Anagrams – Jeff’s Puzzles

Mother and baby elephant, Amboseli National Park, Kenya (photo taken Aug. 2026) Nothing to do with the puzzle; everything to do with an amazing safari I just took – see the last part of this post.

Words: 62 (17×11)

Average Length: 5.03

After I posted “I’ll Have Anagrams on the Side” a few weeks ago, I began wondering how many anagrams of a single word I could reasonably include in a similar puzzle. The answer, it turns out, is five.

In today’s puzzle, the five edge answers in the top half of the puzzle are anagrams of one another. Likewise, the five edge answers in the bottom half of the puzzle are anagrams of one another. The clues for the five edge answers in the top half are presented in random order at 1 Across; likewise, the clues for the five edge answers in the bottom half are presented in random order at 33 Down. Solvers must determine which version of the anagram goes in which answer.

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I just returned from a terrific trip through East Africa. I’m including links below to my blog posts about the trip, which are filled with pictures and hopefully interesting commentary. Please check them out if you’re interested!

Lake Manyara, Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater

Serengeti, Part 1

Serengeti – Masai Mara

Masai Mara, Part 1

Masai Mara, Part 2

East Africa Trip Wrap-up

I’ll Have Anagrams on the Side

Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires (see 19 Across). Photo taken February 2026.

Words: 78

Average Length: 4.79

Word nerd that I am, I love anagrams. So much so, in fact, that I decided that each edge of this puzzle should be populated by three anagrams. The first answer of each triplet has three clues; the solver has to determine which clue applies to which member of the triplet. (I think it’s actually easier to do than to explain, but just in case it’s not, I toned down the difficulty level for the rest of the fill.)

Many thanks to Jeanne Breen (find her wonderful word puzzles on her blog, In Pursuit of Puzzles) for taking a look at an earlier draft and assuring me the concept is not too annoying!

I leave tomorrow for 17 days in Africa: two days in Addis Ababa followed by a two week safari with Odysseys Unlimited through the major nature preserves in Kenya and Tanzania. I’m going to take a break from posting puzzles until I return, but in the meantime, please follow my adventures on my travel blog, www.PuffinlessTravel.com. I promise there will be lots of photos of charismatic megafauna!

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