ECHO SYSTEM III
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
February, 2017

Each clue below describes a two-word phrase in which the first word as said aloud, minus the first syllable, gives you the second word as said aloud. The first word in each case has three or more syllables. For example, A child's three-wheel bike and a scythe would be Tricycle sickle.

1. A rocket telling you that you're fired
2. "Wheel of Fortune" hostess in Cuban city
3. 15th U.S. President in a ball-firing weapon
4. Pink Pearl or Eberhard Faber on a track
5. Company's principal dancer in a sports venue
6. Mouthwash brand in a large soup bowl
7. A round, soft, snugly fitting cap in a nightclub
8. See-through mother or father

Answers:

1. DISMISSAL MISSILE
2. HAVANA VANNA 
3. BUCHANAN CANNON 
4. ERASER RACER
5. BALLERINA ARENA
6. LISTERINE TUREEN
7. CABARET BERET
8. TRANSPARENT PARENT