19.4 Tetraphilia Solution

The complete solution to this puzzle is not available.

We know that the final answer is supposed to be FOOTBALL PLAY, formed from the three answers FOOT, BALL, and PLAY to the clues formed by the common letters in the pairs. Some possible answers are printed after each clue below. Bold indicates a word used in a possible pairing. Words struck through have no possible pairing.

Clues

A Nobelist's target CHEM COIN ECON FAME GOLD OSLO
Character appearing twice on TNG, once on DS9 VASH
Competitions, of a sort BEES RUNS SETS
Dalai Lama supporter MONK
Disintegrating suffix LYZE
Earn a Merit Badge KNOT (could go with Sew up) CAMP SWIM COOK FISH
Eat HAVE (could go with Wealthy person) DINE
Fictional Boulder resident MORK
Hawaiian port HILO
Incur a phone charge CALL DIAL ROAM
Indian currency BEAD ANNA
Indians' home OHIO
Like Susan? LAZY
Perry's award TONY
Play the hero, perhaps LEAD STAR
Sew up KNOT (could go with Earn a Merit Badge) DARN KNIT SEAL
Short CURT MINI RUDE TINY FAST
Skinny BONY LEAN SLIM THIN TRIM LANK WIRY
Some nematodes ???
Take (off) BUZZ KICK LIFT PEEL PULL PUSH RUSH SLIP ZOOM
Type of therapy COLD GENE HEAT PLAY TALK
Victor, e.g. HUGO NAME VIER
Wealthy person HAVE (could go with EAT) BOSS CZAR LORD PEER TSAR TZAR TOFF
With "the", one of the oceans? DEEP MAIN

Pairs

 1  E S  HAVE  VASH  AHV
 2
B N
 3
A K
 4
A E LAZY LYZE ELZ
 5
N R MONK MORK KMO
 6
K Y KNOT TONY NOT
 7
L N
 8
P W
 9
A U
10
L O HILO OHIO HIO
11
D I
12
B L BEAD LEAD ADE