INFERRED ANAGRAMS II

Joseph Appel 

One interesting aspect of an anagram pair is how the two words relate to each other in context. By inference, can you extract two context-related anagrams from the clues below? For example, consider the clue,

Don't bad mouth the doctor who heals you.

 

The two related anagrams would be CURSE (bad mouth) and CURES (heals).

 

1. She won a small crown for her skill with a lasso.

2. You can't show your children how to be honest if you are dishonest.

3. If you come in contact with that plant, you could get poison ivy.

4. That singing group sounds like the blood of the gods.

5. I have a deep fear of that snake.

6. If you don't have one citrus fruit, use another.

7. He was a faithful employee to the company that made brass buttons

8. Just put up your hand; you don't need to stand up.

9. The false accusations of his opponent were all over the Internet.

10. The first thing I'm going to do when I bring this group together - is loosen up my shoe laces.

Answers:

 

1. TIARA - RIATA

2. TEACH - CHEAT

3. BRUSH - SHRUB

4. CHOIR - ICHOR

5. DREAD - ADDER

6. LEMON - MELON

7. LOYAL - ALLOY

8. RAISE - ARISE

9. RIVAL - VIRAL

10. UNITE - UNTIE