Sunday Puzzle: A Familiar Word Before H-O-T Words

The Weekly Quiz From NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz                                                               https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/g-s1-74549/sunday-puzzle

This is a summertime puzzle. I’ll give you three words starting with the letters H, O, and T. For each set you give a word that can precede each to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.  Example: Heat, Oven, Tank   –> GAS (gas heat, gas oven, gas tank)

1. Hampshire, Orleans, Testament

2. Horse, Otter, Turtle

3. Hydrant, Opal, Truck

4. Hopes, Octane, Tide

5. Hard, Out, Torch

6. House, Onion, Thumb

7. Heavyweight, Opera, Touch

8. Hand, Order, Term

9. Hole, Olive, Tie

10. Hawk, Owl, Time

11. Havana, Ones, Toe