Saturday, March 15, 2014

WORDS WITHIN WORDS II
Credits:
GAMES Magazine - Sept/Oct 1981
EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
Ralph Maus and
GAMES Magazine - Nov. 2013
EAT YOUR WORDS
Stephen Sniderman

Each of the words in the middle of the lines can be expanded into a longer word by adding letters before and after, one letter per blank. The added letters will spell a word in their own right. For example, given the clue

_ _ _ MAT _ _ , the answer would be PRIMATES - adding PRIES to MAT to get the longer word.

1.  _ ORAL_
2. _ OTTER _ _ _
3. _ EVENT _ _ _
4. _ CRONY _
5. _ ROT _ _ _
6. _ _ DELI _ _
7. _ _ ELL _ _ _
8. _ _ _ GAR _ _ _
9. _ _ _ ASTER _ _ _
10. _ _ _ _ THOU _ _

HINTS:
The first letters of the missing words are:
1. M
2. L
3. S
4. A
5. P
6. S
7. S
8. M
9. M
10. C

Answers:

1. MoralE
2. LotterIES
3. SeventEEN
4. AcronyM
5. ProtRUDE
6. SIdeliNE
7. SHellACK
8. MARgarINE
9. MONasterIES
10. COURthouSE

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