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Published Summer 2021

In each of the following word pairs, the word specified on the right has one extra letter, shown amid the blanks, inserted into the word specified on the left. For example, the solution to "liquid measure A _ _ liquid coloring" is "PINT/PAINT," or "P(A)INT."

  1. terror _ _ E _ _ _ _ transport of goods

  2. taste _ _ _ I _ _ _ redeemer

  3. boxed _ _ E _ _ _ _ invented

  4. storage room _ _ _ _ _ S _ most proximate

  5. take-off strip _ _ _ A _ _ _ fugitive

  6. defective _ _ C _ _ _ _ mental capability

  7. feeding trough _ _ _ A _ _ _ director

  8. ruled _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ quit

  9. wall openings _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ heaps of grain

  10. like old records _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ chief competitor

  11. establishing _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ abandoned child

  12. biblical extract _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ optical device

  13. unfamiliar one _ _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ choker

  14. wearing special garb _ _ _ N_ _ _ _ _ _ lacking info

  15. conflict intervention _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ deep thought

Illustration of Solomon Golomb reads 'Scroll down for solution'

  1. FR(E)IGHT

  2. SAV(I)OR

  3. CR(E)ATED

  4. CLOSE(S)T

  5. RUN(A)WAY

  6. FA(C)ULTY

  7. MAN(A)GER

  8. RE(S)IGNED

  9. WIND(R)OWS

  10. ARCH(R)IVAL

  11. FOUND(L)ING

  12. PERI(S)COPE

  13. STRANG(L)ER

  14. UNI(N)FORMED

  15. MEDI(T)ATION