CISRA Puzzle Competition - Solutions
B.4 White Elephant
Each sign of the zodiac appears as an anagram in the puzzle text, but each of the anagrams is off by one or two letters. (Ten have an additional letter, one has two additional letters, and one has a letter missing.)
| scorpion | = | Scorpio | + | N |
| bailor | = | Libra | + | O |
| roving | = | Virgo | + | N |
| aquariums | = | Aquarius | + | M |
| guitarists | = | Sagittarius | - | A |
| role | = | Leo | + | R |
| Kaiser | = | Aries | + | K |
| reciprocant | = | Capricorn | + | E T |
| Imagine | = | Gemini | + | A |
| arbutus | = | Taurus | + | B |
| splices | = | Pisces | + | L |
| creance | = | Cancer | + | E |
The letters spell out the answer, NONMARKETABLE. (Which, of course, describes a white elephant.)