FILL 'ER UP II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 1999
Stephen Sniderman

Each word below can be expanded into a new one by inserting two, three, or four letters. That expanded word can be expanded yet again into another new word by inserting two, three, or four more letters. The letter pairs, trios, and quartets are shown below, and each one will be used only once. They may be inserted anywhere in the shorter words, but the letters stay together and in the same order.

For example, in the clue

DENT     D _ _ _ _ T       D _ _ _ _ _ _ T, the answer would be

DENT     DECENT        DECADENT   (deCEnt - decADent) - 

the letters CE being inserted in DENT (after the E) forming DECENT, and the letters AD being inserted in DECENT (after the C) forming DECADENT.

AN    AV     IN       ND       PE        ONT    
AR    BA     LO     ON       UL         LISI
AT     FF      NA     OS       NIB       HOGA
 
1. ME         M _ _ E               M _ _ _ _ E
2. HE          H _ _ E                H _ _ _ _ E
3. MY         M _ _ Y               M _ _ _ _ _ _ Y
4. CON       C _ _ _ N             C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N
5. ORE       O _ _ _ E              O _ _ _ _ _ E
6. ALE        A _ _ _ E             A _ _ _ _ _ E
7. CAL        C _ _ _ L             C _ _ _ _ _ _ L
8. LEER      L _ _ _ _ R           L _ _ _ _ _ _ R
9. CENT     C _ _ _ _ _ T        C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T

Answers:

1. mULe - muFFle
2. hOSe - hoARse
3. mANy - maHOGAny
4. coLOn - colLISIon
5. orATe - oPErate 
6. alONe - aBAlone
7. caNAl - canNIBal
8. leNDer - lAVender
9. cONTent - contINent