STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU HINTS SPOILER SPACE 1 - You're looking for pairs words that can go BEFORE and AFTER another word. 2 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN pairs with WORLD (in the given position). 3 - It's [women and children] FIRST [world], FIRST will be the word on the next level for that entry. Always put the word that goes before the middle word on the upper bracket. 4 - The level 1 pairings are: PEEPING, CAT FRIEND, WRECK GRANDFATHER, FACE CHOPPING, BUSTER FREE, APART TRADE, BREAK WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WORLD ICE, CHEESE 5 - These lead to the following words on level 2: PEEPING, CAT -> TOM FRIEND, WRECK -> SHIP GRANDFATHER, FACE -> CLOCK CHOPPING, BUSTER -> OVER FREE, APART -> FALL TRADE, BREAK -> WIND WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WORLD -> FIRST ICE, CHEESE -> CREAM 6 - These generate the following level 3 words: TOM, SHIP -> CRUISE CLOCK, OVER -> TOWER FALL, WIND -> DOWN CREAM, FIRST -> HAND 7 - These generate the following level 4 words: CRUISE, TOWER -> CONTROL HAND, DOWN -> STAGE 8 - One further word goes in the middle. 9 - It's CONTROL [x] STAGE 10 - It's 6 letters and starts with C. 11 - It's a synonym for MIDDLE. 12 - C _ _ _ _ R 13 - C _ N _ _ R 14 - C _ N T _ R 15 - C E N T _ R 16 - C E N T E R - and that's the answer :)