WHAT'S IN A NAME? II
Credit: Selma and Jack Orleans in The Great Big Book of Pencil Puzzles

Each clue below can be answered by a regular, uncapitalized word. However, when the word is capitalized, it is a proper masculine or feminine first name.

1. harass, bother
2. belief, confidence
3. candid, outspoken
4. a kind of nut
5. a device used for changing a tire
6. a Christmas song
7. pity
8. OK, message received
9. an Irish girl
10. college administrator
11. title of European nobility
12. another title 0f European nobility
13. to pry or break open, as a lock
14. bestow, confer
15. conquerror
16. spinning wheel (as in Sleeping Beauty)
17. Dec. 24, for one
18. bully
19. skein of yarn
20. plant life

Answers:

1. harry
2. faith
3. frank
4. hazel
5. jack
6. carol
7. ruth
8. roger
9. colleen
10. dean
11. earl
12. duke
13. jimmy
14. grant
15. victor
16. jenny
17. eve
18. hector
19. hank
20. flora