EASY AS ABC I
Credit: GAMES Magazine
October, 2006
R. H. Wei

The words below have had three or four consecutive letters of the alphabet removed from them. The missing letters are in alphabetical order, from left to right. For example, given the clue

_ _ EPTO _ A _ IA, the answer word would be 

 KLEPTOMANIA, the K, L, M, N being the four missing consecutive letters.

1. ANE _ _ OT _
2. DE _ _ R _ CTI _ E
3. UNDE _ _ _ _ DY
4. CA _ _ _ ESS
5. _ _ _ AC _
6. A _ _ _ AN
7. _ _ _ T
8. SI _ _ _ NG
9. _ U _ I _ _ US
10. _ O _ _ R _ M

Answers:

1. ANECDOTE
2. DESTRUCTIVE
3. UNDERSTUDY
4. CALMNESS
5. HIJACK
6. AFGHAN
7. DEFT
8. SIGHING
9. LUMINOUS
10. ROSTRUM