Revenge of Anagram Squares!!!

[mathgrant]

Anagram Squares are a puzzle I invented a long time ago. The goal is to unscramble the words in each row and read down the bold diagonal to find a word related to the theme. So if the theme is colors, a puzzle might be:

code:

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1 ?.. TRA      1 RAT


2 .?. AET  --> 2 TEA


3 ..? DCO      3 COD

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The catch? Most words anagram into more than one possibility. Row 1 could have also been ART or TAR. Similarly, 2 could have been EAT or ETA. Only the given solution, however, spells out RED, a color.

This time around the theme is a mystery. You'll discover what:

• A random person
  
• A Pokemon
  
• Make wider or larger
  
• Prior
  
• Interest or benefit

have in common besides all being six letters long. (Oh, those clues are in random order. Tee hee.)

code:

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A.


 


1 ?..    BTA


2 .?..   ENET


3  .?..  HATC


4  ..?.  ASEM


5   ..?. EMLA


6    ..? AOF


 


B.


 


1 ?....  EDMAR


2  ?..   WNO


3  .?.   EYR


4   .?.  EFO


5   ..?  ABN


6  ....? AGERT


 


C.


 


1 ?...   AEMC


2  ?.... LOBWE


3  .?... WSSIH


4 ...?.  EUTRB


5 ....?  WTROH


6   ...? CLOO


 


D.


 


1 ?..    RBU


2 .?..   ATER   


3  .?..  OFRA


4  ..?.  SPHO


5   ..?. ARET


6    ..? ETE


 


E.


 


1 ?..... EDWORN


2 .?...  LSPIL


3   ?... EFLI


4 ...?   EBAT


5  ...?. LAPET


6 .....? HCYSET

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Sometimes life gives you a deck without any aces. Deal with it.

[This message has been edited by mathgrant (edited 02-20-2002 08:52 PM).]

[quercitron]

A geometric sequence?
Oh, and I think your fourth anagram square has a slight flaw...fifth word, there seems to be an 'r' missing.

q

[This message has been edited by quercitron (edited 02-20-2002 09:35 PM).]

[mathgrant]

Fixed. It might be a good idea to invisible that first line for other people. Also, I was expecting to post the individual anagram square solutions too. You don't have to post them, q, but the next poster should. Invisible of course.

[ralphmerridew]

Okay, I think I've got them all:

code:

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Bat...


tEen..


.cHat.


.seAm.


..maLe


...oaF  (BEHALF)








Armed.


.Now..


.rYe..


..fOe.


..baN.


.gratE  (ANYONE)








Mace..


.Elbow


.sWish


bruTe.


throW.


..locO  (MEWTWO)








Bur...


tEar..


.aFro.


.shOp.


..taRe


...teE  (BEFORE)








Downer


pIlls.


..Life


betA..


.plaTe


scythE  (DILATE)








and HALF, ONE, TWO, FORE, ATE form the geometric sequence.

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[This message has been edited by ralphmerridew (edited 02-23-2002 03:22 PM).]

[mathgrant]

You got it.

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Sometimes life gives you a deck without any aces. Deal with it.