RONALD ORANGER + GO = ...OREGON + GRAND + HORLA – H = GORLO + GERR + MADONNA – M = GALA + GONDON + TERROR – T = GORDON + RANGER + LOAD – D = GONORAR + DELO + RANG (grand is Russian for "grandee;" Le Horla is a story by Maupassant; gorlo is Russian for "throat;" gerr is German Herr in Russian spelling; gondon is Russian vulgar word for "condom;" Gordon is a character in Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago;" gonorar is Russian for "fee," "royalties;" delo is Russian for "business;" rang is Russian for "class," "rank"). There are other possibilities. Whether they are not a trap prapared by VN for a future anagramatist, is another question.
 
A. Sklyarenok
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