Anagram Advice

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: ADORE ALOFT ALVIN AMENT ATOLL BLEAT CAROL CHINE DEPOT EDUCE EGRET ELLIS GIRTH NODAL NOISE OILER REVEL ROOST ROUTE SHANE SHIRE STALE STRUT UNBAR WREST


Remaining Clue Words: ALOFT BLEAT GIRTH NODAL OILER SHANE STALE

Anagram Advice: ?

= 1. Metal block
= 2. Marine organism
= 3. Cotton thread
= 4. Selected
5. Election duo?
= 6. Red stain
= 7. Number two
= 8. French Impressionist
= 9. Weird
= 10. Municipal
11. Stall
12. Medieval merchants
= 13. Welcome
= 14. Apportion
= 15. Upper body
= 16. Engages
= 17. Young eel
18. Accurate
= 19. Litter
= 20. Alcove
21. Detective Charlie Chan
22. Propose
23. Bay window
= 24. Mountain nymph
= 25. Reliance

3. lisle (ellis)

25. trust (strut)

14. allot/atoll

15. torso/roost

Hi Dan.

1. Anvil (Alvin) - Hi Soot, have a great weekend

Bernie

8. Manet (ament)

Hi Remi and Bernie ... wishing you both a wonderful weekend too!

You Michele OldBroad and and manXman are spot on

4 - opted (DEPOT)

17 - elver (REVEL)

13. greet (egret)

20 Niche (chine)

16. hires (shire)

19. strew (wrest)

24. oread (adore)

6. eosin (noise)

7. deuce (educe)

10. urban (unbar)

2 - coral (CAROL)

9 - outre (ROUTE)

5. slate (stale)
12. hanse (shane)
21. Oland (nodal)

Hey Ho OrleansBelle, OldBroad, Michele, manXman and Flotsam

Everyone is spot on

Hi Soot, looks like I was too quick with the last three

18. right/girth

23. oriel/oiler

22. Table (bleat)

Bernie

11. float (aloft)

I think the answers for 22 and 11 are switched and should be:

11. table (bleat)

22. float (aloft)


A closed mouth gathers no foot.

yes you were manXman

Nice finish everyone