DOUBLE DUTY XXXVIII
THREE ON A MATCH #4
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb. 2011
N.M. Meyer

The blanks in the first and last three clues below 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 second column of blanks will make up a bonus word which follows the same pattern. You have to supply the three missing middle letters - although they are given as a hint.

 DAM _ _ _ NDA
  AFG _ _ _ DLE
  REC _ _ _ AIN
              _
              _
              _
    CLI _ _ _ ERY
  SUN _ _ _ NEL
  ERR _ _ _ HEM

HINTS:
The three middle letters, reading down, are LIC.
The first letters of the words are:
A
H
O
_
_
_

C
K
A

Answers:

damAGEnda
  afgHANdle
  recORDain
           L
           I
           C
    cliCHErry 
  sunKENnel
   errANThem

Bonus word:  garLIChen