LETTER PATTERNS XVI

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

1)

Pre-fetus stage of development

In a stupor - unresponsive, while awake

Overly dramatic

Words like write and right

 

2)

The "&" sign

A scolding or rebuke

Courtly dance of the 1600-1700s

Illegally imported or exported goods 

3) 

Abstruse, little-known

Vote by all the people

Man who dresses as a woman

One born with both male and female characteristics

 

4)

Barrier, as in a street

Balcony or stair railing

With "stand" - a metaphor for entrepeneurship

Paved, public walk - usually at a resort or shopping area

5)

Of decayed teeth

Very evil

Of different kinds and sorts

On the edge, unstable

 

6)

Hellish

Active by day

Forever

Fatherly

 

7)

Brownish red

Wind instrument

Military unit

A ridiculous but amusing person

8)

Palm leaf

Answer

Farther than

Steal and run away, as with money 

Answers:

 

1)

Embryonic

Catatonic

Histrionic

Homophonic

 

2)

Ampersand

Reprimand

Saraband

Contraband

 

3)

Recondite

Plebiscite

Transvestite

Hermaphrodite

 

4)

Barricade

Balustrade

Lemonade

Promenade

 

5)

Carious

Nefarious

Various

Precarious

 

6)

Infernal

Diurnal

Eternal

Paternal

 

7)

Maroon

Bassoon

Platoon

Buffoon

 

8)

Frond 

Respond

Beyond 

Abscon