Please post only one or two answers per person each day.

Hey everyone, I am dog/cat sitting for daughter and the pack is keeping me busy -- please bear with my delayed responses.

Anagram the clue words to find the best match to one of the numbered clues below. A question mark after a clue denotes word play or trickery is afoot. After all of the numbered clues are solved the first letters of the anagram solutions, when read from top to bottom will reveal the puzzle's Anagram Advice...



Starting Clue Words:
BALEEN BATTLE BELIED BOARDS COHEIR CORSET DEARTH DENTIN DILATE EARTHY EIGHTH FILTER FRINGE HEATHS HIKERS INLETS INSTEP LATTER MADDEN PLEASE RESTED SARONG STRIPE TRAITS TRANCE

Remaining Clue Words:
FILTER FRINGE HEATHS TRAITS

Anagram Advice: ?

= 1. Followed closely
= 2. Cordial
= 3. Armed guard
4. Small amount
= 5. Infant's toy
= 6. Church instruments
= 7. Insist upon
= 8. Mojave for one
= 9. Pass
= 10. Honey source
= 11. Reverend
= 12. Hold in a condensed layer
= 13. Writing pad
= 14. Courageous
= 15. Start a new paragraph
= 16. Upright piano
= 17. Sewing filament
= 18. Distance upward
= 19. Empower
= 20. Scream
21. Creative person
22. Thumb for one
= 23. Fit for consumption
24. Dress type
25. Tree decoration

3. escort (corset)

Hi Michele ... you are spot on

1. Tailed (dilate) - Hi Soot

Bernie

5. rattle (latter)

Hi Bernie ... you and Marian are Good To Go!

7. demand (madden)

6. organs (sarong)

13. tablet/battle

16. spinet/instep

8. Desert/Rested

10. nectar (trance) hi soot

Hi manXman and OldBroad

You, Mad, Remi, OldBroad and Fogfighter are correct
Have a great day!

17 - thread (DEARTH)

23 - edible (BELIED)

Good ones OrleansBelle

2. hearty (earthy)

Aye Michele ... a hearty solution indeed

15. indent (dentin) good morning soot

9. elapse/asleep

18. height/eighth

20. shriek (hikers)

25. tinsel (inlets)

19. enable (baleen)

12 - adsorb (BOARDS)

14 - heroic (COHEIR)

11. priest (stripe) good morning soot

T.G.I.F. Good morning manXman

Good solutions everyone

4. trifle (filter)