MAKING ENDS MEET

Credit: NY Times Crossword - July 4, 2010

Patrick Blindauer & Tony Orbach

The clues below can be answered by two words which share the same two letters. The shared letters are the last two letters of the word on the left, and the first two letters of the word on the right. The blank spaces indicate the letters in the two missing words.

For example, given the clue TECHNICAL GLITCH and the following letter pattern:

_ _ _ _ _ _ ER _ _ _ , the answer would be COMPUTERROR, as in COMPUTER ERROR.

1. Collectible book

_ _ _ _ _ ED _ _ _ _ _

2. Famous line in Greenwich

_ _ _ ME _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Like some online passwords

_ _ SE _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. Introvert or extrovert

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TY _ _

5. Heavenly protector

_ _ _ _ _ _ AN _ _ _

6. It might have exhibits about dinosaurs and astronomy

_ _ _ _ _ CE _ _ _ _

7. Animal helper in herding (three words)

_ _ _ _ _SH _ _ _ /_ _ _

Amswers:

1. LIMITEDITION - LIMITED EDITION

2. PRIMERIDIAN - PRIME MERIDIAN

3. CASENSITIVE - CASE SENSITIVE

4. PERSONALITYPE - PERSONALITY TYPE

5. GUARDIANGEL - GUARDIAN ANGEL

6. SCIENCENTER - SCIENCE CENTER

7. ENGLISHEEP DOG - ENGLISH SHEEP DOG