CRYPTO CLUES CXXVII

GAMES Magazine

August, 1984

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-6)

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2024

Bob Stigger (7-10)

1. Meal amid pure pasta (hidden word)

2. Sounds like whaler is one moaning (homophone)

3. The sad, confused ends

4. Dad's wise selection from a text (charade - two words)

5. Murder in place with frying pan (container)

6. Mythological god of love is angry (reversal)

 

7. Servant cleaned up pubs

8. Broad ranges of flying carpets

9. The most circumspect character in trashy establishment (hidden word)

10. Partial impasse doesn't upset Texas town (hidden word - reversal)

HINTS:

#3, 7, 8 are anagrams.  

Answers:

 

1. REPAST

2. WAILER

3. DEATHS (The sad)

4. PASSAGE (Pa's sage)

5. SKILLET ( S KILL ET)

6. SORE

7. TAVERNS (servant)

8. SPECTRA (carpets)

9. SHYEST (trashy establishment) 

10. ODESSA (impasse doesn't)