GAMES/World of Puzzles
February, 2018
R.H. Wei

The first three two-word phrases below follow a logical sequence. Can you extend the sequence by filling in the blanks with one of the words listed at the bottom? Once you see the pattern, it will be easy. But what's the pattern?

1. MAZE ROUTES
2. OMICRON EPSILON
3. GREAT WOMEN
4. BOTH ________________
5. STUFF _____________
6. WIFI __________________
7. QUASI ________________
8. CHESS ________________
9. SLEIGH _______________
10. COLLISION ___________
11. WRITE _______________
12. CLIENTELE ___________

EVENT               TRACKS           NOVEL
INEVITABLE     OURSELVES    VERIFICATION
REELECTED     VENDETTA       XENOPHOBIC

Answers:

The numbers ZERO through ELEVEN are concealed in the phrases, spanning the two words.

1. maZE ROutes
2. omicrON Epsilon
3. greaT WOmen
4. boTH REElected
5. stufF OURselves
6. wiFI VErification
7. quaSI Xenophobic 
8. chesS EVENt
9. slEIGH Tracks
10. collisioN INEvitable
11. wriTE Novel
12. clientELE VENdetta