WORD SPLICING II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Oct/Nov, 1989
O. J. Robertson

The 24 four-letter words below can be spliced into pairs to form 12 seven-letter words. In each pair the last letter of the first four-letter word will overlap with the first letter of the second word. For example, CORD and DIAL could overlap to form CORDIAL. Can you put all the pieces together?

CURE          PROP          
DENT          RAMP
EARN          REST
EPIC            RING
GENT          STAR
HEAT           STUD
LION           TANG
MILL           TERM
MITE           TEXT
NEST           THEN
PAGE           TILE
POSE           TORE

Answers:

EPI(C)URE
STU(D)ENT
EAR(N)EST
TAN(G)ENT
HEA(T)HEN
MIL(L)ION
TER(M)ITE
RAM(P)AGE
PRO(P)OSE
RES(T)ORE
STA(R)ING
TEX(T)ILE