Couplet Triplets

A Couplet Triplet is made up of a pair of letters appearing three times in a row, i. e. it follows the pattern XYXYXY.

PUZZLE ONE

Answer each of these questions with a couplet triplet. Hyphens within words and spaces between words is shown.

  1. How does Santa laugh?
    _ _ - _ _ - _ _
  2. How do most people laugh?
    _ _ - _ _ - _ _
  3. What can you sing if you don't know the words?
    _ _ - _ _ - _ _
  4. What kind of music did John Lennon make without Yoko?
    _ _ _ - _ _ _
  5. Are any Egyptian deities eponyms for rock bands?
    _ _ _ _   _ _
  6. What might famed cellist Yoyo call his mother?
    _ _ _ _   _ _

PUZZLE TWO

For each of these entries, find a couplet triplet that completes a two-word expression. There will be a space between the words somewhere in the trio. The entries can then be matched to the definitions in the right-hand column. If need help, see the list of letter pairs by clicking HERE!.

  1. A L _ _ _ _ _ _ L E
  2. B _ _ _ _ _ _ U T
  3. G E M _ _ _ _ _ _ E
  4. C A T _ _ _ _ _ _ R O R
  5. C H I N _ _ _ _ _ _ S I O N
  6. D E L _ _ _ _ _ _ A
  7. G _ _ _ _ _ _ U N
  8. J E _ _ _ _ _ _ A L L Y
  9. L I _ _ _ _ _ _ M Y
  10. N _ _ _ _ _ _ E R
  11. N E V _ _ _ _ _ _ D Y
  12. N E _ _ _ _ _ _ U C A T I O N
  13. N I A G _ _ _ _ _ _ I T Y
  14. P H _ _ _ _ _ _ E
  15. P U _ _ _ _ _ _ S
  16. U K U _ _ _ _ _ _ S S O N
  
  1. another airing of "Pretty Woman"
  2. bag customized with personal pics
  3. baseball team born in May, maybe
  4. chocolate made by auto parts manufacturer?
  5. daddies of baby insects
  6. handbook on excuse-making
  7. Mandarin language class
  8. mistake made by food service
  9. most always Christ
  10. opponent of flaxen goods
  11. private class for Hawaiian instrument
  12. should have gone to college!
  13. Silver State sire
  14. someone in a barrel actually surviving the falls
  15. type of sweet bread
  16. wine valley news source

SOLUTION