Answer: TELE (= far, far off, operating over distance)
Answer: WAY (out of the way, give way to, not the other way around)
Answer: shorthand (a system of fast writing that uses lines and simple signs to represent words and phrases)
Answer: OID (a word-forming element meaning “like, like that of, thing like a __,”)
Answer: whitewash (to make something bad seem acceptable by hiding the truth OR to defeat a player or team completely, especially while preventing them from scoring any points)
When you know that you are good at it and you enjoy it, Answer: A (to be in your element: in a situation you know well and enjoy)