BRAIN GAMES II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Oct. 1983
Will Shortz

Circle two consecutive letters in each four-letter word to spell an eight-letter word reading across. For example, given the words

TAUT    DIME    OVEN    CELL,

the answer would be

tAUt    DIme    ovEN    CEll - - AUDIENCE.

1.  FLOP     CRAM    COIN     GOLD
2.  HOBO    SLIM     VISE      NOON
3.  BUST     ERGO    GALA    DORY
4.  SOUP    THEN     RAVE     CALM

Answers:

1. FLAMINGO
2. OBLIVION
3. BURGLARY
4. UPHEAVAL