Each of the words in 1-13 have had a word removed from them. The definitions of the removed words are in a-m. Find the removed words and then place them in the blank spaces to recreate the original 13-letter words. The words will fill in the ‘-‘ without changing the order of the letters. Example : Fa-h-o-mo-g-- with a. transgressor = sinner, answer = Fashionmonger.

-1. -el-n--ngn--s
-2. d-s-be--e-c-s
-3. c--i--oy-nt-y
-4. -r-p-ie-ori--
-5. --u--wat--ing
-6. h-l-h---te-ly
-7. po-t-pe-a--v-
-8. psy-h--o-at--
-9. c--i-m-n-hip-
-10. --cro--t-i-nt
-11. --eri--ic-l-y
-12. c--esi--nti--
-13. --se-cha-t--s

-a. antiseptic liquid
-b. insect stage
-c. universal
-d. bedevil
-e. banquet
-f. phantoms
-g. entrance
-h. good fertilizer
-i. footless
-j. foray
-k. trial, affliction
-l. frightened
-m. source, origin

2a. iodine / disobediences

8c. cosmic/psychosomatic

10 h - manure = macronutrient

3b. larval/ clairvoyantly

4g. portal / proprietorial

13e. dinner / disenchanters

7j.sortie/postoperative

9d Harass - Chairmanships

Bernie

1f. belongingness / bogies

12/k cOResiDEntiAL

Excellent solves!

6l. afeard / halfheartedly

11i. apodal / aperiodically

Both correct!

5m. mother/mouthwatering

Excellent!