BANANAGRAMS III
Credit: GAMES/World of Puzzles
January, 2018
Edmund Conti

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

1. My favorite student has come so far!
   Her skill with fine ________ has made her a ________!

2. I wanted to try that squid hors d'oeuvre,
    But I knew I could ________ work up the ________.

3. You must let me have the wheel, dear.
    You'll hit those ________ if you continue to ________.

4. Forget earrings, bracelets, and pins,
    Diamond ________ will give 'em the biggest ________.

5. Whack! Lob! Whack! Whack! Drop. Golly!
    Wasn't that a ________   ________?

6. To get Meg to clean her bedroom floor,
    Her Mom left a ________ in the bureau ________.

7. If you think I'm a show-off, I beg your pardon.
    But just take a ________ at my ________.

Answers:

1. arts / star
2. never / nerve
3. trees / steer
4. rings / grins
5. lovely / volley
6. reward / drawer
7. gander / garden