Below is a list of words where all of the letters have been removed except for their fishy fillings. See if you can complete the words using the given definitions.

-1. p----i-ke--
-2. ma-n-t--a-
-3. -----tu--na-
-4. -s-h---a--d
-5. -c-o--d-
-6. --sk-a-te-
-7. -e--e----l--
-8. ---t-u--n-a-
-9. s-me----lt
-10. ---h--a-ke-

-a. martinet
-b. wearing glasses
-c. fastidious
-d. a prevailing current
-e. award
-f. tumble
-g. running lengthwise
-h. guerrilla; outlaw
-i. ministerial
-j. smothered

7 b bespectacled

And we're off!

5. e - accolade (award)

9F somersault

6 a, taskmaster, martinet

10h. bushwhacker

1/c. persnickety

Yes to all!

4j. asphyxiated

Good one, Sondi!

2 d mainstream

8i. instrumental

Yes to both!

3g. longitudinal

You got it!