BODY BUILDING
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug./Sept. 1989

Anna Tommick

The name of a part of the body has been removed from each of the words below and replaced with a blank. For example, C_____ELIER would represent CHANDELIER with the word HAND removed. Can you restore the proper parts to each of the words below? (Note that there are two body parts missing in number 15.) As a solving aid, the first letter of the body part is given in parentheses, and the dashes indicate the number of letters.

1. W _ _ _ PED (H)
2. T _ _ _ E (R)
3. MARAS _ _ _ _ O (C)
4. SPE _ _ _ INT (A)
5. VANI _ _ _ _ G (S)
6. OR _ _ _ _ _ RA (C)
7. CONV _ _ _ D (E)
8. EL _ _ _ SE (L)
9. COL _ _ _ E (L)
10. R _ _ _ RANGE (E)
11. DIAG _ _ _ _ D (N)
12. TH _ _ _ _ _ SS (A)
13. FRI _ _ _ _ ESS (S)
14. LE _ _ _ E (G)
15. W _ _ _ _C _ _ _ _ (H)

Answers:

1. WHIPPED (HIP)

2. TRIBE (RIB)
3. MARASCHINO (CHIN)
4. SPEARMINT (ARM)
5. VANISHING (SHIN)
6. ORCHESTRA (CHEST)
7. CONVEYED (EYE)
8. ELLIPSE (LIP)
9. COLLEGE (LEG)
10. REARRANGE (EAR)
11. DIAGNOSED (NOSE)
12. THANKLESS (ANKLE)
13. FRISKINESS (SKIN)
14. LEGUME (GUM)
15. WHEELCHAIR (HEEL/HAIR)