Word games

11th November 2005, 12:00am

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Word games

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RICH AND FAMOUS

1 All the following are anagrams of actorsactresses - take the initial letters of their first names and mix them up to find another actor: ORIENTBORDER; TOSHANDMUFFIN; PRESLEYTERM; LIBRARYLUM; CRANKANIMAL; AEOLIANJINGLE; ENSEMOLINA; BALLROOMNODO; DOMINICANKLE; CHARGERIDER; SCALIECONGA; RIVALBOOTIES

2 Find the correct synonym for the first word - then add or subtract the given letters to find anagrams of some more actorsactresses: Pullover - R + M (3, 4); Flags - T + E (4, 4); Moan - M + A (2, 6); Blunders + K (3, 6); Buyer + I (3, 6) ; Ends + V (5, 6) 3 Film 4: Which film had the same word repeated four times in its title?

Mark Nyman (Answers next week).

pound;20 book token for the first correct answers to be opened on Tuesday.

Send to wordgames@tes.co.uk

or Wordgames, TES, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX.

Answers to last week’s

1 Stevie Wonder, Kylie Minogue, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Al Stewart, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones, Smokey Robinson, Herbie Hancock.

Initial letters S,K,R,D,A,E,E,N,T,S,H give The Darkness.

2 A(b)andon + M = Madonna Lo(w)ered + U = Lou Reed Su(n)bathe + K = Kate Bush Plau(s)ibly + L = Billy Paul Nutrient + A + R = Tina Turner Emotional(l)y + S = Alison Moyet

3 Bananarama Winner: Shirley Moulds of Widnes, Cheshire

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