PUZZLE, July 8th

No one successfully solved last week's puzzle:

What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when any of one of the nine letters is removed one by one?

STARTLING, starling, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I

This week try this puzzle:
Without changing the order of the letters, place the four letter words on the dashes to form eight letter words.
Veto, Rake, Hilt, Clam, Tile

1. __ um__ __ i __ y
2. Pro __ __ __ i __
3. __ err __ b __ __
4. __ __ xa __ i __ n
5. Ove __ t __ __ __