| CHAAT | Hindi word in some appetizer names formed by doubling the vowel of a word meaning "casual conversation" |
| BUSS | Old-fashioned synonym for "kiss" formed by doubling the last letter of a public transit vehicle |
| SCHWA | Unstressed central vowel of a word, represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by the symbol (5) |
| SULLY | Synonym for "tarnish" formed by changing the vowel of an adjective meaning "foolish" |
| CHATBOT | Automated online correspondent whose first word four letters spell a word meaning "casual talk" |
| PATES | Some appetizer spreads |
| OSCAR | Radio operator's code word for one of the vowels of the alphabet (5) |
| ABLAUT | Alternation in the vowels of related word forms e.g. sing, sang, sung (6) |
| UAE | West Asian nation spelled in the vowels of "quarters": Abbr. |
| BERBERS | North African people alter first vowel of hairdressers (7) |
| CONFETTI | This word is an Italian plural form meaning "sweetmeat." That word comes from a variety of Latin derivations of a word meaning "to prepare." First known use in English: 1815. It refers to small bits o |
| FRUIT | From "enjoyment of harvest", a word for an acorn, berry, drupe, grain, hesperidium, nut, pome or other edible part of a plant, whose other Latin sense, "profit, value", is the source of a word meaning |
| PEAL | A shortening of a word meaning "address, call upon" that describes the loud ringing of a bell or bells (4) |
| SALVE | Healing lotion formed by inserting an L in the middle of a word meaning "rescue" |
| PLEAT | What is a fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself then fixing in place? (5) |
| PIC | Image: Abbr. (Wordplay tip: in this clue, "cropped" indicates the answer is a shortened version of a word meaning "photograph") |
| DEW | Days?" Most of us know that by doubling daily, the second choice is far more than $1 million - $10,737,418.23. So here is the new twist. What is the formula that will give us the correct answer for an |
| LOIN | Piece of meat that, if you switch the vowel order in its name, becomes the name of a meat-eater |
| IGOR | Name formed by removing the first letter of a word meaning "strictness" |
| AL | "Don't apologize!" abbreviation found by removing the vowel from the word for a short snooze |
