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: ADEPT ARIES CANOE CARET CHARM DEPOT FATES LAYER LEASE LUAUS MINED OGLED RATED ROUTE SERVE SLATE SNAKY SNARE SOLID SOUTH STILE THINS TONAL TORSO VOILE

Anagram Advice: ?

= 1. April's predecessor
= 2. Sea
= 3. Tough fabric
= 4. Artist's stand
= 5. Yell
= 6. Claw
= 7. Jerks
= 8. Religious statues
= 9. Not fresh
= 10. Stair part
= 11. Clues
= 12. Premature
= 13. Wooden box
= 14. Chose
= 15. Cabin
= 16. Exterior
= 17. Plant anchors
= 18. Popeye's Oyl
= 19. Banquet
= 20. Poetry
= 21. Small landmass
= 22. Lift up
= 23. Recorded
= 24. Normal
= 25. Makes money

10. tread (rated)

Have a good weekend all!

18 Olive (voile)

You too oldbroad

5. shout (south)

3. denim (mined)

2. Ocean (canoe)

23. Taped (adept) - Hi Soot, have a great weekend

Bernie

1 - March (CHARM)

4 - easel (LEASE)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

Yes indeed OldBroad Bernie Flotsam and OrleansBelle ... Have a great weekend one and all

Everyone is spot on

16. outer/route

25. earns/snare

Hi Dan.

11. hints (thins)

12. early (layer)

6. talon (tonal)

8. idols (solid)

9 - stale (SLATE)

13 - crate (CARET)

7. yanks (snaky)

Good morning Remi

You manXman OrleansBelle Michele OldBroad and Marian are all spot on

20. verse/sever

21. islet/stile

24. usual/luaus

Stay safe Dan.

22. Arise (aries)

Bernie

17. roots (torso)

19. feast (fates)

Thanks Remi ... you too!

OldBroad, Bernie & Remi

17. roots (torso)

24. Usual (luaus)

Bernie

14. opted (depot)

15 - lodge (OGLED)

22 - raise (ARIES)

Modesty is the color of virtue.

Nice finish everyone