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[oldham1]

First line of paragraph considered undesirable in publishing (6) o---a-

Teaching reading by correlating alphabetic letters with sound values (7) --o-i-s

Ten householders collectively responsible (7) t---i-g

[robbyb]

orphan

phonics

tithing

[Beatrice35]

Orphan :-)

[oldham1]

Thanks to you both.

[Bluedragon]

For future ref: A word on its own in a line is called a widow