SYLLABLE STRETCHING
Credit: GAMES Magazine
February,  2000
Gloria Rosenthal

Each pair of definitions below can be answered with a one-syllable word in List A, and a two-syllable word in List B. The trick is to add a single letter to the List A word to form the List B word. The letters in the List A word remain in order.  For example, given the definitions

Tiny glass tube _______   _______   Imperative,

the answer words would be VIAL and VITAL.

LIST A                                                    LIST B
1. GAME PIECE _________       ________ DAME or SIR
2. FACTORY ____________       ________ FLEXIBLE
3. WAKEN ______________      ________ HARDY
4. CONDESCEND ________      ________ FASHION
5. MINER'S FIND _________     ________DIVER'S FIND
6. HEATH _______________      ________ GO BY CAR
7. PUPPET MOVER _______     ________ AGAPE
8. BEACH BRIDGE ________    ________ HE MUST BE
                                                                        PAID
9. WOODEN 
    CONTAINER ___________     ________ DREAM UP

10. CHURCH
      SECTION _____________     ________ INGENUOUS

Answers:

1. TILE - TITLE
2. PLANT - PLIANT
3. ROUST - ROBUST
4. DEIGN - DESIGN
5. COAL - CORAL
6. MOOR - MOTOR
7. STRING - STARING
8. PIER - PIPER
9. CRATE - CREATE
10. NAVE - NAIVE