Author: Roger Barkan
In each row, one word is a clue to the name of a famous person, and
the other word is a word that can be formed from that name by deleting
some internal letters. The names are
Shirley Temple
Olivia Newton-John
Eric Clapton
Oscar Levant
David Arquette
Sean Astin
Chris O'Donnell
Laurence Olivier
Nora Ephron
Loretta Lynn
Erik Satie
The initials (first and last) of these people, read in order, spell
STONE COLD AS A COLONEL LES.
These form another pair of the above form. The last word is formed from
the name; the rest is the clue. "Stone Cold" is wrestler Steve Austin;
as a colonel, Colonel Steve Austin is the title character of the TV
show "The Six-Million Dollar Man". That character is played by Lee Majors;
the letters deleted from Lee Majors to obtain LES spell the answer,
E MAJOR.