DOUBLING UP
Credit: GAMES Magazine
April, 2001

A different pair of matching letters  - from AA to ZZ - has been removed from each word below. The remaining letters are in their original positions. For example, SPLASHY would appear as PLAHY. No pair of missing letters appears consecutively in an answer word. Can you place all 26 pairs?

1. IGAG                       14. ASOR
2. ERE                         15. EECUTRI
3. CRNA                      16. QUU
4. SAL                         17. AYARD
5. EUIVOUE               18. CTUL
6. ANWA                     19.  ADET
7. ESY                          20. AMO
8. ICKU                        21. PURA
9. TIG                           22. UUUU
10. EAME                    23. ALALA
11. CANI                      24. TUTON
12. ICOFF                    25. LIE
13. UUBE                     26. YLE

AA  BB  CC  DD  EE  FF  GG  HH  II  JJ  KK  LL   MM
NN  OO  PP  QQ  RR  SS  TT  UU  VV WW XX YY ZZ

Answers:

1. ZZ - ZIGZAG                 14. BB - ABSORB
2. VV - VERVE                   15. XX - EXECUTRIX
3. OO - CORONA               16. EE - QUEUE
4. UU - USUAL                    17. WW - WAYWARD
5. QQ - EQUIVOQUE        18. LL - ACTUAL
6. YY - ANYWAY                19. GG - GADGET
7. TT - TESTY                     20. RR - ARMOR
8. PP - PICKUP                   21. LL - PLURAL
9. HH - THIGH                    22. MM - MUUMUU
10. SS - SESAME                 23. FF - ALFALFA
11. DD - CANDID                24. II - TUITION
12. FF - KICKOFF              25. NN - LINEN
13. JJ - JUJUBE                  26. CC - CYCLE