Confounded Compounds

It's been a while. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Wishing the best to all Boomers in 2020.

Find two compound words that share one word between them and fit the following clues.

Example: infielder traffic signal (14) = short(stop)light

-1. exaggerate guest accommodations (13) OSR
-2. contextual foundation (14) BGW
-3. lie and dupe (13) FHW
-4. eccentric person stove or pig (13)
-5. underhanded civic area (11) LDT
-6. hotel attendant rough up (13) DMH
-7. loony-bin home keeper (12)
-8. exercise equipment and luggage lugger (11) DBH
-9. litigation bag (11) LSC
-10. erratic phone intrusion (11) HWT

Compounding the clues.....

Find a three to six letter word that will complete the first compound word and begin the second compound word.

-11. cross - crack
-12. pork - stick
-13. free - cart
-14. head - box
-15. high - house
-16. nut - way
-17. live - pile
-18. salt - mark
-19. saw - shot
-20. counter - blank
-21. book - hole
-22. black - coat
-23. turn - cloth
-24. tin - face
-25. guide - box

12. pork(chop)stick Hi cue

20. counter(point)blank

7. mad(house)wife

18. salt(water)mark

23. turn(table)cloth

14. head(gear)box

19. saw(buck)shot

Happy New Year Cue.

4. crack(pot)belly

Super start....this must be the year of perfect vision

1. over(state)room

8. dumb(bell)hop

5. low(down)town ?

9. law(suit)case

2. back (ground) work

17. live(stock)pile

3. false(hood)wink
6. door(man)handle

13. free(hand)cart

21. book(man)hole

24. tin(type)face

Morning Cue.

10. hard(wire)tap

11. cross(wise)crack

21. book(worm)hole

15 - school

16. nut(head)way

22. black(rain)coat

25. guide(post)box

Absolutely perfect!