WORD + WORD = NEW WORD XXIII

Each clue below contains the definitions of two words which can be combined to form a third, unrelated word, without any re-arrangement of letters.

1. Observe + Definite article

2. Seed case + Animal home 

3. Portable bed + The E in HOMES

4. Make a mistake + What (&) stands for

5. Leather strap used to guide a horse + Coercion

6. Verbal sharpness + Feminine objective pronoun

7. Decorative painting and enameling on tinplate + Fixed price for a service

Answers:

 

1. SEE + THE = SEETHE

2. BUR + DEN = BURDEN

3. COT + ERIE = COTERIE

4. ERR + AND  = ERRAND

5. REIN + FORCE = RE-INFORCE

6. WIT + HER = WITHER

7. TOLE + RATE = TOLERATE