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The fortnightly test your anagram power #20, 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!

ADEIPRV	VAPIDER (Comp.) VAPID, empty.
AABEGOST	SABOTAGE To destroy maliciously.
AEGHRST	GATHERS (3rd.) GATHER, to bring together into one place or group.
AAGLNORS	GRANOLAS (Pl.) GRANOLA, a type of crunchy breakfast cereal made with mixed grain, oats, dried fruit, nuts, etc, and honey or brown sugar.
ADHILOST	SHITLOAD (Sl.) a lot.
CDEIIRTU	DIURETIC Increasing the flow of urine > DIURETICALLY; (noun) a medicine that increases the flow of urine.
DEERSSU	DURESSE Hardship; constraint; restraint of liberty. Also DURESS.
BDEGLNOU	BLUDGEON A short stick with a heavy striking end; (verb) to strike with a bludgeon.
DEHOPRST	POTSHERD A fragment of pottery. Also POTSHARD, POTSHARE.
AEFMORRS	FOREARMS (3rd.) FOREARM, to arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
AIRTUVX	VITRAUX (Pl.) VITRAIL, stained glass.
EILLMNNO	MONELLIN A protein extracted from a West African red berry.
AAAGNRR	NGARARA (Maori) a lizard found in New Zealand. No -S.
DEENTUVY	DUVETYNE (Fr.) a smooth lustrous velvety fabric. Also DUVETYN, DUVETINE.
AADGMRS	SMARAGD (Arch.) emerald. Also SMARAGDE.
DILMOOSU	MODIOLUS (Lat.) the central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear > MODIOLI or MODIOLUSES.
EEEHPRST	SPREETHE (SW dial.) to chap, roughen. Also SPREATHE, SPREEZE, SPREAZE.
AADHILRV	HAVILDAR (Urdu) the rank of sergeant in the Indian army.
AAELNSSV	ENVASSAL (Obs.) to make a vassal of > ENVASSALS, ENVASSALLING, ENVASSALLED.
BELMNOY	BENOMYL A pesticide and fungicide.

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