CRYPTO CLUES CVI

 

GAMES Magazine

December, 1983

Mike Shenk

 

Answer these cryptic crossword clues using definitions and wordplay.

 

1. Choose a mining tool

2. Tell stories of rare, tan nuts

3. Mysterious part of sugar cane

4. New York players stalk around

5. A tramp is rummaging for meat

6. Take pleasure in careless dueling

7. Yellow-belly cringed at the sound

8. Shows in drug dealers, except for the leader

 

HINTS:

1. Two meanings

2. Anagram

3. Hidden word

4. Reversal

5. Anagram

6. Anagram

7. Homophone

8. Beheadment

 

Answers:

 

1. PICK

2. NARRATE (rare + tan)

3. ARCANE

4. METS (stem = stalk)

5. PASTRAMI  (a + tramp + is)

6. INDULGE (dueling)

7. COWARD (cowered)

8. USHERS (pushers)