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The fortnightly test your anagram power #1, 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!

AELMOPSU	AMPOULES (Pl.) AMPOULE, a small sealed glass container for a hypodermic dose.
EEGNRSUY	GUERNSEY A close-fitting knitted woollen jersey.
EEKNOTY	KEYNOTE The fundamental note or tonic; any central principle or controlling thought;(verb) to give the keynote, to set the central theme of a meeting in an opening address.
CDEEIPRU	PEDICURE The treatment of corns, bunions etc; (verb) to apply foot-treatment to.
ABEEOSTX	TEABOXES (Pl.) TEABOX, a box for tea.
ABDERRSU	ABSURDER (Comp.) ABSURD, irrational.
IOPSTTU	UTOPIST One who believes in the establishment of a UTOPIA. Also UTOPIAST, UTOPIAN.
BEHINNOS	SHINBONE The tibia.
CEIOPRRU	CROUPIER (Fr.) an attendant who collects and pays bets.
ABEPRTY	TYPEBAR A bar on a typewriter, with a letter on the end.
EEHNNSTU	UNNETHES (Arch.) with difficulty, hardly. Also UNETH, UNEATH, UNEATHES.
AABHIRST	TABASHIR (Port.) a siliceous substance sometimes found in crude form in hollows of bamboos, used in Eastern medicine. Also TABASHEER.
AACIPRST	ASPARTIC As in aspartic acid, an amino acid found in young sugar-cane, etc, and formed by the hydrolysis of ASPARAGINE.
AEHIMTUY	EUTHYMIA A pleasant state of mind.
EEGGILOR	LEGGIERO (Ital.) light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.
AAEHLOPT	APHOLATE A chemical used to control houseflies.
AEEHLRV	HAVEREL (Scots) a foolish person.
ADMMOST	MADTOMS (Pl.) MADTOM, a species of catfish.
AEINPPRY	PAPYRINE Like PAPYRUS, a parchment made from reeds. Also PAPYRIAN.
DEHNSSY	YSHENDS (3rd.) YSHEND, to scold.

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