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Can you name the 4- or 5-letter words that start with an 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O' or 'U' but then are followed by only consonants ? The numbers in brackets are the number of letters in the answer.

• 1. The book of the New Testament between John and Romans (4)

• 2. Money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy (4)

• 3. A mountain range in Southern Europe (4)

• 4. A feeling of dread, anxiety, or nervousness (5)

• 5. A looped cross that's the Egyptian symbol of life (4)

• 6. The curved head of an opening, as a doorway (4)

• 7. Actor Omar of 'House' and 'ER' (4)

• 8. First name of Bond villain Blofeld (5)

• 9. To produce a pattern or design by using acid to cut a surface (4)

• 10. The condition of being economically unprosperous or miserable (5)

• 11. A unit of length measuring 1/12 of a foot (4)

• 12. An irritating sensation of the upper surface of the skin (4)

• 13. Adolph whose family has run the NY Times since 1896 (4)

• 14. Numerical expression used in both gambling and statistics (4)

• 15. Namesake of a GM car brand from 1897 to 2004 (4)

• 16. The largest city in Siberia with over 1,000,000 Russians (4)

• 17. Composer Carl who wrote 'Carmina Burana' (4)

• 18. Interjection of skepticism or disgust (4)

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

1. Alms
Removed 6 the answer was wrong

1 Acts
3 Alps

12. Itch
14. Odds

2. Alms
4. Angst

5 Ankh
6 Arch

9. Etch
11. Inch

ANSWERS

1. Acts
2. Alms
3. Alps
4. Angst
5. Ankh
6. Arch
7. Epps
8. Ernst
9. Etch
10. Illth
11. Inch
12. Itch
13. Ochs
14. Odds
15. Olds
16. Omsk
17. Orff
18. Umph