A three letter name (male or female) is dropped from one word to discover a second word. Please indicate the original word, the name that's dropped and the final word. The name appears in order within the word but may not be consecutive. Anagramming is not required.
Example: drop a name from period of aggression to get things to sell
warTIMe = ware
-1. drop a name from numbers to get an element
-2. drop a name from distress to get let
-3. drop a name from a fourth of a circle to get liquid measure
-4. drop a name from a division of the psyche to get spagetti sauce
-5. drop a name from a love story to get an ancient weapon
-6. drop a name from coroner locales to get extra
-7. drop a name from a housecoat to get a wash
-8. drop a name from articulate to get leap
-9. drop a name from highest to get mail
-10. drop a name from find a buddy to get wasted
-11. drop a name from a hypothesis to get at this location
-12. drop a name from make wider to get a thoroughfare
-13. drop a name from a bird to get sob
-14. drop a name from an area on a pool table to get a scratch
-15. drop a name from a tin lizzie to get cut
_________________________
Did you ever stop to think...and then forget to start again!