COMPOUND LINKS III

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Winter, 2018 and Volume 117

 

Think of a compound word that can fill the blank in each link below such that the initial word and the first part of the compound word make up another compound word or two-word phrase, and the second part of the missing compound word plus the final word make up yet another compound word or two-word phrase. For example, given 

TENDER ________ BEARING, the missing compound word would be FOOTBALL - as in TENDERFOOT, FOOTBALL, BALL BEARING.

 

1. RED ________ STOOL

2. HARD ________ORDER

3. SUPER ________ MAT

4. FLYING ________ SPIN

5. TILE ________ DOLLAR

6. SECOND ________ LINK

7. MOBILE ________ POLITIC

HINTS:

First letter of the missing compound word:

1. H

2. W

3. M

4. F

5. R

6. H

7. H

Answers:

 

1. red HOTFOOT stool

2. hardWOODWORK order

3. superMARKETPLACE mat

4. flying FISHTAILspin

5. tileROOFTOP dollar

6. second HANDCUFFlink 

7. mobile HOMEBODY politic