QUADRUPLE WORDS
GAMES/World of Puzzles
May, 2018
R.H. Wei

Fill in each blank with a letter of the alphabet to form three seven-letter words. Besides being a common word, each word must also: (1) become a new word if the middle letter (the one in parentheses) is removed; and (2) begin and end with two three-letter words.

1. R _ _ (A) _ _ _
2. B _ _ (D) _ _ _
3. O _ _ (R) _ _ _

HINTS:
The second letters are:
1. U
2. A
3. U

Answers:

1. RUN(A)WAY 
2. BAN(D)ANA
3. OUT(R)AGE