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Big Top Carnival

Tug of War

by Asher Walkover
Answer: GEORGE ELIOT

In this game of tug-of-war, the "sides" are a related pair of words, one of which has a positive connotation, the other a negative. The words have been disguised, though, by having one letter added to each, and anagramming the result. Picking the correct word will advance you to the next pair; the wrong word will ruin your progress. The extra letters that were added to the positive word in each pair will spell an answer phrase - THE CLOWNS MARCH ON BUT WHO WROTE MIDDLEMARCH, and the answer is GEORGE ELIOT.

GODOTDAUB GOOD + TBAD + U T
PESTOHOG STOP + EGO + H H
ROPEONCE PRO + ECON + E E
GLANCEMODERN ANGEL + CDEMON + R C
JOLTSUNFOLD LOST + JFOUND + L L
TICKERROTATE TRICK + ETREAT + O O
SHIMSWITH MISS + HHIT + W W
PHONEPARADISE HOPE + NDESPAIR + A N
WRAPESCAPE WAR + PPEACE + S S
MOTHCLOUD HOT + MCOLD + U M
EASYSON YES + ANO + S A
RODIDEA DO + RDIE + A R
OVERSEERCRAWFORD REVERSE + OFORWARD + C C
DRYSTONETEACHER DESTROY + NCREATE + H H
ROMEOISLES MORE + OLESS + I O
SANESTBIDET ASSET + NDEBT + I N
WOUNDPUB DOWN + UUP + B B
FRUITSTESLA FIRST + ULAST + E U
TOWNVENEER NOW + TNEVER + E T
DINARWHINES RAIN + DSHINE + W W
OINKSWHIMS SINK + OSWIM + H H
GRASSHEROICS RAGS + SRICHES + O O
VOWELWHEAT LOVE + WHATE + W W
RIFLETHREAD LIFE + RDEATH + R R
FLAMESOUTER FALSE + MTRUE + O O
TWINSLOPE WIN + TLOSE + P T
FOREREFINED FOE + RFRIEND + E E
MUSINGSLUMP MINUS + GPLUS + M M
EROSIONRENTAL SOONER + ILATER + N I
STEWEDEUROS SWEET + DSOUR + E D
FASTEDFIREMAN FEAST + DFAMINE + R D
FLOURFLAIR FOUL + RFAIR + L L
PHILEBUSHIPSTER PUBLISH + EPERISH + T E
MISERFELLA RISE + MFALL + E M
FACETEDVORACITY DEFEAT + CVICTORY + A A
BOULDERTHRONING DOUBLE + RNOTHING + R R
FATEFORCE AFT + EFORE + C C
MYTHUNGANICHE NAUGHTY + MNICE + H H