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The fortnightly test your anagram power #29, By David Sutton

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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!

AIILMRS	SIMILAR Being like but not completely identical to.
AILMNOY	ALIMONY An allowance paid to a woman by her divorced husband.
AGIILNTT	LITIGANT A person engaged in a lawsuit.
CEEIJORS	REJOICES (3rd.) REJOICE, to feel joyful.
CEHLORST	CHORTLES (3rd.) CHORTLE, to chuckle with glee.
AAAFINST	FANTASIA A musical or other composition not governed by the ordinary rules of form.
BDENSSU	SUNBEDS (Pl.) SUNBED, a unit consisting of a couch with sunlamps for obtaining an artificial suntan.
BGILMOU	GUMBOIL A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
AACEHSTT	ATTACHES (3rd.) ATTACH, to connect as an associated part.
ANOPRRSS	SPORRANS (Pl.) SPORRAN, an ornamental pouch worn in front of kilt.
CNNOPSY	PYCNONS (Pl.) PYCNON, a term in ancient Greek music.
BEKNORSY	SKYBORNE Airborne.
BCDIMORS	SCOMBRID A fish of the Scombridae, the mackerel genus.
BEILOSSY	BIOLYSES (Pl.) BIOLYSIS, the destruction of life.
AIKLOSUV	SOUVLAKI (Mod. Gr.) a Greek dish of lamb, similar to a shish kebab.
BBELORU	BOERBUL (S. Afr.) a crossbred mastiff used esp as a watchdog.
AAAEHLMT	HAEMATAL Pertaining to the blood.
ADHOOPST	HOPTOADS (Pl.) HOPTOAD, a kind of toad.
EGLMNOOY	MENOLOGY A calendar, especially one commemorating specific people.
AEMMRTUY	MAUMETRY The religion of Mohammed; idolatry.

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