TWO-IN-ONE
Credit: Will Shortz in The Puzzlemaster Presents

Add a doubled letter somewhere in each of the following six-letter words to get a common eight-letter word.


Example: RULING - RUFFLING

1. COERCE
2 .EXCEED
3. POSTER
4. PRIEST
5. STRING
6. AURATE
7. TATTER
8. NEEDLE
9. BUYING
10. DISMAY

Answers:

1. COERCE - COMMERCE
2. EXCEED - EXCELLED
3. POSTER - POLLSTER
4. PRIEST - PRIMMEST
5. STRING - STEERING
6. AURATE - ACCURATE
7. TATTER - TATTOOER
8. NEEDLE - NEEDLESS
9. BUYING - BULLYING
10. DISMAY - DISMALLY