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1Carrotlady
Jan 15, 2010, 8:30 am

How's about an anagram game, anagram a well-known, probably main, character out of popular fiction. Not just a random jumble of letters, but create a phrase out of their name, example:

OH CHOKERS SMELL = SHERLOCK HOLMES

I'll start off with

CLEARS A THROAT

2TheoClarke
Jan 15, 2010, 9:27 pm

Horace Larsatt?
Carl Shortate?
Charles Atorat?
Tholasa Carter?

Nope! I am stumped.

3crazy4reading
Jan 16, 2010, 10:57 am

Could we get a hint...

I can't figure it out either...???

4TheoClarke
Jan 16, 2010, 11:16 am

Sarah Ottracle?
Charlotte Sara?

Still reaching ...

5Jenni_Canuck
Jan 16, 2010, 4:30 pm

Scarlett O'Hara ?

6TheoClarke
Jan 16, 2010, 7:30 pm

Doh! Doh! Doh! Still, at least I can now take my vacation with my mind at rest.

7Carrotlady
Jan 18, 2010, 8:16 am

Scarlett indeed, sorry I don't have access to a PC at the weekend sigh..........maybe it would be best to say whether its male or female (or other!) and how many letters in each word?

8Jenni_Canuck
Jan 18, 2010, 9:58 am

2 words, American Lit, published 1911
Fear Hot Men

9AnnieMod
Jan 18, 2010, 10:01 am

Ethan Frome ?

10Jenni_Canuck
Jan 18, 2010, 10:10 am

easy peasy! your turn AnnieMod

11AnnieMod
Jan 18, 2010, 5:28 pm

Male, 2 words, Classical SF

Island Hero

12AnnieMod
Edited: Jan 22, 2010, 8:08 am

Come on, someone?

13crazy4reading
Jan 22, 2010, 7:53 am

I suck at anagrams

14Carrotlady
Jan 22, 2010, 8:32 am

I started this thread, I thought I was good at anagrams as I do a lot of cryptic crosswords, but I can't do this one...will give it some serious thought now, it's Friday afternoon and I can't be bothered with work!

15crazy4reading
Jan 22, 2010, 8:46 am

I have trouble with cryptic puzzles. I am actually off today to recuperate from a minor procedure/surgery but I can't think of anything.

16AnnieMod
Jan 22, 2010, 8:51 am

Do you want me to tell you the author name?

17crazy4reading
Jan 22, 2010, 9:10 am

I don't want that. I will try to work on it and see if I can come up with anything...

18AnnieMod
Jan 22, 2010, 9:30 am

Okey - Good luck :)

19katelisim
Jan 25, 2010, 4:31 pm

All I can get is another phrase. . .

Danish Lore

I am soooo not good at these :P

20Jenni_Canuck
Jan 25, 2010, 4:35 pm

I'm ready for a hint

21AnnieMod
Jan 25, 2010, 4:41 pm

OK: Male, Classical Science Fiction. He invented a new science and in a way a series of novels were based on this science and what came out of it.

22crazy4reading
Jan 25, 2010, 5:09 pm

Okay the only name I come up with is

Hansel Dior

23AnnieMod
Jan 25, 2010, 5:13 pm

Nope. :) One of the two names is quite common... but spelled a bit strangely.

24bnielsen
Jan 25, 2010, 5:33 pm

Hari Seldon from Asimov's Foundation series. He invents psychohistory.
Alas, I can't come up with a new anagram. Someone help, please.

25AnnieMod
Jan 25, 2010, 5:38 pm

Yep, it's him.

26bnielsen
Jan 25, 2010, 5:51 pm

Thanks to a hint from Annie, I'm able to continue :-)

Repay Attacks

27weirdjenn
Jan 26, 2010, 9:30 pm

A hint please?

28bnielsen
Jan 27, 2010, 7:36 am

Hint: Main character in bestselling series.

29Carrotlady
Jan 28, 2010, 8:49 am

is it male or female?

30bnielsen
Jan 29, 2010, 1:59 am

She is female.

31Carrotlady
Jan 29, 2010, 5:28 am

Kay Scarpetta?

32Carrotlady
Jan 29, 2010, 5:32 am

As after today, I won't be back until Monday, I'm going to take it that Kay Scarpetta is right and post a new one

IT WORST EVIL

male character (also name of book in which he is leading character)

33bnielsen
Jan 29, 2010, 7:00 am

#31 and #32: Yes, Kay Scarpetta is right.

