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Answers to Questions on Words

1. Newt, nonce, nickname.-2. Auger, apron, umpire, adder- 3. Restive (originally, inert).-4. Bent, from one Banting, who invented the process, 1864.-5. Amen, ally.-6. Double entente ; not a French expression ; French for nickname is Sobriquet. 7. Acme, horizon, panacea.-8. Violin from Greek Etos (year), through Latin Vetulus (a yearling calf) and viola.-9. Gunilda was a female Scandinavian name attached to an engine of war in 1330-1 (N.E.D.).-10. French qugte (collection), pronounced Kate, diminutive Kitty.-11. Ap or Ab, as Blood (for Ab-Lloyd), Bevan (Ab-Evan), Price (Ap-Rhys), Parry (Ap-Harry), Pugh (Ap-Hugh), Piunfrey, (Ap-Humphrey), Pritchard (Ap-Richard).-12. Akimbo

(can-bow or cam bow). 13. None.