WORD + LETTER + WORD = NEW WORD IV

Each clue below will lead to a word that can be expressed as WORD + LETTER + WORD. For example, given the clue TRANCE-LIKE, the answer would be CATATONIC - which could be written as CAT + A + TONIC. Clue #7 has the letter first. The first three clues have something else in common. Can you determine what it is?

1. Idea

2. It might make you cry

3. Liquid with magical properties

4. Completed

5. Salad vegetable

6. Child in worn, dirty clothes

7. More than enough

8. Even though

9. Weather instrument 

10. Medical procedure

11. Distance around the outside of something

12. Cause someone or something to collapse when given too much to bear

 

HINTS:

Hint to the first word:

1. The N in NIMBY

2. Switch position

3. Cooking vessel

4. Shark feature

5. Male turkey

6. Piece of old cloth

7. A

8. White clerical vestment

9. Ballet studio staple

10."La Boheme", for one

11. Each

12. It's _____ - end of a romance

Answers:

 

1. NOTION - NOT + I + ON

2. ONION - ON + I + ON

3. POTION - POT + I + ON

4. FINISHED - FIN + I + SHED 

5. TOMATOES - TOM + A + TOES

6. RAGAMUFFIN - RAG + A + MUFFIN

7. ABUNDANCE - A + BUN + DANCE

8. ALBEIT - ALB + E + IT

9. BAROMETER - BAR + O + METER

10. OPERATION - OPERA + T + ION

11. PER + I + METER

12. OVERWHELM - OVER + W + HELM

The first three clues (other than having I as the missing letter) can also be written as WORD + WORD: 

NOTION = NOT + ION

ONION = ON + ION

POTION = POT + ION