The answers to the eleven clues below are all anagrams of the same eight-letter word. Each answer is made up of two or three words, and the blanks indicate the number of letters in each word.

1. What a polite angel does
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2. Very warm milkmaid equipment
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3. Stain road
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4. Greet mail
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5. Sword-handle cleanser
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6. Not that October birthstone
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7. Succeed in the export business
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8. Street-smart opera singers
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9. Crush fedora
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10. Beyond a Hawaiian city
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11. Is ready to fly
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Answers:

The key word is HOSPITAL:

1. TIPS HALO
2. HOT PAILS
3. SOIL PATH
4. HAIL POST
5. HILT SOAP
6. THIS OPAL
7. SHIP A LOT
8. HIP ALTOS
9. SPOIL HAT
10. PAST HILO
11. HAS PILOT

Credit: GAMES Magazine - May, 1985
Tim A. Cooper
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