ANAGRAM QUIZ 23.
The clues are not only anagrams of the answers but also their definitions or hints. Zips (zippering two anagrams together) are demarcated by a bar |. The | also splits some answer lengths, eg, (3|6), into subwords as a further hint.
1. veer art (7)
2. ruthless (8)
3. isn't yell (8)
4. be 'as' cue (7)
5. act to hurt (3|6)
6. are cancels (10)
7. re brat hits (5|5).
8. iota mad L/R (9)
9. Net disgrace. (11)
10. lauded: "Ta!" (8)
11. "Co-life us!" it. (10)
12. 's binge's sack (4[4 3)
13. exist peer et pix seer (9)
14. I tally & I do "and". (12)
15. See, grasp ere gasps. (3|5)
16. ardent trend, a rad net (3 3)
17. Cowed, I arc acid, cower. (9)
18. Ain't man, ie, ain't main E. (9)
19. Boo trike m|et or Kombi. (5|4)
20. top in care m|et; main crop (10)
21. o' faint or "pe|p" tone of air (5|5)
22. to crave, covet Ar|t cover, a? (4|3)
23. push setback past, be shuck (4 3 4)
24. Racer to hie. "Hot, I, ere car." (10)
25. fear word: "En|d, ere a frown!" (4|6)
26. Mensurator, run more 'ats'. [@s] (10)
27. cos I run in, coursin' in, cruisin' on. (9)
28. Lib spur, he, hub's plier, he lips rub. (9)
29. So met coin, cost, monie|s, to income. (9)
30. m' machine's mince-mash manic mesh (9)
31. me, icy born comer-in by my crib #one (9)
32. a "leg table" ball gate > 'e|at' ball. (Gee!) (9)
33. Brat, I rile, lit ire bar. (bit railer, liar, biter) (9)
34. Layers point to player's "in" plays or "I" net. (11)
35. Digger Ann ran edging (eg) in grand deranging. (9)
36. Am "Time!" Die ea. mid-time. (= "a time idem") (9)
ANSWERS
ANAGRAM QUIZ 23, Anil
1. averter
2. hustlers
3. silently
4. because
5. cutthroat
6. clearances
7. birthrates
8. maladroit
9. desecrating
10. adulated
11. felicitous
12. sickness bag
13. expertise
14. additionally
15. presages
16. Art end
17. cowardice
18. inanimate
19. motorbike
20. importance
21. pianoforte
22. overact
23. pass the buck
24. charioteer
25. forewarned
26. numerators
27. incursion
28. publisher
29. economist
30. mechanism
31. embryonic
32. bagatelle *
33. irritable
34. personality
35. gardening
36. immediate
* (carnival game, balls into holes on tilted knee-high table)
ANIL
Perth, Australia
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Publication: | Word Ways |
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Date: | Nov 1, 2017 |
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