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...

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Starting Clue Words:
ARTIST BATTLE CITRUS DANGER DENIED DOCILE DRAMAS DWAYNE ELAPSE FILTER FRINGE GADGET LASHES LEGATE LOADER PADRES PATRON POTION SARONG SILENT SLEUTH STRIPE THELMA UNIONS UNITED

Remaining Clue Words:
ARTIST DENIED DOCILE DWAYNE FRINGE LASHES LEGATE LOADER PADRES POTION SILENT SLEUTH STRIPE UNITED

Anagram Advice: ?

= 1. Delight
2. Choice
3. Liveliness
= 4. Labeled
= 5. Rural
6. Sleepiness
7. Certainly
8. Showed mercy to
= 9. Game fish
10. Pester
11. Young bird
= 12. Cotton fabric
= 13. Accord
14. Narrow waterway
15. Coves
16. Wound into rings
= 17. Church instruments
18. Touch
= 19. Pad
20. Hurry
21. Trial
22. Unfastened
= 23. Plot
= 24. Village
= 25. Trivial

19. tablet/battle

25. trifle/filter

Hi Dan.

12. madras (dramas)

24. hamlet (thelma)

4 - tagged (GADGET)

17 - organs (SARONG)

1. Please/Elapse ??

Hi Remi ... you and the gang are all spot on

13. unison (unions)

5. rustic (citrus) hi soot

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

23. garden (danger)

Good morning manXman ... you and the gang are all on target!

2 - option (POTION)

7 - indeed (DENIED)

6. yawned/dwayne

18. finger/fringe

Good morning Dan.

22. untied (united) good morning soot

16. coiled (docile)

8. Spared (padres) - Hi Soot

Bernie