These 8-letter words all have the letters T T in the middle This is the letter pattern of each one-word answer to the clues: TT. Fill in the missing letters to complete each word.

X1. A place where animals are killed for food. TT.
X2. Someone's personal possessions. This is not a very common word. TT
X3. Extreme praise of someone but it might be insincere praise. TT
X4. "All that —— is not gold." TT
X5. Greed. TT
X6. Small caves, sometimes with attractive features. TT
X7. The act of using needles and wool to make clothing. TT
X8. Spreads or distributes. TT

This is the letter pattern of each one-word answer to the clues: SS. Fill in the missing letters to complete each word.


X1. Totally and wonderfully delightful. SS
X2. Capital of a country and name of a sprout! SS
X3. Categorise. SS
X4. Some bicycles have one of these. SS
X5. An explanatory word list. SS
X6. The Greek name of Ulysses. SS
X7. Something which is left out. SS
X8. You can cut nails with these. SS

This is the letter pattern of each one-word answer to the clues: CK. Fill in the missing letters to complete each word. These answer words are only six letters each.

X1. An old fashioned farming implement. CK
X2. This person, depending on how you use the word, cuts wood rather clumsily or breaks into computer programs. CK X3. To interrupt and annoy a speaker, especially a public speaker such as a politician. CK
X4. This noun can mean either (a) a wooden fence post or (b) a trade union member who prevents other people from entering a workplace during a strike. CK
X5. A model of a piece of apparatus, a book, or other item. It shows what the finished article will look like. The answer is one word, but it sometimes appears as two words and sometimes with a hyphen between them. CK
X6. This is a small container to hold a picture of a close friend. It is sometimes made of a precious metal and hangs from a necklace. CK
X7. This verb describes something a hen does. It is an example of onomatopoeia. CK
X8. If you have written a document on your computer, and lose it, you will have to do it all over again if you haven't made one of these. It is sometimes on one, sometimes two words with a hyphen. CK

The letter patterns in these words vary. Fill in the missing letters to complete each word.

X1. It contains recipes. CK
X2. You will find at least one of these in a library. KC
X3. A small squirrel-like mammal. CK
X4. Bound to be a place to keep a record of financial transactions. CK
X5. Affecting emotions or feelings. Can also mean "to the point". GN *
X6. Not flowing, inactive. GN
X7. You hope that your doctor will do this when you visit the surgery. GN
X8. A monarch is doing this. GN

3.flattery
classify
heckle
chipmunk

excellent start manxman

6.-kniTTing
4.-croSSbar
6.-loCKet
8.-reiGNing

1. abaTToir
bliSSful
siCKle
CookbooK (Nice quiz Chris - thanks )

Bernie

5.gluttony
2.Brussels
2.hacker
7.diagnose

Great puzzle Chris.

8.
allot
sissors
backup
reigns

4. glitters
7. omission
5. mockup
6. stagnant

For the 1st group I think Flo NS meant #7 rather than #6.

6. grottoes
5. glossary
7. cackle
5. poignant

I'm she did jema, thank you for the positive responses Bernie and Curly. Gail two of your answers needed to be eight letters long. manx, curly, Bernie, cue, flo, and jema.

2.6 Odysseus

8.
alloting?
sissors
backup
reigning

2. chattels
X
4. picket
2. bookcase

8. Scatters
4. Cashbook

haroula Gail all are right except the first one. cue, good answers. koala, nice finish.