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The fortnightly test your anagram power #15, By David Sutton

Here is a quiz comprising twenty single-solution alphagrams of seven or eight letters. The first ten are words which a reasonably well-read person has a fair chance of knowing. The second ten are words likely to be known only to specialists or, of course, to good Scrabble players! Most of the words fall in the mid-probability range.

Hover over the relevant black box to reveal the answer. Good luck!

ADEEEINT	DETAINEE One who is detained.
ADINORTU	DURATION The portion of time during which anything exists.
ACEENNT	CANTEEN A small container for carrying water.
ACDEGINU	GUIDANCE Advice.
DEEILSST	TIDELESS Having no tide.
DEEIKNRS	DEERSKIN The skin of a deer, esp. as used for garments.
EFPRTUY	PUTREFY To make or become putrid.
DEILMWY	MILDEWY Covered with MILDEW.
ACHMOORT	CHATROOM A virtual room for computer conversation.
ACLMNPU	UNCLAMP To release from a clamp.
AAERSST	SEARATS (Pl.) SEARAT, a pirate.
ABDEEHIR	BRAEHEID (Scots) the summit of a hill or slope.
ACIRSTU	URTICAS (Pl.) URTICA, a plant of the nettle genus.
AADEIPSU	DIAPAUSE (In insects and the embryos of some animals) a period of suspended animation and growth; (verb) to undergo or be in diapause.
AEHIRSV	ASHIVER (Arch.) shivering.
AEILTVY	VILAYET (Turkish) one of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Also EYALET.
ACEHILLT	HELLICAT (Scots) giddy-headed, flighty; (noun) a wicked creature.
ACDHNORW	CHAWDRON (Shakesp.) the entrails of an animal.
ACEMOSSU	COASSUME To assume jointly.
ACILMOPS	OILCAMPS (Pl.) OILCAMP, a living area for workers at an oil well.

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