UNITED NATIONS
From Brain Games
Will Shortz
In Reader's Digest
November, 1980

Each set of three letters consists of consecutive letters taken from inside a common word. The first word of each pair is a nationality; the word opposite goes with it to complete a familiar word combination. No re-arranging of letters is necessary.

Example: WIS_______  HEE_______  
The answer would be SWISS CHEESE.

1. GLI________   UFF________
2. UTC_______   REA________
3. HIN_______    ECK________
4. ENC_______   REA________
5. SSI________   LET_________
6. XIC_______    RLE_________
7. ANI_______    ELE_________
8. RMA______    PHE_________

Answers:

1. ENGLISH MUFFIN
2. DUTCH TREAT
3. CHINESE CHECKERS
4. FRENCH BREAD
5. RUSSIAN ROULETTE
6. MEXICAN HAIRLESS
7. SPANISH OMELET
8. GERMAN SHEPHERD