THE END OF OCTOBER: ER

Each answer is a six-letter word that ends in “er.” (e.g., 7, for example. Answer: Number.)

Freshman level

1. A rose, for example.

2. A creature with eight legs.

3. Part of the hand.

Graduate level

4. A serious disease in which there is a growth of cells.

5. The name of the Lone Ranger’s horse.

6. A chemical element with the symbol Cu.

Ph.D. level

7. A common tool for hitting things.

8. A burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.

9. It occupies space and has mass.

Answers: 1. Flower. 2. Spider. 3. Finger. 4. Cancer. 5. Silver. 6. Copper. 7. Hammer. 8. Gopher. 9. Matter.

— North America Syndicate