SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCIX

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

June, 2021

 

The two words in each clue below can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. The meanings of the anagrams are given below the clues.

 

1. TEN + SCAN = N

2. FACE + FINE = C

3. COLT + PAIR = T

4. CLUB + PIER = R

5. READ + RUNG = G

6. MORE + ONUS = E

7. LASS + MANE = S

8. MIST + OPEN = N

9. LION + MOTH = M

10. MUSH + RIOT = H

Meanings of the anagrams:

1. New, emerging

2. Kind of stimulant

3. Like weather around the equator

4. Representative government

5. Splendor

6. Huge

7. He may go door to door

8. Unfairly favoring friends or family, as for jobs

9. An obelisk is a type of one

10. Funnyman

Answers:

 

1. NASCENT

2. CAFFEINE

3. TROPICAL

4. REPUBLIC

5. GRANDEUR

6. ENORMOUS

7. SALESMAN

8. NEPOTISM

9. MONOLITH

10. HUMORIST