36 Vowel-Minded Puzzles with, 8, letters , 3, vowels and , 2, solutions each By Shalosh B. Ekhad In the clues below the vowels, a,e,i,o,u, are replaced by blanks. find the, 2, words that match 1 . ___nt___r___st ___nt___r___st 2 . b___rg______ns b___rg______ns 3 . b___ff___l___s b___ff___l___s 4 . c___l___nd___r c___l___nd___r 5 . c___nt______ns c___nt______ns 6 . c___p___l___ts c___p___l___ts 7 . c___rt______ns c___rt______ns 8 . cl___ng______r cl___ng______r 9 . cl___t___r___s cl___t___r___s 10 . d___l___g___nt d___l___g___nt 11 . ___ntr______ts ___ntr______ts 12 . f___st______ns f___st______ns 13 . fl______t___st fl______t___st 14 . ___nd___r___ct ___nd___r___ct 15 . ___nd___l___nt ___nd___l___nt 16 . j___ngl______r j___ngl______r 17 . j___ngl______r j___ngl______r 18 . m___t___r___st m___t___r___st 19 . m___d___ll___r m___d___ll___r 20 . m___n___c___rs m___n___c___rs 21 . m___ll______ns m___ll______ns 22 . m___n___t___ry m___n___t___ry 23 . n___rv___n___s n___rv___n___s 24 . p___r___s___ls p___r___s___ls 25 . p___ct___r___s p___ct___r___s 26 . p___rt______ns p___rt______ns 27 . p___l___st___r p___l___st___r 28 . pr___t___st___ pr___t___st___ 29 . rh___mb______d rh___mb______d 30 . r___s___tt___s r___s___tt___s 31 . s___lt___n___s s___lt___n___s 32 . s___v___r___ly s___v___r___ly 33 . s___d___c___rs s___d___c___rs 34 . sp___c___m___n sp___c___m___n 35 . th___r___f___r th___r___f___r 36 . tr______t___rs tr______t___rs ----------------------------------------------------------- Solutions to the above puzzles 1 . antirust interest 2 . bargains burgeons 3 . boffolas buffalos 4 . calendar colander 5 . canteens contains 6 . capelets copilots 7 . cartoons curtains 8 . clangour clingier 9 . clitoris clotures 10 . delegant diligent 11 . entreats introits 12 . festoons fustians 13 . flautist fleetest 14 . indirect underact 15 . indolent undulant 16 . jinglier jongleur 17 . jongleur junglier 18 . maturest motorist 19 . medullar modeller 20 . menacers minicars 21 . millions mulleins 22 . minatory monetary 23 . nervines nirvanas 24 . parasols perusals 25 . pectoris pictures 26 . pertains portions 27 . pilaster polestar 28 . pretaste protista 29 . rhomboid rhumbaed 30 . risottos rosettes 31 . saltines sultanas 32 . savorily severely 33 . seducers sidecars 34 . spaceman specimen 35 . therefor thurifer 36 . traitors treaters