Forward and Backward

By Ruth Schiefen

Listed below are clues for several palindromes, words spelled the same forward and backward (bib and peep, for example). The number of blanks tells you how many letters are in the answers.

Young dog __ __ __
Twelve o’clock in the daytime __ __ __ __
Quick blast of a horn or whistle __ __ __ __
Woman who lives in a convent __ __ __
Something stuffed into or tied over the mouth __ __ __
Small child __ __ __
Flat or even __ __ __ __ __
Nickname for father __ __ __
Nickname for mother __ __ __
Legal document __ __ __ __

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