All of the words listed below have a meaning related to "old."

And, as you have probably noticed, their vowels have been removed.

Your mission...

Should you choose to accept it...is to recover the original vowels.

So, for example, "BEGIN" would be BGN.

So from the STRT, let's BGN



1. LDRLY
2. GD
3. NCNT
4. SNR
5. GRTRC
6. SNSCNT
7. VR-TH-HLL
8. VNRBL
9. CTGNRN
10. LNG-LVD
11. LNG N TH TTH
12. RTRD
13. CNTNRN
14. DCRPT
15. SNL
16. DDDRNG
17. PNSND
18. GRWN-P
19. NL
20. TRSM
21. NTQ
22. MLDY

14. decrepit (like me)

1. elderly hi soot

4. senior

21 - antique

5. geriatric

8. Venerable

7. over the hill

11. long in the tooth

Nice puzzle Dan.

18. grown-up hi soot

3. ancient

13. centenariun