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. --ca--izati--
-2. bio--cha--c--
-3. --ac-l-ma-iz-
-4. r-i--orp--at-
-5. -rec-u--o--ry
-6. --co-tre---ts
-7. a--on-shi--l-
-8. p-en--ar---al
-9. d-me--i-n--ss
-10. i-c-n-en-en--
-11. -ibl--ma--a-s
-12. au--o--tati--
-13. --re-tay-a--s

-a. repeat from memory
-b. inside piece of a shoe
-c. old fogey
-d. Bilbo or Frodo
-e. small, hard-fleshed watermelon
-f. flourish
-g. parsimonious
-h. like steve Austin
-i. domestic servant
-j. discernment
-k. audience demand for more
-l. copper's green film
-m. beginner

3/a REacClImaTizE (recite)

8d. pHenOBarBITol (Hobbit)

9b dImeNSiOnLEss (insole)

11h. BiblIOmaNIaCs (bionic)

5l. PrecAuTIoNAry (patina)

Great solves!

2i bioMEchaNIcAL (menial).

10m. iNcOnVenIenCE

Yes to both!

1/e CIcaTRizatiON (citron)

12/f auTHoRItatiVE, thrive

I was stumped on that one.

4.k rEiNCorpORatE (encore)

automation

Sondi, curly and Bob

kathipa, nice try, but your answer should be a 13-letter word.

6j. ACcoUtreMENts (acumen)
7g. aSTonIshinGlY (stingy)

13c. FOreStaySaIL (fossil)

Well done, all!