Puzzle. Aug.5

Find the second connecting word in these common two-word phrases. For example: Baking - , chilli - , curry - , custard - , talcum - , washing - . The answer is powder. Baking powder, chilli powder etc. These increase in difficulty. Have fun.

-1.Cleopatra's - , darning - , magnetic - , pine - .

-2.Celtic - , double - , George - , Iron - , Maltese - , Southern - .

-3.Bottom - , date - , goal - , main - , Plimsoll - , story - .

-4.Brown - , dress - , sports - , stuffed - , sweat - , tee - .

5.Cocktail - , French - , ski - , walking - , white - .

-6.Barrier - , clotted - , ice - , single - , vanishing - .

-7.Bicycle - , daisy - , food - , mountain - , watch - .

-8.Bag - , dinner - , first - , painted - , young - .

-9.Comic - , grand - , light - , soap - .

-10.Common - , compound - , partial - , proper - , simple - , vulgar - .

4. shirt

1. Needle - Good morning Curly

Bernie

Right. Hi Bernie.

Good Morning, curly

7. chain

Hi Jema, good one.

3. line

Salut curly, nice puzzle

5. cap?

Good one Gail, thanks.

Try again Gerry.

8. lady

9. relief Morning Curly

6. cream

michele and Joan, good answers.

Hi Cue, not my answer.

2. cross

Thanks Marian.

10. fractions

Good answer mxm.

9. How about "stand"?

9. opera

Doreen has it.

5. stick

Thanks mxm.