Anagrams of: RESIGNERS

• a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica

• the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

• a coming into being

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

• a person who is almost identical to another

• a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

• (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

• (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

• the act of entering

• a person who sings

• United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

• United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)

• a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• give up or retire from a position

• part with a possession or right

• accept as inevitable