DEVOTED TO A CHALLENGE
Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
May 9, 2010

In each set of two words below, one of them can be anagrammed into a synonym of the other. For example, given the clue words ALLOY - DEVOTED, the answer would be LOYAL, an anagram of ALLOY and a synonym of DEVOTED.  Either word may be the anagram.

1. STATE - CLEARED
2. MARCH - DELIGHT
3. TIMER - DESERVE
4. ONSET - BOULDER
5. NADIR - DEPLETE
6. GIRTH - CORRECT
7. AGREE - ITCHING
8. THING - EVENING
9. IRATE - GRENADE
10. AWFUL - IN HOUSE

Answers:

1. DECLARE
2. CHARM
3. MERIT
4. STONE
5. DRAIN
6. RIGHT
7. EAGER
8. NIGHT
9. ENRAGED or ANGERED
10. HEINOUS