SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CXVII

Credit: Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

July, 2019

Each clue below contains two words or phrases. Think of single-word synonyms for each of them, combine them together, then re-arrange the letters to find an anagram that could follow the equal sign. The meaning of the anagram is given below as a hint. The first answer set gives the two words, and the second answer set gives the anagram. 

1. Explosion + Barren

2. Aviator + Good will

3. Beloved + One in the tub

4. Finished + Cheese or theory

5. Oak seed + Period of service

6. Baron or Princess + Residence

7. Get along + Sidewalk material

8. It springs eternal + One cutting a rug

9. Leave, as from a stage + Doing something

10. Land on which a house sits + Like Elizabeth II 

 

HINTS:

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. Sport

2. Aircraft

3. Very worn, as clothes 

4. A nose might be on it

5. Restriction

6. Shadowy profile

7. Ability to do a job properly

8. Supervised, as at a teen dance

9. Drink alcohol to excess

10. Spoken beautifully

First answer set - Words:

 

1. BLAST + BLEAK = 

2. PILOT + CHEER =

3. DEAR + BATHER =

4. DONE + STRING =

5. ACORN + STINT =

6. TITLE + HOUSE = 

7. COPE + CEMENT =

8. HOPE + DANCER = 

9. EXIT + VACATION = 

10. LOT + QUEENLY = 

 

Second answer set - Anagrams:

 

1. BLAST + BLEAK = BASKETBALL

2. PILOT + CHEER = HELICOPTER

3. DEAR + BATHER =THREADBARE

4. DONE + STRING = GRINDSTONE

5. ACORN + STINT = CONSTRAINT

6. TITLE + HOUSE = SILHOUETTE

7. COPE + CEMENT = COMPETENCE

8. HOPE + DANCER = CHAPERONED

9. EXIT + VACATION = INTOXICATE

10. LOT + QUEENLY = ELOQUENTLY