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:
BASTE BEARS BLAME BORES CANOE CIVET CLASP CLEAN DRAYS EAGER GLEAN LEAPT LEASE NORTH PICOT REINS RESET ROMAN SETUP SHARE SNAKY STEIN SURGE TORTE YEAST

Remaining Clue Words:
BASTE BEARS BLAME BORES CANOE CIVET CLASP CLEAN DRAYS EAGER GLEAN LEAPT LEASE NORTH PICOT REINS RESET ROMAN SETUP SHARE SNAKY STEIN SURGE TORTE YEAST

Anagram Advice: ?

1. Some skirts have these
2. Former road racer
3. Stroll slowly
4. Vigorous pull
5. Tonto didn't collect these
6. Aquatic mammal
7. To the point
8. Listens
9. ___ iron
10. Sharp plant structure
11. Irish poet
12. ___ nerve
13. Motivates
14. Large dwelling
15. Concur
16. In back of houses
17. Beauty had one?
18. Three legged device
19. Cavalry sword
20. Force out
21. Sticky stuff
22. Picture in a picture
23. Southern ___, e.g.
24. Underdog won
25. Straightforward?

9. angle/glean

15. agree/eager

Hi Dan.

3. amble (blame) good morning soot

6 - otter (TORTE)

8 - hears (SHARE)

11. Yeats (yeast)

5. scalp (clasp)

16. Yards (drays) - Hi Soot

Bernie