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be entered in the corresponding row or column of the grid; the other two are anagrams of two other answers that are
defined elsewhere and that go elsewhere in the grid. For example, the first word in Row 1 is DESIRED; it’s defined as
COVETED in the clues for Row 1, and is an anagram of RESIDED, listed among the four words at Column 5. Each
word will be used exactly once (as either a synonym or an anagram), so you may want to cross off words as you use
them. Separating the synonyms from the anagrams and determining the order of the answers in each row or column
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1 COVETED LINKING NOUGHTS RUBBER
2 EMIGRES RENTS SOAPING SOARED
3 COLD INGESTS MISPRINT STARE
4 AIRMEN ALIENATOR CHERISHES PERMIT
5 ANTIDOTES INSTEAD SERENE THESPIANS
6 ANNOYING HUSTLES ROOTS TRAIN
7 ROOTERS SCEPTER SMOKIER UNSUITED
8 FIREARM PASTRIES SEALS UNSOILED
COLUMNS
1 ASSUMER CITED HINDERS STREAKS
2 ADHERES PAINT POSTED TRUNK
3 ADMIRE EARTHLING INCLINED RETIME
4 ABIDE INCISES MISBELIEF TEASED
5 MATURER RESIDED SAUNTERS TRADE
6 NOTION REUNITE STRIATES TRIMMED
7 CONTAINS DECREE DENTING REASON
8 ASPIRANTS GUMSHOES PERSIST REIGNS
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