{"id":386,"date":"2023-09-21T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T23:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2024-10-20T16:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:24:41","slug":"anagrams-scrambled-muck-a-mucks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=386","title":{"rendered":"Anagrams: Scrambled                       Muck-A-Mucks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each one of the following 45 sentences has the last name of a president hidden within it. The number of letters in the answer is indicated in parentheses after the sentence. The name can be found by rearranging the letters of <b>adjacent<\/b> words. Some words are tricky: numbers that may be represented by Roman numerals or words that may sound like letters (for example, &#8220;envy&#8221; or &#8220;bees&#8221;). Negative words may subtract a word or words from other words. The meaning of the sentence is a clue &#8212; sometimes rather obscure &#8212; to the name.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples (not about presidents):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voices rant on. (12)\n<p>Ans.: Conversation.<br \/>Explanation: Just rearrange the 12 letters of the sentence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>My aim: from 2 class to classless society. (9)\n<p>Ans.: Socialist.<br \/>Explanation: The number 2 can be changed to Roman numerals, and then &#8220;ii class to&#8221; contains nine consecutive letters that rearrange into &#8220;socialist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Americans without names are they. (3)\n<p>Ans.: CIA.<br \/>Explanation: Take the letters in the word &#8220;Americans&#8221; and subtract (since the word &#8220;without&#8221; indicates that letters should be removed) &#8220;names r&#8221; (&#8220;names are&#8221;) which leaves &#8220;ica,&#8221; which rearranges into the organization of U.S. secret agents, &#8220;CIA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, so, without further ado, here are the anagrams:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<li>Why not a fatty for president? (4)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form> <select name=\"selector\"> <option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Taft<\/option><option>FATTY minus Y<\/option><\/select> <\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bullshit may end, but not till he&#8217;s out of office. (4)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Bush (Jr.; George W.)<\/option><option>BULLSHIT minus TILL<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>OK, plot Mexican War. Not to worry. (4)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Polk<\/option><option>OK PLOT minus TO<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Will you bash Noriega? Without a doubt. (4)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Bush (Sr.; George H. W.)<\/option><option>U BASH minus A<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is he Dr. of chicle mastication and perambulation? (4)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Ford<\/option><option>DR OF<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>His first name&#8217;s stranger than fiction, without any trash. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Grant<\/option><option>STRANGER THAN minus NE TRASH<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He said &#8220;To me, Dad&#8217;s an example without end.&#8221; (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form> <select name=\"selector\"> <option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Adams (John Quincy)<\/option><option>ME DADS AN minus END<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>It seems he spends lots of time in bed. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Biden<\/option><option>IN BED<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He was in on ten scandals at least. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Nixon<\/option><option>IN ON X<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Seditious aliens made him mad as hell. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Adams (John)<\/option><option>MAD AS<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unimportant man, without nation behind him (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Trump<\/option><option>UNIMPORTANT minus NATION<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>A mob, a tea-party, is out to get him. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Obama <\/option><option>A MOB A<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ah yes, he &#8220;edged out&#8221; Tilden. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Hayes<\/option><option>AH YES<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not in bad taste to note he became president inertly. (5)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Tyler<\/option><option>INERTLY minus IN<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He said &#8220;No more Europeans here!&#8221; (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Monroe<\/option><option>NO MORE<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not slow in getting into WWI. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Wilson<\/option><option>SLOW IN<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Did a tantrum follow his victory over Dewey? Not at all. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Truman<\/option><option>A TANTRUM minus AT<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He gained Gadsden precisely, without sly moves. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Pierce<\/option><option>PRECISELY minus SLY<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some hero! Five o&#8217; him couldn&#8217;t stop depression. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Hoover<\/option><option>HERO V O<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>No need for tracer to find his smile. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Carter<\/option><option>TRACER<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>We are hurt a lot by his succession to the presidency. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Arthur<\/option><option>R HURT A<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>His troops are to lay claim to Mexico. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Taylor<\/option><option>R TO LAY<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>To anger a liberal delighted him. (6)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Reagan<\/option><option>ANGER A<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He tried to add Canada to U.S. domains. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Madison<\/option><option>DOMAINS<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Did he rig hand at Teapot Dome? (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Harding<\/option><option>RIG HAND<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>No way ya can deny ya knew Judith Exner. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Kennedy<\/option><option>DENY YA KNEW minus WAY<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>None josh about his impeachment without ease. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Johnson (Andrew)<\/option><option>NONE JOSH minus E<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s very conditional, changing his mind without ado, I am told. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Clinton<\/option><option>CONDITIONAL minus ADO I<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Buried in Ill., no N.C. fan he.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Lincoln<\/option><option>ILL NO NC<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>See no Jas. K. Polk in White House &#8217;til 15 years later. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Jackson<\/option><option>C NO JAS K<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Oh, no! N.J.&#8217;s not site of his ranch. (7)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Johnson (Lyndon B.)<\/option><option>OH NO NJS<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He could play film-role of Know-Nothing. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Fillmore<\/option><option>FILM ROLE<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Why men lick Philippine wounds. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>McKinley<\/option><option>Y MEN LICK<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>No, sir! Rah rah inaugural did him in. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Harrison (William H.)<\/option><option>NO SIR RAH<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Greed and envy are nub of Marty&#8217;s problems? (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Van Buren<\/option><option>NV ARE NUB<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You&#8217;ll come to grief, lad,&#8221; his father might have said. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Garfield<\/option><option>GRIEF LAD<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Is it true you do ogle?&#8221; &#8220;I see,&#8221; was his pithy reply. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Coolidge<\/option><option>DO OGLE I C<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>No ads for him said &#8220;A husband can do it.&#8221; (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Buchanan<\/option><option>A HUSBAND CAN minus ADS<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Neither his grandfather&#8217;s record nor his are a credit. (8)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Harrison (Benjamin)<\/option><option>NOR HIS R A<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>To serve ol&#8217; Rough Riders was his urge. (9)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Roosevelt (Theodore)<\/option><option>TO SERVE OL<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You need call five guests to his White House wedding. (9)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Cleveland<\/option><option>NEED CALL V<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jr. seen off in his La. territory? (9)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Jefferson<\/option><option>JR SEEN OFF<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sole overt founder of New Deal. (9)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Roosevelt (Franklin D.)<\/option><option>SOLE OVERT<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>He saw night on the Delaware. (10)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Washington<\/option><option>SAW NIGHT ON<\/option><\/select><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hole one is where you&#8217;ll find him. (10)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form><select name=\"selector\"><option selected=\"selected\">Click here for the Answer: <\/option><option>Eisenhower<\/option><option>ONE IS WHERE<\/option><\/select><\/form> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\">Home<\/a>    <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=164\">Articles<\/a>    <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=167\">Puzzles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each one of the following 45 sentences has the last name of a president hidden within it. The number of letters in the answer is indicated in parentheses after the sentence. The name can be found by rearranging the letters of adjacent words. 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