3-LETTER WORD SWITCHBACKS (Round 3)

How to Play:

Each entry contains two mystery words, and each mystery word begins and ends with common 3-letter words that are the reverse (switchbacks) of one another. Clues are given to help solve the mystery words.

Example:

➤ SUB ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Below the threshold of sensation, consciousness or awareness)

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ BUS

(Supernatural seductress)

[Answer: "SUBLIMINAL" and "SUCCUBUS" are the two mystery words, with "SUB" and "BUS" being the 3-letter word switchbacks.]

Round 3:

➤ BAT ___ ___ ___

(Wage war)

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ TAB

(Double-cross with a knife, so to speak)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ BUT ___ ___ ___

(Used with "up", to curry favor)

➤ ___ ___ ___ TUB

(In movie title, with "Time Machine")


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ BUD ___ ___ ___ ___

(Pals)

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ DUB

(Pretentious nonsense; airs)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ DAM ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

(Colorful darner)

➤ ___ ___ MAD

(Peripatetic one)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ PAN ___ ___ ___ ___

(Flapjack)

➤ ___ ___ ___ NAP

(Quick mid-day snooze)


⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

PAST ROUNDS (for your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: 3-LETTER WORD SWITCHBACKS (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: 3-LETTER WORD SWITCHBACKS (Round 2)