Solution - Off The Leash

by Mark Halpin

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Enumerated lists related to (often different meanings of) dog commands may be assembled from the given trigrams. The first letter of each letter is missing. The missing letters would form another thematic word if given a front letter, and the answer is spelled from those letters.

P "Stay!" (places you might stay) (6 5, 3, 10, 9, 7 4)
ANA ANI ESO GEU IUM LNN NGH OME OTE RPH RSI RTH TOR
P - (R)ESORT HOTEL, (I)NN, (S)ANITORIUM, (O)RPHANAGE, (N)URSING HOME
B "Heel!" (terms for a cad) (5, 7, 4, 5, 4, 8, 3 4)
ADV ATF ENG EOO ILD INK NDO NOU OER OUS RAT
B - (L)OUSE, (I)NGRATE, (G)OON, (H)OUND, (T)OAD, (E)VILDOER, (R)AT FINK
F "Speak!" (languages) (7, 9, 6, 5, 5)
CHI IAN IZE NDI PAL RAN SPE TOE USS
F - (R)USSIAN, (E)SPERANTO, (N)EPALI, (C)ZECH, (H)INDI
R "Play Dead!" (killed or presumed killed Shakespearean characters) (7, 9, 6, 11, 6, 12, 7)
AOS EMO ENC ERN ESD ILI LDE LIA LLO NAM NST NUI OGE PHE RAN THE TZM
R - (O)THELLO, (D)ESDEMONA, (E)MILIA, (R)OSENCRANTZ, (I)MOGEN, (G)UILDENSTERN, (O)PHELIA
E "Sit!" (words preceding "chair") (3, 6, 8, 5)
CTR DAN ICE RMO RRI SLE
E - (A)RM, (M)ORRIS, (E)LECTRIC, (S)EDAN
E "Shake!" (desserts) (5 6, 6 5, 5 8, 3 5, 3 6 4)
AKE DUM EAM EBR ECR EDV EIN ELV ETC NGC PLE PLI REM TEP TOR ULE ZER
E - (C)REME BRULEE, (L)INZER TORTE, (A)PPLE DUMPLING, (I)CE CREAM, (R)ED VELVET CAKE