TIME TEST III - IV

By Will Shortz 

Part 3

SPENDTHRIFT is a common 11-letter word that contains the consecutive letters NDTH. What is the only common 10-letter word containing these consecutive letters?

Part 4

SODA WORDS: Think of a familiar phrase in the form of _____ and _____, " in which the word that goes in the first blank starts with the first two letters of the given word, and the word that goes in the second blank starts with the last two letters of the given word. 

 

EXAMPLE: SODA - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ 

The answer words would be SONG and DANCE

1. CAMO - _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _

2. BOAR - _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _

3. KITE - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _

4. EVAN - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _

5. ABBE - _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _

6. LASE - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _

7. COPA - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _

8. HOBO - _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. BACH - _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _

10. TACH - _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _

11. HOVE - 

      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answers:

 

Part 3: THOUSANDTH

 

Part 4: 

 

1. CAT and MOUSE

2. BOW and ARROW

3. KISS and TELL

4. EVER and ANON (occasionally)

5. ABOVE and BEYOND

6. LAND and SEA

7. COPY and PASTE

8. HOT and BOTHERED

9. BALL and CHAIN

10. TABLE and CHAIR

11. HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL

Note:

Part 4: Two similar puzzles posted under SODA words