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Out of the Box 59: Material Relationships

We have a colorful language that includes idioms and phrases that make sense only in a narrow context.  While these aren't quite oxymorons; there is a strange sounding relationship between the object and its material modifier.  Consider the clue and then unscramble the anagram.  Have fun. Clue                              Anagram                                  Answer Skeet                           EGO PLIANCY:                    Clay Pigeon Kaw-Liga                    ADD ONION WINE:            Heavy on the gas        TEA OF OLD:                                    SCUBA ancestor        LONG I RUN:                        Error free fielder         OLD GG LOVE:                    Picnic ware                 A RANCH PIPE:                   More picnic ware        STRAW LEVIS REPLICA:  Drink enabler              PIG'S CLASS SLATE:           Wood smoother           DRAPE SPAN:                      Political boundary      AN IRONIC RUT:      Foll