WORDPLAY (full title shown below)
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
December, 2015
Raymond Love

Can you determine what all the words in the following list have in common?

A. BEST                 N. TURKEY
B. GARAGE          O. BOTH
C. REAP                 P. RELY
D. BANANA          R. OUTAGE
E. NICE                  S. VERIFY
F. GRATED            T. VIAL
G. RUBY                U. COLD        
H. NOTING            V. SEEN
I. ALAS                   W. TO
K. PIES                    X. MAIM
L. DEFECT             Y. CANONS
M. TREBLE            Z. DOES

HINT:
The clues are listed A-Z, not 1-24.

Answers:

The letter to the left of each word can be placed exactly in the middle of that word to form a new word:

BEAST             TURNKEY
GARBAGE      BOOTH 
RECAP             REPLY
BANDANA      OUTRAGE
NIECE             VERSIFY
GRAFTED      VITAL
RUGBY            COULD
NOTHING       SEVEN
ALIAS              TWO
PIKES              MAXIM
DEFLECT       CANYONS
TREMBLE      DOZES

Full title of puzzle:
WORDPLAY 
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