FOR YOUR _ _ _ _ RMATION
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Apr. 2004
(#24-26: GAMES/World of Puzzles - October, 2015)

Raymond D. Love

The word TEEN is the shortened form of TEENAGER, and AUTO is clipped from the front end of AUTOMOBILE. Can you fill in the blanks below with the short form of each longer word? The spaces indicate the number of letters in the shortened word.

1. _ _ _ _ _ MINIUM
2. _ _ _ OLINE
3. _ _ _ _ RANDUM
4. _ _ _ EDO
5. _ _ _ _ USINE
6. _ _ _ EREE
7. _ _ _ IRE
8. _ _ _ _ _ POTAMUS
9. _ _ _ OPHONE
10. _ _ _ _ _ DUCTION
11. _ _ _ _ UTIVE
12. _ _ _ VICT
13. _ _ _ MARINE
14. _ _ _ ITENTIARY
15. _ _ _ _ _ CEROS
16. _ _ _ _ NNAISE
17. _ _ _ _ ANENT
18. _ _ _ UTANTE
19. _ _ _ ERAN
20. _ _ _ _ SITION
21. _ _ _ GRAPHY

22. _ _ _ _ _ TION

23. _ _ _ _ UISITE
24. _ _ _ _ LIMENTARY
25. _ _ _ _ TUARY
26. _ _ _ _ _ _ ENON

Answers:

1. CONDO
2. GAS
3. MEMO
4. TUX
5. LIMO
6. REF
7. UMP
8. HIPPO
9. SAX
10. INTRO
11. EXEC
12. CON
13. SUB
14. PEN
15. RHINO
16. MAYO
17. PERM
18. DEB
19. VET
20. EXPO
21. BIO

22. PROMO

23. PERQ 
24. COMP
25. OBIT
26. PHENOM