LETTER BANK XXXV

 

Replace the keyword TO with a three-letter word that will serve as a letter bank for a six-letter word represented by the keyword TOOT. That is, only the three letters of the first word are used to make up the second word (repeated as  necessary).

 

I'm struck with a craving for tropical 

   fruit.

I'd TO fifty bucks for a mango or TOOT.

Answers:

 

I'd PAY fifty bucks for a mango or PAPAYA.

 

Credit:

The Enigma

NPL Puzzle Magazine

February, 2021

LADY MONDEGREEN