PALINDROME BEHEADMENT

The Enigma 

September, 2020

LADY MONDEGREEN

The answers to this flat are an eight letter word and a four-letter word. The eight letter word (PROTRACTED) begins with a four-letter palindrome. If you drop (behead) these four letters, you will get the second answer word (SHORT). The four-letter palindrome is not a word. 

The kitchen drawers are broken,

The window screens are gone.

The faucet leaks, the stairway creaks,

   the oven won't turn on.

The carpet's rife with mildew,

The walls are a disgrace.

It's really quite PROTRACTED that I

   shouldn't SHORT this place.

Answers:

 

It's really quite APPARENT that I 

   shouldn't RENT this place.