my local town newspaper has a weekly solve the puzzle contest. If no one wins, the amount for the following week increases. The prize is now $1200.00 So.. I'm getting some input from online. Thanks for your answers.

Well I wish you luck blackscorpion, but I would guess that as each answer is equally valid you just have to be lucky in choosing the correct ones. Apart from no. 6 (ibis/iris, which I think are equal), I just went for what seemed the most obvious. No guarantees that that's what's required by the competition setter - but for $1200 it's worth a shot!

I agree with you I can submit several entries if I buy more newspapers. There is a second part I will post soon as conundrum # 2. I do appreciate the help as I have vacation soon and I need some $$$ for travelling.

goodluck blackscorpion. You will need more than 20,000 entries to cover the possibilities.

Just noticed this & I would disagree on some of the following.
See my logic re #2 puzzle, but it could just be totally arbitrary.

1A expansive - "large areas"
2A ode - "poems"
3B can - "soup"
4A kegs - "pub"
5B patch - "piece of wallpaper"
7B mode - "conventional" (Chambers)
8B grace - pardon (Chambers)

6 again appears to the breaker clue.
A ibis - "rush"(es) where you might find one.
B iris - "photographer" - part of a camera lens. My choice.

Who knows? If we had the solution to a previous winning entry & could see the logic, you might get better answers.