Saturday, 9 August 2014

word - I was inspired to create another anagram puzzle


Another anagram puzzle! Just like my previous anagram puzzle, this one has $20$ lines. Some are easy, some are hard, but some can also be a little funny. Once again, credit to @QuantumTwinkie's anagram puzzles, as they have served a heavy inspiration. Make sure to check them out, too!





  1. His campfire stories do not _____ us anymore, so now nobody _____ about them either.




  2. The word, "_________", is an anagram of end, but the word you seek is not "den" or "ned".





  3. "That ______ always ______ himself on his web design, but I've never seen him catch a fly!" shouted the bird.




  4. She would be a good _________ __ only she could be bothered reading the ___________ on everyone's resumés.




  5. "Just because a book has a _____ cover, doesn't mean its _____ is about nature," said the librarian. "Read the title!"





  6. The telescope did not see as far as the others, thus he was ______ to see the ______ in outer space.




  7. There is a type of ______ matter referred to as "dark matter" that nobody really knows much about, which is probably why it is hardly mentioned in space ______, no matter how many issues there are.




  8. The tiny jumping spider _____ from the _____ of the flower, landing on one of the man's shoes, before sadly crawling up his pants...




  9. Tarzan is strong, swinging on the _____ of trees with _____ protruding from his big arms.





  10. "This week, many kids have been wanting toy _______, so we have to _______ the store," said the manager.




  11. "Don't do it!" David shouted. "You might get ______ by lightning! Just wait for the ______ to arrive, and then one of 'em can take you home."




  12. How many times is he going to _____ about his giant _____? They do not interest me. I like trains!





  13. "My favourite newspaper is the ___ ____ _____." I said. But my grandpa replied, "Nah, they are terrible. _______ _____ for them!" We laughed together, and I laughed even harder when he pulled out a banana.




  14. She expected the ____ from the restaurant to taste really good. When the manager read her review, it said, "The food was awful and the restaurant was ____."




  15. Sometimes, these anagram puzzles make me ____k too much, so I often ask for a ____.





  16. I love to perform on stage, so I suppose I am quite a ________al person. But don't give me coffee — I am ________ than usual whenever I drink it, until people tell me to shut up.




  17. I remember a _____ from a song that went something along the lines of, "only living to _____". I think it was in the musical, Beauty and the Beast, but I am not quite sure...




  18. She got the picture of the firetruck, but the _______ was not __ _____. "Damn, he was a hottie," she muttered.




  19. _________! Welcome to the Electronic Gourmet Guide. Enter the password to begi———hahaha this site has been hacked!!!!!!! You must ______ "___" as the password for granted access!!!





  20. The manicure took forever! She was so slow at painting my _____, it was as if a _____ was painting them instead!







Edit:


Had to change one of the words in line 16 because according to Microsoft Word, it is not a word... :\ (along with other grammatical fix-ups)


@ShahriarMahmudSajid found a solution to 19, that is not the original. Thus, there are two solutions to that.




Answer



Starting from where Gareth McCaughan left off


1



SCARE/CARES



2



IDENTICAL/ ITALIC END




3



SPIDER / PRIDES



4



NOMINATOR IF/ INFORMATION



5




GREEN/GENRE



6



UNABLE / NEBULA



7



COSMIC/COMICS




8



LEAPT / PETAL



9



VINES/VEINS



10




ROCKETS / RESTOCK



11



STRUCK / TRUCKS



12



BOAST/BOATS




13



NEW YORK TIMES/MONKEYS WRITE



14



MEAL/LAME



15




THIN(k) / HINT



16



THEATRIC(al)/ CHATTIER



17



VERSE/SERVE




18



FIREMAN/IN FRAME



19



GREETINGS/ ENTER GIGS



20




NAILS / SNAIL



$2$ and $16$ solved by jafe


$7$ and $13$ by sedrick


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