BANANAGRAMS II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 2001
Edmund Conti

Complete each rhyming couplet by filling in the blanks with two words which are anagrams of each other.

1)
Porridge too hot? Bless my soul!
Don't just sit there. _______ on the _______.

2)
"Timber!" won't be a popular tune
If you're under a tree _______ it's being _______.

3)
I wanted fried potatoes and was abashed
When the hostess _______ me into eating them _______.

4)
Here's a good rule that never should fail:
If you can't get fresh, choose the _______   _______.

5)
With saints and sinners, this is the norm:
The _______ redeem; the latter _______.

6)
During the dog days no one pities
Nome, Alaska, the _______ of _______.

Answers:

1. blow / bowl
2. when / hewn
3. shamed / mashed
4. least / stale
5. former / reform
6. iciest / cities