Friday, November 23, 2018

BE A BETTER ANAGRAMMER IX

The clues below can be answered by two words which are almost anagrams. That is, they differ by only a single letter - even though they may look very different from each other.  For example, given the clues DAIRY FOOD - EVIL PLAN, the answer words would be CHEESE - SCHEME - whose letters are the same except for one of the E's in CHEESE and the M in SCHEME.

1. Fabric - Wealthy, powerful person in business
2. Find - Medium-sized wild cat
3. Kind of nut - Deliberately avoid
4. Too close-fitting - Octet
5. Grasshopper - The "black arts" - to some
6. Certain muscle - Part of something
7. Go back on a promise - Power
8. Unmarried - Plan
9. Wait - Singing marked by a falsetto voice
10. Possessive adjective - Merriment

Answers:

1. COTTON - TYCOON
2. LOCATE - OCELOT
3. CASHEW - ESCHEW
4. TIGHT - EIGHT
5. LOCUST - OCCULT
6. BICEP - PIECE
7. RENEGE - ENERGY
8. SINGLE - DESIGN
9. DELAY - YODEL
10. THEIR - MIRTH

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