Please indicate the original word, the name that's dropped and the final word. All names are three letters long and can be male or female names. The name appears in order within the word but may not be consecutive.
Example: drop a name from period of aggression to get things to sell
warTIMe = ware
All clues begin with the invisible words
"Drop a name from..."-1. numbers to get an element (7)
-2. distress to get let (7)
-3. a fourth of a circle to get liquid measure
-4. a division of the psyche to get a spagetti sauce brand
-5. a love story to get an ancient weapon (7)
-6. coroner locales to get extra
-7. a housecoat to get a wash
-8. articulate to get leap
-9. highest to get mail (7)
-10. find a buddy to get wasted (8)
-11. a hypothesis to get at this location (7)
-12. make wider to get a thoroughfare (7)
-13. a bird to get sob (6)
-14. an area on a pool table to get a scratch (
Love this one..)
(7)
-15. a tin lizzie to get cut off (6)