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The fortnightly test your anagram power #27, 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!

DEENORS	ENDORSE To write, esp one's signature, on the back of.
AEEINSTV	NAIVETES (Pl.) NAIVETE, naivety.
AEGINSU	GUINEAS (Pl.) GUINEA, in pre-decimal money, twenty-one shillings.
EEHINNRS	ENSHRINE To enclose (as) in a shrine.
BEIRTTU	TRIBUTE Something given to show respect, gratitude, or admiration.
EIKMNOST	TOKENISM E.g. employing one coloured person to give an impression that precepts of racial equality are being observed.
EIILRSX	ELIXIRS (Pl.) ELIXIR, a medicinal beverage.
EIJNPRU	JUNIPER An evergreen coniferous shrub whose berries are used in making gin.
INNNOOR	NONIRON Not needing to be ironed.
CEOOSTUV	COVETOUS Very desirous; eager to obtain.
AIMNOPZ	ZAMPONI (Pl.) ZAMPONE, a stuffed pigs' trotter sausage.
ABDEEFMR	BEDFRAME The frame of a bed.
BDEEGHIS	BESIGHED (Pt.) BESIGH, to sigh at.
BEEILMPR	PERIBLEM The layer of primary meristem from which the cortex is formed, covering the plerome.
DEEFGIUW	GUDEWIFE (Scots) goodwife.
CEEHINPU	EUPHENIC Relating to the physical improvement of human beings by modifying their development after birth.
AACHNOSU	HUANACOS (Pl.) HUANACO, a S. American mammal, allied to the llama.
AACLORUV	VACUOLAR Relating to a vacuole, a cellular cavity.
CEHILMOU	HUMICOLE Any plant that thrives on humus.
CEHIOPSU	COPIHUES (Pl.) COPIHUE, a climbing vine.

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