TRIM AND FIT VI

GAMES Magzine

June, 2000

Stephen Sniderman

Choose a word from the left-hand column and trim one, two, or three consecutive letters from the front or back (but not both). Then, without changing the order of the letters, fit a word from the right-hand column between two of the remaining letters to form a new word. 

For examples, see TRIM AND FIT I - posted December 15, 2023.

1. LOPSIDED        ACROSS

2. CREPT              ARK

3. ALE                   ELLEN

4. PATIO                LONE

5. LEARN              THE

6. COLT                  RE

Answers:

New word in capital letters, inserted word in ( ), dropped letters in lower case

 

1. loP(RE)SIDED

2. cREP (ELLEN)T

3. aL(ACROSS)E

4. P(ARK)Atio

5. LEA(THE)Rn

6. CO(LONE)Lt