The answers to the clues below will have something in common:

1. Two different words made up of the same letters
2. Bogart-Bergman classic set in Morocco
3. Two-hulled watercraft
4. Jalisco city and famed mariachi song

5. World War II Pacific Island battleground

6. Island nation off the coast of Africa

7. India ruler of the past

8. Strategic waterway

Answers:

1. ANAGRAMS
2. CASABLANCA
3. CATAMARAN
4. GUADALAJARA
5. GUADALCANAL
6. MADAGASCAR
7. MAHARAJAH
8. PANAMA CANAL

In common:  Only vowel is A

Credit: GAMES Magazine - April, 2014
Paddy Smith
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