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GAMES/World of Puzzles
October, 2019
N.M. Meyer

Can you think of a three-letter word that can be inserted somewhere in each of the nonsense words below to make a familiar word?

For example, given  A  U  T  T  I  C, the word HEN could be inserted after the first T to make AUTHENTIC.

1. K  N  E  D  G  E
2. P  E  R  A  L
3. T  O  G  A  N
4. S  T  L  I  N  G
5. C  O  M  I  B  L  E
6. I  N  I  T  E
7. S  U  B  A  N
8. L  E  G  A  R  Y
9. C  L  A  N  C  E

Answers:

1. OWL - KNOWLEDGE
2. SON - PERSONAL
3. BOG - TOBAGGAN
4. ART - STARTLING
5. PAT - COMPATIBLE
6. FIN - INFINITE
7. BUR - SUBURBAN
8. END - LEGENDARY
9. EAR - CLEARANCE