Today we have a guest puzzle, supplied by Frank Paul, Author of “The Cryptic Pub Quiz” and Quiz Master at The Mill in Cambridge.
Rephrase each of the following as a three-word sentence in which all three words are anagrams of one another (for example, “rudest duster rusted”):
- Reptile in attendance expresses remorse (Present serpent repents)
- Nimblest members of the clergy don’t give up (Spriest priests persist)
- Ducks severely criticize an inventor (Teals slate Tesla)
- Keeps more unpleasant parts of eyeballs (Retains nastier retinas)
- An operatic heroine adds toppings to Mexican food (Tosca coats tacos)
- Bemoan cloak of the mind (Lament mental mantle)
- Laid waste to most resistant strands of fibre (Trashed hardest threads)
- Business which sells goods at a lowered price initiates instances of prices being lowered (Discounter introduces reductions)
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