IN OTHER WORDS III
Credit: GAMES Magazine - April, 1994
Stephen Sniderman

The five words in each set below are derived from an answer word that's made up of at least nine letters, none of which are repeated. The letters of each clue word appear in the answer word in left-to-right order, though not necessarily consecutively.

For example, given the clue words LAW, LIGHT, PAY, RIG, WIT, the answer word would be PLAYWRIGHT - which contains all the clue words in left-to-right order, though not consecutively. Every letter of the answer word appears at least once in the clue words, and one clue word in each set appears in the answer word intact (RIG in the above example.)

1. FORT, MIST, RUNE, SORE, STUN
2. HOP, LIFE, PIER, SIT, SOFTER
3. ERA, MOST, MUSE, SET, STRAP
4. NOW, OWL, SOAK, SOFA, WAKE
5. AMOS, ASP, HER, MOPE, TOPIC
6. ACE, AIRY, CHIN MANY, MINER
7. SLY, SODA, SPA, WORD, WRY
8. DATE, FAT, GOAT, OAR, OTHER

HINTS:
The clue words appearing intact in the answer words are:
1. FORT
2. HOP
3. SET
4. NOW
5. HER
6. CHIN
7. WORD
8. FAT

Answers:

1. MISFORTUNE
2. SHOPLIFTER
3. MOUSETRAP
4. SNOWFLAKE
5. ATMOSPHERIC
6. MACHINERY
7. SWORDPLAY
8. GODFATHER