“END” IS THE BEGINNING

Each answer is a word that begins with “end.” (e.g., Tiresomely long. Answer: Endless.)

Freshman level

1. Deal with something that is painful without giving up.

2. To give money to a school, hospital or other institution.

3. Make attractive or lovable.

Graduate level

4. To sign one’s name as payee on the back of a check.

5. The final stage of some action or process.

6. A vegetable with curly green leaves eaten in salad.

Ph.D. level

7. Belonging or native to a particular people or country.

8. To try very hard to do something.

9. To put someone into a situation where they might be harmed.

Answers: 1. Endure. 2. Endow. 3. Endear. 4. Endorse. 5. Endgame. 6. Endive. 7. Endemic. 8. Endeavor. 9. Endanger.

— North America Syndicate