DOUBLE DUTY XLIII
THREE ON A MATCH #8
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb. 2011
N.M. Meyer

The blanks in the first and last three clues can be filled in with letters that will complete the word beginning on the left and begin the word ending on the right. The letters running down the third column of blanks will make up a bonus word which follows the same pattern. You have to supply the three missing letters - although they are given as a hint.

  ZEA _ _ _ ION
 HOO _ _ _ SMA
 CHO _ _ _TLE
                _
                _
                _
REM _ _ _ EED
DYN _ _ _ UNT
 SYS _ _ _ PLE

HINTS:
The three missing letters, running down, are SEL.
The first letters are:
L
P
R
-
-
-
I
A
T

Answers:

  zeaLOTion
  hooPLAsma
  choRUStle
              S
              E
              L
  remINDeed  
 synAMOunt
  sysTEMple 

Bonus word: tasSELdom