CRYPTO CLUES CXLVI 

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

October, 2024

Bob Stigger (1-8)

Jeffrey Wechsler (9)

Mike Shenk (10)

 

1. Piglets are nourished by these plants (heteronym)

 

2. Actors in a drama class (homophone)

 

3. Somewhat inadvertently, a master of Art Deco design (hidden word)

 

4. Boring poet from the East (reversal)

 

5. Jaws returned and did what sharks do (reversal)

 

6. Unexpected difficulty with tin and silver (abbreviations)

 

7. Jackasses from NYC districts (homophone) 

 

8. Help from a Verdi opera (drop a letter) 

 

9. Vegetable peeler as a weapon (hidden word)

 

10. Great white tidier with an advanced degree (abbreviated word + word)

 

Answers:

 

1. SOWS (sows - female pigs/sows [seeds] = plants)

2. CAST (caste = class))

2. ERTE (inadvERTEntly)

4. DRAB (from the east - right to left)

5. SWAM (maws)

6. SNAG (Sn - tin / Ag - silver)

7. BURROS (boroughs)

8. AID (Aida) 

9. EPEE (vegetablE PEEler)

10. MANEATER (MA NEATER)