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FRONT AND BACK
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb/Mar 1989
N.M. Meyer

Complete each nine-letter word below by adding the same pair of letters at the front and back.

For example, given the clue   _ _ ELAND _ _ , the answer would be ICELANDIC.

1. _ _ ELLFI _ _
2. _ _ ARTAC _ _
3. _ _ CHORM _ _
4. _ _ RMINA _ _
5. _ _ RICAL _ _
6. _ _ RISCO _ _
7. _ _ CALAT _ _
8. _ _ TRONO _ _
9. _ _ IRTIE _ _
10. _ _ EADFA _ _
11. _ _ CTARI _ _

Answers:

1. SHELLFISH
2. HEARTACHE
3. ANCHORMAN
4. TERMINATE
5. LYRICALLY
6. PERISCOPE
7. ESCALATES
8. METRONOME
9. THIRTIETH
10. STEADFAST
11. NECTARINE