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The fortnightly test your anagram power #13, 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!

AALNSTU	SULTANA A small, pale, seedless raisin.
ABELNOY	BALONEY Deceptive talk, nonsense; also, Bologna sausage. Also BOLONEY.
ACDEISTT	DICTATES (3rd.) DICTATE, to read aloud for recording.
ADEILRRY	DREARILY (Adv.) DREARY, sad, gloomy.
ADIMNNOT	DOMINANT Controlling > DOMINANTLY; (noun) a controlling genetic character > DOMINANTS.
ACELOPT	POLECAT A dark-brown European carnivorous mammal of the weasel family.
EEPRSTW	PEWTERS (Pl.) PEWTER, an alloy of tin, antimony, and copper.
EEFILSTY	EYELIFTS (Pl.) EYELIFT, cosmetic surgery for eyes.
ACEEHNN	ENHANCE To raise to a higher degree.
AEEMNNP	PENNAME A name adopted by a writer.
AEFLOSSU	FOSSULAE (Pl.) FOSSULA, a small depression or groove.
AEHNOPSW	WANHOPES (Pl.) WANHOPE, despair.
GIOPRRU	PRURIGO (Lat.) a chronic skin condition characterized by itching and the presence of small pale pimples > PRURIGOS.
BEEGMOU	EMBOGUE Of a river, to discharge.
AAAMRTU	TAMARAU (Tagalog) a small wild buffalo of the Philippines. Also TAMARAO, TIMARAU.
AAABEGL	GALABEA (Arabic) an Arab cloak with a hood and wide sleeves. Also GALABIYAH, GALLABEA, GALLABEAH, GALLABIA, GALLABIAH, GALLABIEH, GALLABIYA, GALLABIYEH, GALLABIYAH, GALABEAH, GALABIA, GALABIAH, DJELLABA, DJELLABAH, JELLABA, JELAB.
EGLORSSU	ROSESLUG A larval sawfly that eats rose-leaves.
BDENNOUY	YBOUNDEN (Obs.) bound. Also YBOUND.
AFGLNNOO	GONFALON A banner, often with tails or streamers, hung from a crossbar. Also GONFANON.
EHLNNOPU	UNHOLPEN (Arch.) not helped.