SCANAGRAMS
Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 1983
Eugene T. Maleska

In each of the following couplets, one of the words is an anagram of the word to be filled in the blank. For example, in the couplet

For Olympic athletes strong and pure,
The _______ wreath has great allure.

The blank should be filled in with LAUREL, which is an anagram of ALLURE.

1)
The drunkard, crawling on all fours,
Said, "_______ people are such bores."

2)
A baby _______ ! Let us greet it
And hope the mother will repeat it.

3)
The _______ woes he could abide,
Whatever came he took in stride.

4)
My _______ pilot knows the stream,
So give my ship a head of steam!

Answers:

1. SOBER (bores)
2. EGRET (greet)
3. DIREST (stride)
4. MASTER (stream)