Logophile: Old Two-Eyes

Each of the clues below points to a word that contains the letter i twice and has no other vowels. Can you figure them out? Record your findings and then check them against the answers below.

1. Colored part of your eye
2. Lacking confidence
3. New Zealander
4. Numeral
5. Using a pen
6. Gin, for example
7. Modern-day Hibernian
8. South Pacific archipelago

Answers:

1. iris
2. timid
3. Kiwi
4. digit
5. writing
6. spirit
7. Irish
8. Fiji

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