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Merry's Book of Puzzles

Chapter 35: ANAGRAMS.
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A three-part compilation of riddles, charades, rebuses, pictorial puzzles and conundrums presented for children and young readers. Arranged as short challenges and illustrated teasers, the pieces mix wordplay, logic problems, simple arithmetic puzzles and playful questions that invite group play or solitary amusement. Brief introductions and occasional light commentary frame the items, which range from single-line riddles to multi-step brainteasers, all intended to entertain while sharpening observation, verbal wit and reasoning skills.

ANAGRAMS.

Fill the blanks with the words in italics, transposed.

345. Pray, Simon, that I may be cured of ——.

346. A certain —— used green soap.

347. Cleon paints not in ——.

348. Dire loss is often sustained by ——.

349. —— can stand carbon pretty well.

350. Prejudice runs even through ——.

351. Transpose a taker into a keeper.

352. Curtail a coin and leave a bird.

353. Entire, I am a mixture; transposed, I am false; behead me, I am a tree; replace my head, curtail and reverse me, I am a nickname; take out my third letter and reverse me, I am part of the body; replace the third letter, behead and transpose, I am a verb.

354. Why is a very large man always sober?

355. Transpose an army into what they use.

356. What flowers are always under a person’s nose?

357. Entire I am a dog; behead and transpose, and I am used in almost every house.

358. A planet and a plant.

359. Two girls’ names.

360. A certain man’s instrument of torture.

361. If you pull a rabbit’s ears, what will he say?

362. How does it appear that rabbit’s ears are just long enough.

363. Why is a rabbit like a tailor?

364. Why is a rabbit not required to take the temperance pledge?