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Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).

1) The jail keeper counseled the prisoners not to stray beyond the barricade.

2) Due to the warning, Mary had to change her plans to arrive at a future time.

3) The crippled man had eggs and toast for his breakfast.

4) Paul was not excited about making large bundles of black rope.


Solution:

warden = jail keeper
warned = counseled
wander = stray

alert = warning
alter = change
later = at a future time

lame = crippled
male = man
meal = breakfast

 

blase = not excited
bales = large bundles
sable = black

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