CONNECTING FLIGHTS II
Credit: GAMES/WORLD OF PUZZLES Magazine
Stephen Sniderman - Sept. 1999

This puzzle is a variation of the game Geography, in which you name a place starting with the final letter of the previously named place. In this case, you are given the first and third geographical locations  and must supply the connecting name. However, this middle name many start with one or more of the letters at the end of the first name, and may end with one or more of the letters at the beginning of the last one. For example, given the clue

MADRID________________ASIA,

the answer word would be ALL - as in D(all)as.

Notice that the letters that fill in the blanks spell common words, which are listed in alphabetical order at the bottom of the puzzle. Each word will be used exactly once. The missing name may be any city, state, province, or country.

1. TIBET__________ANDALUSIA
2. MINNESOTA__________INDIANA
3. MEMPHIS__________HAIFA
4. QUEBEC__________ANDOVER
5. MARACAIBO__________NAGASAKI
6. MONTREAL__________YEMEN
7. PERU__________ALABAMA
8. INDIA__________NEVADA
9. RIVERSIDE__________URUGUAY
10. BANGOR__________NATCHEZ
11. MILAN__________GERMANY
12. ANGOLA__________OSHKOSH
13. CUBA__________ASPEN
14. MARACAIBO__________ONEONTA
15. ECUADOR__________DAMASCUS
16. DURBAN__________SHREVEPORT
17. MEXICO__________ICARIA
18. LAOS__________NIAGARA

BAN             GLADE       LEVEL       STAR
BILE             HAIL           LOG           TIC
CARAT         HAM           LOVE         WAN
CAT              HANG         RED
EGO             HIT              SIN

Answers:

1. T(hail)and 
2. Ta(hit)i
3. S(hang)hai
4. C(level)and
5. Bo(log)na
6. Al(ban)y
7. U(tic)a
8. A(bile)ne
9. De(cat)ur
10. Or(ego)n
11. Lan(sin)g
12. La(red)o
13.  Ba(ham)as
14. Bo(carat)on
15. R(wan)da
16. Ban(glade)sh
17. Co(star)ica
18. S(love)nia