INFERRED ANAGRAMS VIII

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, given the clue.

 

As one grows older, hopefully he becomes wise.

 

The two related anagrams would be  AGES (grows older) and SAGE (wise).

 

1. Every person has a pain in his heart at some time in his life.

 

2. That Asian beast of burden appears to be a blend of red and yellow.

 

3. She worked with a delicately colored powdered crayon - a basic need for an artist.

4. Paddling a small, narrow boat on the open sea could be very dangerous.

5. Instead of always being one against things, why not suggest ideas of your own?

 

6. He wore a patch on his shirt as an open sign that he was one who had cast a ballot.

 

7. Water polo players use the joint between the fore and upper arm to gain position under water.

8. We are hopeful a specialist in a southern California city will be able to determine what the problem is.

Answers:

 

1. EACH - ACHE

2. ONAGER - ORANGE

3. PASTEL - STAPLE

4. CANOE - OCEAN

5. OPPOSER - PROPOSE

6. OVERT - VOTER

7. ELBOW - BELOW

8. SAN DIEGO - DIAGNOSE