BLANKETY-BLANK-BLANK (Round 1)

How to Play:

Each entry lists 2 words whose blanks each contain the same letter. Using the clues as a solving aid, figure out each word that shares 4 or more letters in common in the same order.

Example:

➤ ___ ___ ON ___ ___ ___

(Method of learning to read, with "Hooked on")

➤ ___ ___ YS ___ ___ ___

(Study of microcosmic or macrocosmic phenomena)

[The answer to the first word is PHONICS; the answer to the second word is PHYSICS. Each word contains at least 4 blanks containing, in order, the letters "P", "H", "I", "C" and "S".]

Round 1:

➤ ___ ST ___ ___ ___ ___

(Rhea relative)

➤ ___ IL ___ ___ ___ ___

(Describing an OPEC nation, say)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛


➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ EL

(KFC "officer")

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ IC

(Used with "irrigation" to describe a method of cleansing the bowels)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ ___ ___ XT ___ ___ ___

(Something permanently attached to something)

➤ ___ ___ SS ___ ___ ___

(A narrow crack)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ ___ ___ ST ___ ___ ___

(Study of the past)

➤ ___ ___ CK ___ ___ ___

(Kind of tree or nut)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛

➤ ___ ___ SH ___ ___ ___

(Mode or style)

➤ ___ ___ CT ___ ___ ___

(Dissenting group within a group)

⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