CAN YOU TOP THIS?
Credit: GAMES Magazine
 September, 2001

Answer the clues in the left-hand column and then "top" each word by adding one of the letters below to the front of it. The result will be the answer to one of the randomly listed words in the right-hand column. For example, assuming M was one of the letters in the list, and given the clues

Different _____   _____ May honoree, the answer words would be OTHER and MOTHER.

A   B   C   D   F   K   P   S   S   S   S   T   W

1. Campfire remains ___   ____  Steady
2. Word with circle ___    _____ Verge
3. Command to Fido ___    ____ Slop holder
4. Hockey game need ___    ___ Why re-invent it?
5. Approximate _____    ______ Transparent
6. Grazing spot _____    ______  Lilliputian
7. Shopping center ____    ____  Components
8. Postpone _______      _______Sermon target, maybe
10. Aesthete's passion___    ____ Piercing yell
11. Cordelia's dad ____    ______ Main thoroughfare
12. Coffee lightener____    _____ Sprints
13. Sports arena _____     ______ Reflex-testing site

Answers:

1. Ashes - Dashes (sprints)
2. Inner - Sinner (sermon target)
3. Heel - Wheel (why re-invent it?)
4. Rink - Brink (verge)
5. Rough - Trough (slop holder)
6. Lea - Flea (dog biter)
7. Mall - Small (Lilliputian)
8. Table - Stable (steady)
9. Nee - Knee ( reflex-testing site)
10. Arts - Parts (components)
11. Lear - Clear (transparent)
12. Cream - Scream (piercing yell)
13. Venue - Avenue (main thoroughfare)