COMING AND GOING I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept. 1984
N.M. Meyer

Fill in the first set of dashes with a three-letter word that will finish a six-letter word. Then reverse the three-letter word and write it in the second set of dashes to start a new six-letter word. For example, given the clue

PUL _ _ _        _ _ _ PLE, the answer would be
PUL P I T       T I P PLE

1. KID _ _ _       _ _ _ TRY
2. BUT _ _ _      _ _ _  ICE
3. BAN _ _ _      _ _ _ RIX
4. TUR _ _ _      _ _ _ ING
5. MAG _ _ _     _ _ _ ANT
6. NEC _ _ _       _ _ _ ION
7. BUR _ _ _      _ _ _ ACE
8. CAR _ _ _      _ _ _ ARY

Answers:

1. kidNAP - PANtry 
2. butTON - NOTice
3. banTAM - MATrix
4. turNIP - PINing
5. magNET - TENant
6. necTAR - RATion
7. burLAP - PALace
8. carTON - NOTary