DOUBLE DUTY XXXIII
THREE ON A MATCH #1
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb. 2011
N.M. Meyer

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

  COS _ _ _ QUE
  ATT _ _ _ ATE
   PIC _ _ _ ELY
          _
          _
          _
 BAR _ _ _ TAL
  RES _ _ _ ITE
WOO _ _ _ IAL

HINTS:
The three middle letters, reading down, are TOR.
The first letters of the words are:
M
E
N
-
-
-
R
I
D


Answers:

 cosMOSque
  attESTate
  picNICely
       T
       O
       R
 barRENtal
  resIGNite
wooDENial 

Bonus puzzle: menTORrid