Two sets of clues are given, one in the left channel, the other in the right. Each clue is phonetically ambiguous.
Answers to the corresponding left-right clues, in the order given, form letter-change pairs.
LEFT CLUE | LEFT WORD | LEFT | RIGHT | RIGHT WORD | RIGHT CLUE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taut | TIGHT | T | R | RIGHT | A common turn |
Feat seen in a film | STUNT | U | I | STINT | Allot sparingly |
Kernel | CORE | R | V | COVE | Bight’s kin |
Presence opposite | LACK | K | E | LACE | Knot home, maybe |
Like a gorilla | HAIRY | I | R | HARRY | Prince in England |
Maid in Scotland | LASS | S | B | LABS | Laser sites at MIT, usually |
Mix suits, after a fashion | SHUFFLE | H | O | SOUFFLE | Airy food item |
Ate up | SCARFED | F | R | SCARRED | Not well healed |
Rowed | OARED | O | D | DARED | Was bold |
Gnu’s group | HERD | R | E | HEED | Bear in mind |
Eight, for example | CUBE | B | R | CURE | Use a balm effectively on |
Heel | LOUT | U | F | LOFT | Raised part of a barn |
One in the Kentucky Derby, perhaps | FILLY | I | O | FOLLY | Word for a 19th century purchase that had no sense |
Cereal killer | BLIGHT | L | R | BRIGHT | Like a sun |
Like a meat sometimes held at lunchtime | CORNED | D | A | CORNEA | Lens protection |
It holds the bearing straight | POISE | I | S | POSSE | Band in the west |
Maker’s marque | BRAND | N | I | BRAID | Plait of locks |
Kamen two-wheelers | SEGWAYS | G | A | SEAWAYS | Mediterranean routes |
The two sets of changed letters spell two clues: TURKISH FOR BUILDING and RIVER BORDER FOR ASIA. The answers to those clues are BINA and URAL, which combine to spell BINAURAL, the answer to the puzzle.