COMPOUND IN THE MIDDLE I

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles 

July, 2019 (#1-4)

Can you think of a compound word that could fill the blanks in each clue below such that the first half of the compound word plus the word on the left make up another compound word or  familiar two-word phrase, and the second half of the the compound word plus the word on the right also  make up another compound word or familiar two-word phrase. The number of blanks indicates the number of letters in the missing compound word.

1. Chewing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lace

2. Wrist _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pound

3. Rabbit's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stop

4. Beauty _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hearted

5. Hot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ key

6. Half _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shoes

7. Out _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fighter 

8. Sauce _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bar

9. Straight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ light

10. Black _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ broken

 

HINTS:

First letter of the missing compound word:

1. G

2. W

3. F

4. S

5. B

6. L

7. B

8. P

9. A

10. L

Answers:

 

1. chewing GUMSHOElace

2. wristWATCHDOGpound

3. rabbit's FOOTREST stop

4. beauty SPOTLIGHT hearted 

5. hotBEDROOM key

6. halfLIFEBOAT shoes

7. outBACKFIREfighter 

8. saucePANHANDLEbar 

9. straight ARROWHEADlight

10. black LIGHTHOUSEbroken