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Are You Ready to Try Some Anagram Clues?

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Practice makes perfect!
Try your hand at anagram-style riddles by attempting to solve the sample clues below.

Making it a bit easier for you...

Do you see how in the clues below, some of the words are underlined and others are bolded?

The trickiest part of a cryptic crossword clue is figuring out which portion of the clue is the definition and which portion is the riddle. In order to make it easier for you to tackle these clues, I have underlined the definition portion of the clue.

I have also bolded the portion of the clue that tips you off that it's an anagram.
The rest of the clue is the part that is to be rearranged!

Sample Anagram Clues


        1.       Modern Siam had a lint storm (8)


        2.       Grin at bizarre cheese topping (6)


        3.       Spring blossom opened, lit up (5)                    


        4.       Christmas shrub brewed in its teapot (10)   


        5.       Cold coal is a mess (7)


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