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The fortnightly test your anagram power #34, 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!

ACEEIRSW	WISEACRE Someone who unduly assumes air of superior wisdom.
AEELNRSS	REALNESS The state of being real.
AABDENTU	UNABATED Not abated.
ACILNOSU	UNSOCIAL Not social.
DDEINST	DISTEND To swell.
AGLNORSU	LANGUORS (Pl.) LANGUOR, listlessness, weariness.
ABCEILNN	BINNACLE A case in which a ship's compass is kept.
AEGRSTTY	STRATEGY A plan for obtaining a specific goal.
ACISTTU	CATSUIT A type of one-piece trouser suit.
DDEINNRU	UNRIDDEN Not ridden.
AIORRTWY	RYOTWARI (Hindi) a system of peasantry in India.
ADISTTY	DITTAYS (Pl.) DITTAY, an indictment, a charge.
EFHIORSS	ROSEFISH A large marine food fish, aka bergylt.
EEEMNSS	NEMESES (Pl.) NEMESIS, retributive justice.
ADGINSWY	GWYNIADS (Pl.) GWYNIAD, a fish of N. Wales.
AEEGNPP	GENAPPE A smooth worsted yarn used with silk in fringes etc.
AEFPRSST	PRESSFAT A vat for collecting wine or oil from the press.
AEFLLNRY	FERNALLY+ A vascular flowerless plant, a pteridophyte, other than a fern.
AABGMNY	MANGABY (Malagasy) an Equatorial African monkey with a long tail and muzzle.
AABMSST	TSAMBAS (Pl.) TSAMBA, a Tibetan barley dish.

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