SYNONYM/ANAGRAM LXXVII

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

April 1, 2019 

The two words in each clue below can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. A hint to the meaning of the anagram is given below the clues. 

1. TREE + CABLE = C

2. TRACT + WAFER = W

3. EVENT + NOBLE = B

4. ARMED + READY = D

5. CRASS + PERKY = S

6. BINGO + ELATE = N

7. COMIC + TREAD = D

8. AMUSE + BLARE + M

9. ANTIC + THESE = A

10. DREAM + NEED = M

HINTS:

1. Make merry

2. Canoe, speed boat, etc.

3. Well-meaning, kindly

4. One whose thought are elsewhere

5. The Empire State Building is the gold standard

6. Open to discussion or modification

7. Politics

8. Having a definite length, for example

9. It induces insensitivity to pain

10. Wandered, as a river

 

Answers:

 

1. CELEBRATE

2. WATERCRAFT

3. BENEVOLENT

4. DAYDREAMER

5. SKYSCRAPER

6. NEGOTIABLE

7. DEMOCRATIC

8. MEASURABLE

9. ANESTHETIC

10. MEANDERED