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Behead O
When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. To be required to pay -> Married
2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement
3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time
4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something
5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time
6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region
7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment
8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. To be required to pay -> Married
2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement
3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time
4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something
5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time
6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region
7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment
8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. W
2. P
3. V
4. R
5. L
6. Z
7. M
8. R
Answer
1. Owed -> Wed2. Open -> Pen
3. Ovary -> Vary
4. Orange -> Range
5. Olive -> Live
6. Ozone -> Zone
7. Omission -> Mission
8. Oration -> Ration
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