Fan fare
Long ago, people learned they could feel cooler on hot days by waving a big leaf or feather through the air to create a breeze. Not long after that, they discovered folded papers and silks had the same effect. Voilà, the fan! Each of these expressions contains the word "fan." Can you identify them? (Example: "childish" is inFANtile.)
1. It turns the alternator in an automobile
2. A Spanish-American dance
3. One of Disney's first full-length animated films
4. Needlework, embroidery, crocheting, and the like
5. New fashion or invention (colloquial)
6. Jack London novel
7. Overzealous
8. Foot soldiers
9. Girl in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables"
10. To stir or heat up
11. A showy, but ineffective fellow
12. Semicircular window over a door
13. Federal National Mortgage Association
14. Some pigeons and goldfish
SOURCES: The World Book Encyclopedia, The World Book Dictionary.
ANSWERS
(1) fan belt; (2) fandango; (3) "Fantasia" in 1940; (4) fancywork; (5) newfangled; (6) "White Fang"; (7) fanatical; (8) infantry; (9) Fantine; (10) fan the flame; (11) Fancy Dan; (12) fanlight or fan window; (14) Fannie Mae; (14) fantails.