Re: Sans vowels #2

"David" <askforEmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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mike <m.fee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# In article <8ud0srF19kU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
# newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
# > This puzzle (actually) contains a list of words with the vowels
removed.
# >
# > A clue for each word is given within parentheses. Try to find the
words:
# >
# > 1. CLT (a large tabby)
# > 2. SQ (a coloured wood)
# > 3. BKN (not something I'd wear myself!)
# > 4. RFR (where would we be without one?)
# > 5. LNG (Camellia sinensis)
# > 6. VRSMLTDS (is this a real clue?)
# > 7. TTR (not a little colder)
# > 8. LSK (has a Russian connection?)
# > 9. WL (who's a twit?)
# > 10. LLSNST (this one has no clue, it's disappeared)
# >
# 1 - OCELOT
# 2 - SEQUOIA
# 3 - BIKINI
# 4 - REFEREE or REEFER (depending on your proclivities)
# 5 - ... (tricky although I would drink the stuff in a LOUNGE)
# 6 - VERISIMILITUDES
# 7 - HOTTER (depending on how you pronounce the H)
# 8 - ...

8 - ALASKA


10. ILLUSIONIST

9. OWL


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