NPR SUNDAY PUZZLE: Add two letters to the 5-letter words and make new 7-letter words!!

I'm going to give you two five-letter words. For each pair put the same two letters in front of each of them to make two common seven-letter words.

Ex. ASTER TALLY --> TOASTER and TOTALLY

 

1. GRANT MOOSE

 

2. EATER ROUGH

 

3. LANCE THING

 

4. FAULT SCENT

 

5. VOICE STALL

 

6. SPICE USING

 

7. MEADE STING

 

8. ALLOW UDDER

 

9. LATIN STATE

 

10. REIGN UNDER

 

11. RIDGE STAIN

Answer Keys

    1.  VA -> vagrant, vamoose

    2.  TH -> theatre, through

    3.   BA -> balance, bathing

    4.   DE -> default, descent  

    5. IN -> invoice, install

    6.   HO -> hospice, housing

    7.   LI -> limeade, listing

    8.   SH -> shallow, shudder

    9.   GE -> gelatin, gestate

    10. FO -> foreign, founder    

    11.   AB -> abridge, abstain