NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
May 8, 2016
Will Shortz

In each pair of words below, one of the words can be anagrammed into a synonym for the other. For example, given the word pair RISK - GARDEN, you could anagram GARDEN into DANGER - which is synonym for RISK. The word to be anagrammed may be either the first or second word.

1. DARE - PERUSE
2. TAME - COILED
3. PEEK - RETAIN
4. CLAM - SERENE
5. TACO - JACKET
6. SUDS - HALTER
7. GRIN - CIRCLE
8. ROTE - RIPPED
9. WOLF - STREAM
10. HEAR - SILENT

Answers:

1. READ
2. DOCILE
3. KEEP
4. CALM
5. COAT
6. LATHER
7. RING
8. TORE
9. FLOW
10. LISTEN