LESS IS MORE II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Dec. 1994
Stephen Sniderman

In each pair of words below, remove a single letter from each words so that the remaining letters, in order, spell a new word. The removed letter may at the beginning, middle, or end of the word. For example, in number 1 below, remove the A from ACHE and the O from MOIST, leaving the word CHEMIST.

1. ACHES + MOIST =      ________________
2. SEQUEL + NICE =       ________________
3. TORCHES + TRAP =   ________________
4. STIR + HANGER =      ________________
5. BEGUN + TILE =         ________________
6. UNIT + FINED =          ________________
7. SOIL + HOIST =           ________________
8. FROWN + TIGER =     ________________
9. CLAMP  + ALIGN =    ________________
10. HIDE + NOTIFY =     ________________
11. DEBT  + RISK =         ________________
12. COMPEL + VAIN =    ________________
13. PER + INMATE =       ________________
14. VAN + THEATER =    ________________
15. SNUB + TALE =         ________________
16. SLY + STEAM =         ________________
17. COLA + NAKED =     ________________
18. MEN + DEMONIC =   ________________

Answers:

1. CHEMIST
2. SEQUENCE
3. ORCHESTRA
4. STRANGER
5. BEGUILE
6. UNIFIED
7. SOLOIST
8. FRONTIER
9. CAMPAIGN
10. IDENTIFY
11. DEBRIS
12. COMPLAIN
13. PRIMATE
14. ANTEATER
15. SUBTLE
16. SYSTEM
17. CLANKED
18. MNEMONIC