the following words have a common word which can either precede or follow them

[hernia!]

blight-family-permission
baby-clock-trade
mississippi-nile-wing
orient-pony-rifle
boat-panama-zone

I am asking this question again as the answers sent were not satisfactory - please can anyone help - many thanks in advance!

[Pentalpha8]

5 Canal

[grasscarp]

why were the answers not satisfactory. some of them, eg canal for the last one must be correct.

[mazie]

3. Delta

[grasscarp]

delta for the thitrd was also spot on

[Pentalpha8]

4 Express

[kettledrum]

2. carriage

[grasscarp]

hernia please elaborate on what you think is wrong

[mazie]

I agree with grasscarp,I believe all the answers were satifactory. And if you dont like them there are ways to help yourself.

here's a link that should help you

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/puzzl es/word_wizards/wwizards.py/main

[kettledrum]

1. planning

[mazie]

All been given before Kettledrum (hi x)

[kettledrum]

Sorry - Mazie et al - I missed the earlier posting.

[hernia!]

Hi thanks for all ideas I am not sure about planning blight? carriage trade? or express rifle?

[Pentalpha8]

Eg. Carriage trade
Upper-class people of wealth and social position, those wealthy enough to keep carriages, were referred to as carriage folk or carriage trade.
Eg .Express rifle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_rifle
Eg..Canal zone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Zone
I think we have all given good answers

[mazie]

Then, as I said earlier, please feel free to look them up for youself. The answers you have been given are by some of the most respected contributers to Answerbank (exluding myself, of course)

[Pentalpha8]

planning blight
Difficulty in selling or developing a site, building, etc., because it is affected by a government or local-authority development plan.

[mazie]

That would be Excluding!

[hernia!]

thanks for explaining! but you have clarified 'planing blight' ?

[hernia!]

Thanks so much - you have all ben simply super!

[grasscarp]

Mazie you are a star, dont put yourself down!

[grasscarp]

Hernia, next time, please come back to us in the original post for any clarification that you need. Most of us dont post until we are fairly certain that the words fit.