Anagram the clue words to find the best match to one of the numbered clues below. A question mark after a clue denotes word play or trickery is afoot. After all of the numbered clues are solved the first letters of the anagram solutions, when read from top to bottom will reveal the puzzle's Anagram Advice...



Starting Clue Words: ACERB ADDER AMIGO BOAST CHINE CINEMA CIVET DEFER DIRGE DOWRY ENDOW GREED PESTO PHASE RELIT REMIT SEPAL SHALE SNORE STALE STONE SUING TREAD TROVE WORTH

Remaining Clue Words: DEFER REMIT STONE

Anagram Advice: ?

1. Roots pursuit
= 2. Not hidden
= 3. Crest
= 4. Pitcher's action
= 5. Operating
= 6. Wall recess
= 7. Bar legally
= 8. Verbose
= 9. 40,000 year old man
= 10. Smallest amount
= 11. Liquid measure
= 12. Clog
13. Earn
= 14. Adult insect
= 15. Restraint
= 16. Bounce
= 17. Possessed
= 18. Scandinavian
= 19. Swap
= 20. Stacks
= 21. Gardening tool
= 22. Prop
23. Beginning
= 24. Error
= 25. Apprehension

2. overt (trove)

14. imago (amigo)

18. norse (snore)

4. throw (worth)

6. Niche (chine) - Hi Soot

Bernie

11. litre/relit

12. sabot/boast


Hi Dan.

7 - estop (PESTO)

21 - edger (GREED)

15. lapse (sepal)

22. brace (acerb)

9. Iceman (cinema)

Hi Remi & Bernie

Michele

Everyone is spot on

10. least (stale)

19. trade (tread)

8 - wordy (DOWRY)

24 - lapse (SEPAL)

16. evict/civet

25. dread/adder

20. heaps (shape)

Hello everyone ... y'all are spot on

5. using (suing)

3. ridge (dirge)

17. owned (endow)

Good morning OldBroad, Michele and manXman
All good ... well done

23. onset (stone)

Right on manXman ... you are on a run

1. freed (defer)