34barefeet4
Jan 29, 2010, 11:46 pm

Oliver Twist

35barefeet4
Jan 31, 2010, 12:33 pm

Okay, I haven't heard anything but I'm gonna post the one I came up with anyway.
male, 2 words, classic novel

Draw the Score Red

36Carrotlady
Feb 1, 2010, 10:59 am

Sorry barefeet4, I don't have access to a PC at weekends, it's so tedious that I can only get in here while I'm at work, but Oliver Twist it was

37Jenni_Canuck
Feb 2, 2010, 11:29 am

Edward Rochester

38barefeet4
Feb 3, 2010, 4:13 am

yep

39Jenni_Canuck
Feb 3, 2010, 12:57 pm

Galahad Smiled
male, crime fiction

40Jenni_Canuck
Feb 4, 2010, 3:11 pm

Hint: protagonist of 14 mystery novels.

41AnnieMod
Feb 4, 2010, 3:16 pm

Adam Dalgliesh?

42Jenni_Canuck
Feb 4, 2010, 3:18 pm

and the winner is: AnnieMod.
take it away, Annie!

43AnnieMod
Feb 4, 2010, 3:47 pm

Parasite Duel

Male, Classical SF, 2 words

44AnnieMod
Feb 8, 2010, 8:58 am

Someone? (and I almost forgot who I meant...)

45Jenni_Canuck
Feb 8, 2010, 10:30 am

I need a clue!

46AnnieMod
Feb 8, 2010, 10:45 am

One of the main characters in a series that had been expected and planned for centuries and at the same time comes unexpectedly.

47AHS-Wolfy
Feb 8, 2010, 3:02 pm

Paul Atreides from the Dune series?

48AnnieMod
Feb 9, 2010, 3:52 am

That should have been obvious even without the anagram itself after the clue I guess :) All yours.

49AHS-Wolfy
Feb 9, 2010, 6:07 am

We'll try this one:

Next Road Germ

50Carrotlady
Feb 9, 2010, 10:04 am

Is it male or female AHS-Wolfy?

51AHS-Wolfy
Feb 9, 2010, 10:11 am

Male, cop (sort of).

52Carrotlady
Feb 9, 2010, 10:17 am

ah ha, is it Dexter Morgan ?

53AHS-Wolfy
Feb 9, 2010, 10:22 am

Yes, you got it.

54Carrotlady
Feb 9, 2010, 10:55 am

OUR HELICOPTER

a male character from classic detective fiction

55AnnieMod
Feb 9, 2010, 11:05 am

Hercule Poirot ?

56Carrotlady
Feb 9, 2010, 11:34 am

it is indeed AnnieMod

57AnnieMod
Feb 9, 2010, 11:47 am

Why did I posted? Now need to come up with a puzzle. OK - next:

I stomp that

58bnielsen
Feb 9, 2010, 6:49 pm

Thomas Pitt?

59AnnieMod
Feb 10, 2010, 5:24 am

Yep. All yours

60bnielsen
Feb 10, 2010, 5:36 am

Evade Iron Lair

61Carrotlady
Feb 10, 2010, 11:00 am

can we have a wee clue bnielsen? m or f?

62bnielsen
Feb 11, 2010, 1:55 am

f and inspired by one of the previous puzzles.

63christina_reads
Jul 26, 2010, 3:30 pm

Oh no, it looks like this thread has closed down!

Nevertheless, #60 is Ariadne Oliver, right?

64bnielsen
Jul 31, 2010, 12:18 pm

Sure. Your turn.

65christina_reads
Aug 27, 2010, 9:29 pm

MOST WEARY

66rolandperkins
Aug 30, 2010, 6:35 pm

Tom Sawyer ??
(title character)

67christina_reads
Aug 30, 2010, 10:49 pm

Yes! Your turn.

68rolandperkins
Edited: Sep 7, 2010, 7:07 am

IRM RUNS SALE

(Glad to see you could keep this thread going. Iʻm interested in anagrams, but terrible at devising them, so it took me
a little time to put this clue together.
The character is a title character, (and is one who probably didnʻt go to many "SALEs"!).

(I discovered my clue had one letter too many; deleting one S here.}