THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
Credit: GAMES Magazine - May, 2005
Adrian Hoad-Reddick

Each of the word trios below consists of a synonym, an antonym, and an anagram - in random order - of the answer word.

For example, given the clues RANGY, MAD, CALM, the answer word would be ANGRY.
RANGY is an anagram, MAD a synonym, and CALM an antonym of ANGRY.

1. HEED, SILENT, IGNORE
2. SAFETY, PERIL, GARDEN
3. SOUND, LICENSE, HUSH
4. INCREASED, SUBSIDED, NEEDLESS
5. CURT, CONICAL, VERBOSE
6. ELOQUENT, INARTICULATE, UNFELT
7. FLEAS, PHONY, GENUINE
8. RESIDE, WANT, DISINCLINATION
9. SPARSE, NEEDS, COMPRESSED
10. AHEAD, ALIGNED, LAGGING
11. CONSOLE, REPRIMAND, REBATE
12. UNCANNY, COMMONPLACE, WIDER
13. PROCEEDED, CEASED, UNNOTICED
14. ALUMNA, HAND-OPERATED, AUTOMATIC
15. IMPELS, COMPLEX, STRAIGHTFORWARD
16. RELEGATE, EMOTED, PROMOTE
17. PROLONG, CUT OFF, ISSUANT
18. VIRGO, INTENSITY, WEAKNESS

Answers:

1. LISTEN
2. DANGER
3. SILENCE
4. LESSENED
5. LACONIC
6. FLUENT
7. FALSE
8. DESIRE
9. DENSE
10. LEADING
11. BERATE
12. WEIRD 
13. CONTINUED
14. MANUAL
15. SIMPLE
16. DEMOTE 
17. SUSTAIN
18. VIGOR