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The fortnightly test your anagram power #28, 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!

EFIINSU	UNIFIES (3rd.) UNIFY, to make into a coherent whole.
EEHILMOR	HOMELIER (Comp.) HOMELY, unattractive.
ABENRRU	URBANER (Comp.) URBANE, having the qualities or characteristics associated with town or city life.
ADEELMS	MEASLED (Pt.) MEASLE, to catch or infect with measles.
EIIOPRRS	PRIORIES (Pl.) PRIORY, a monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
AEILMSUV	MISVALUE To value wrongly.
AEHLOSS	ASSHOLE An unpleasant and/or stupid person.
BEILNSY	BYLINES (3rd.) BYLINE, to write under a byline.
ACLMSTU	TALCUMS (Pl.) TALCUM, talc.
AALRSTTW	STALWART Staunch (noun) a sturdy, persistent person
ADERSSUY	DASYURES (Pl.) DASYURE, a flesh-eating Australian marsupial mammal.
AAACINP	ACAPNIA Deficiency of carbon dioxide.
AEIIMPSY	EPIMYSIA (Pl.) EPIMYSIUM, a fibrous sheet enclosing a muscle.
AEHLNPTY	ENTHALPY The heat content of a substance per unit mass.
BEGIIOSS	SIGISBEO (Ital.) a professed gallant of a married woman.
AAMNNOY	ANONYMA (Obs.) a showy woman of easy morals.
AABHNSW	BHAWANS (Pl.) BHAWAN, in India, a large house or building.
ABEKMSU	SAMBUKE (Lat.) an ancient triangular stringed instrument.
AAAHIMNS	SHAMIANA (Hindi) in India, a large tent, awning or canopy.
EEEEGGRR	GREEGREE An African talisman or spell.

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