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: AGUES AMONG ASIDE CHARM CLASP LORNE MESON OCHRE QUOTE RILED ROAST ROOST RUNIC SENOR SNAKY SPODE STAGE STEAK STEIN STINT STIPE TOUGH TREAD UNLIT VOILE

Remaining Clue Words: OCHRE RUNIC SNAKY SPODE STINT

Anagram Advice: ?

= 1. Popeye's true love
2. Pretended
= 3. Beret's cousin
= 4. Map feature
= 5. Walk steadily
= 6. Concepts
= 7. Malice
= 8. Exotic fruit
9. Receive
= 10. Move like Lipinski
11. Hues
= 12. Evaluated
= 13. Custom
= 14. Recluse
15. Northerners
16. Task
= 17. Should
= 18. Scandinavian
= 19. Trunk
= 2O. Elroy's dog
= 21. Microsolft founder
= 22. Lazy person
= 23. Harbingers
= 24. Up to now
= 25. Skull cap?

14. Loner/Lorne

10. skate (steak)

1. Olive/voile

4. inset/stein

Hi Dan.

6 - ideas (ASIDE)

12 - rated (TREAD)

18. Norse (senor)

20. Astro (roast)

21. Gates (stage) - Hi Soot

Bernie

23. omens (meson)

Hey Ho and Good Morning Remi, Bernie, Flotsam, OldBroad, manXman, OrleansBelle, Michele and Mad

Y'all have great solutions

Have a great Saturday

7. spite (stipe)

22. Idler (riled)

Bernie

24. until (unlit) Hi Soot.

3. toque (quote)

8. mango/among

17. ought/tough

19. torso/roost

Morning Dan.

13 - usage (AGUES)

25 - scalp (CLASP)

5. march (charm)

Good morning Remi and manXman

Everyone is spot on!!

2. posed (spode)

11. Tints (stint)

Bernie

9. incur (runic)

16 chore (ochre)

15 - yanks (SNAKY)

Optimism is truly contagious

Well done everyone

Most excellent finish