FOURRUNNERS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
April/May, 1989
Nick North

The same four-letter word will complete the partial words in each set. The four-letter word is different for each set.

1)
_ _ _ _ OW
S _ _ _ _ OP
LO _ _ _ _ Y
RE _ _ _ _

2)
_ _ _ _ RAL
E _ _ _ _ NT
NO _ _ _ _ E
JAS _ _ _ _

3)

P _ _ _ _ TY
PR _ _ _ _ B
REC _ _ _ _
CL _ _ _ _

4)
_ _ _ _ NNA
L _ _ _ _ RN
W _ _ _ _ D
AND _ _ _ _

5)
_ _ _ _ TIC
T _ _ _ _
US _ _ _ _ D
SP _ _ _ _

6)
_ _ _ _ AIC
M _ _ _ _ ER
ST _ _ _ _ Y
MON _ _ _ _

7)
_ _ _ _ RAL
P _ _ _ _ AU
BE _ _ _ _ D
INF _ _ _ _

8)
_ _ _ _ MIT
B _ _ _ _ TH
AL _ _ _ _ Y
RET _ _ _ _ 

Answers:

The four-letter words are:

1. CALL
2. MINE
3. OVER
4. ANTE
5. HERE 
6. ARCH
7. LATE
8. READ