LETTER PATTERNS V
Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each set of clues below can be answered with words which end in the same letter pattern.

1)
He's for bidding
Rooster
Pirate
Take over by force

2)
Haughty, disdainful
Fancy, hanging light fixture
Venetian vessels
World War II airman

3)
Metal container
Handrail on stairs
Place of quiet seclusion
More damp

4)
Make completely dry
Convert from wild to tame
Clone
Oil, as machinery

5)
Lute relative
Very thin paper
Wax
Commedia dell'arte character

Answers:

1)
AUCTIONEER
CHANTICLEER
BUCCANEER
COMMANDEER

2)
CAVALIER
CHANELIER
GONDOLIER
BOMBARDIER

3)
CANISTER
BANISTER
CLOISTER
MOISTER

4)
DESICCATE
DOMESTICATE
DUPLICATE
LUBRICATE 

5)
MANDOLIN
ONION SKIN
PARAFFIN
HARLEQUIN