Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.
Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.
There are some less common anagrams such as:
RASCAL = SACRAL
ALTARS = TARSAL
ALTARS = RATALS
ALTARS = TALARS
BADGER = GARBED
BARKED = DEBARK
MARBLE = BLAMER
MARBLE = AMBLER
MARBLE = LAMBER
UNABLE = UNBALE
TABLET = BATTEL
So you can have an extra half point if you found one of these! There are some even rarer anagrams, but I don't think I'll allow those!
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Puzzle 20
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central S and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
G
N
L
K
R
T
E
E
I
E
O
X
A
E
K
R
N
I
H
M
N
E
A
Y
S
E
A
P
R
E
P
P
A
W
O
N
E
A
G
U
E
O
R
N
E
S
A
D
E
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
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