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: TRANCE ASHORE PATRON LINKED BATTLE UNSEAT UMPIRE DEARER FONDLE PINEAL AMBLED BAWLER CHASTE THREAD TOBAGO MAPLES SISTER SERIAL MODELS BLUEST INROAD LATHER SPINET GAMINE REGION

Remaining Clue Words: ASHORE BAWLER INROAD LATHER

Anagram Advice: ?

1. Grating
= 2. Shoe part
= 3. Rarely
= 4. National capital
= 5. "Persuasion" author
= 6. Brought up
= 7. Excite
= 8. Overlook
= 9. Taste
10. Quaver
11. Decree
= 12. Fight back
= 13. Scented bag
= 14. Wrap
= 15. Pad
= 16. Animosity
= 17. Mountainous
= 18. Bee's quest
19. Harness
= 20. Ancient kingdom
= 21. Hard to perceive
= 22. Wild uproar
= 23. Tainted
= 24. Game fish
= 25. Perplexing person

4. Bogota (tobago)

24. Tarpon (PATRON) <`}}}}}><

6. Reared/Dearer

12. resist/sister

15. tablet/battle

Hi Dan.

3. Seldom (models) - Hi Soot

Bernie

9 - sample (MAPLES)

13 - sachet (CHASTE)

20. Israel (serial)

5. Austen (unseat) hi soot

22. bedlam (ambled)

17. alpine (pineal)

Hi manXman, Bernie and Remi You and the gang are all spot on

21. subtle (bluest)

23. impure (umpire)

7 - kindle (LINKED)

18 - nectar (TRANCE)

8. ignore/region

14. enfold/fondle

25. enigma (gamine)

2. instep (spinet)

16. hatred (thread)

3 x 3 = 9 most excellent solutions

1. hoarse/ashore

10 - warble (BAWLER)

11 - ordain (INROAD)

19. halter/lather

His bark is worse than his bite.

Most excellent finish you all!