DOUBLE DUTY CXXXIII

Fill in the blanks with words that will compete the word or partial word on the left, or form a compound word or two-word phrase beginning with that word, and begin the word or form a compound word or two-word phrase ending with the word or partial word on the right. The number of blanks indicates the number of missing letters.

1. P _ O
2. E _ _ E
3. O _ _ O
4. FIN _ _ SO
5. BED _ _ _ _ _ STUB
6. MISSING _ _ _ AGING
7. MAIL _ _ _ _ _ BLANK
8. CATTLE _ _ _ _ CENTER
9. NARROW _ _ _ _ _ _ KEY

HINTS:
First of the missing letters:
2. O
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. M
7. O
8. C
9. E

Answers:

1. pIo (PI - IO)
2. eONe ( EON ONE)
3. oBIo (OBI BIO)
4. finALso
5. bedCHECK stub
6. missing MANaging
7. mail ORDER blank
8. cattle CALL center
9. narrow ESCAPE key