SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCLXXVIII

The two words on each line can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. The meanings of the anagrams are given below the clues.

1. SIR + LOFT = F

2. EAR + TALL = L

3. BELT + RIOT = L 

4. EPIC + HERD + D

5. RUN + MEAL = N

6. GALE + TRUE = R

7. MOON + SURE = E

8. MICE + GIANT = E

9. ROSY + RIDDLE = D

10. CLEAN + AGILE = A

 

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Wedding/funeral vendor

2. Sideways

3. Words to an opera

4. Succeed in understanding something, discern

5. L is a Roman one

6. Control

7. Huge

8. Puzzling, mysterious

9. Not organized, unruly

10. Loyalty

 

Answers:

 

1. FLORIST

2. LATERAL

3. LIBRETTO

4. DECIPHER

5. NUMERAL 

6. REGULATE

7. ENORMOUS

8. ENIGMATIC

9. DISORDERLY

10. ALLEGIANCE