MORE THAN ENOUGH IV
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
October, 2015
Stephen Sniderman

Each trio of short words below represents a familiar, longer word. To reconstruct each longer word, first drop the extraneous letter from one short word, without re-arranging the remaining letters. (The result may or may not be a word, and may be a single letter). Then switch the positions of two of the resulting trio members, and, finally, eliminate the spaces.

For example, given the clue words LUTE SO FAB, you would drop the F in FAB, switch AB and LUTE, then bring the three parts together to reveal ABSOLUTE. If the clue words were DIG APE REED, you would drop the A in APE, switch DIG and PE, then eliminate the spaces to form PEDIGREED. If the clue word were COME NONE DIE, you would drop the O in NONE, switch  NNE and DIE, then combine the words to get COMEDIENNE.

 1. TRICE IS ARM
2. TRY EGO CAT
3. CAR AGE TOIL
4. VETO DO AIL
5. UMA IN PLAT
6. TIN JET SON
7. SPIN THE CLOY
8. GRAB ONE VEST
9. DEER ON COMMA
10. WHIR GIG LID
11. TICK THE PROS
12. MISS TRUE CONS
13. IF MAN REST
14. LIES TIP MULE
15. YES EL TRAIN
16. DRUM NUN COY
17. TOE IN REST
18. WETS A TRUCK
19. MINIS AD TRACTOR
20. BE HERO BAT

Answers:

1. ARMISTICE
2. CATEGORY
3. CARTILAGE
4. DOVETAIL
5. PLATINUM
6. JETTISON
7. CLOTHESPIN
8. GRAVESTONE
9. COMMANDEER
10. WHIRLIGIG
11. PROSTHETIC
12. MISCONSTRUE
13. MANIFEST
14. MULTIPLIES
15. EYESTRAIN
16. CONUNDRUM
17. INTEREST
18. AWESTRUCK
19. ADMINISTRATOR
20. BATHROBE