Tuesday, September 13, 2016

SUM OF ITS PARTS VIII

Each clue below requires three answers. The first two answers, plus the letter A added in between them, can be combined - in order - to answer the third clue. For example, given the clue

Sudden blast of wind
British conservative
Having to do with taste,

the answers would be  

GUST
TORY
GUSTATORY (GUST + A + TORY).

1. Large, Fog, Man with two wives
2. Formal dance, Buck or doe, Kind of singer
3. Friend, Kitchen feature, Edible or tasty
4. Open to view, Monarch, Surpassing
5. Vehicle, Vehicle, Line of vehicles
6. Friend, Annoying person, Hungarian capital
7. Circular, Boxing match, Certain traffic configuration
8. Money reserved for a certain purpose, Mind reader, One given to a strict interpretation of the Bible

Answers:

1. BIGAMIST
2. BALLADEER
3. PALATABLE
4. OVERTAKING 
5. CARAVAN
6. BUDAPEST 
7. ROUNDABOUT
8. FUNDAMENTALIST 

Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
March 8, 2008
Will Shortz 

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