CRYPTO CLUES CLXXVII

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

May, 2025

Fred Piscop 

 

1. African plain is a rocky, green site 

 

2. Parasite that can run away in conversation 

 

3. No beauty to speak of wins coveted prize

 

4. Narcissist cracked " Come again?"

 

5. Fateful day in Latin, that is unending

 

6. Predatory cats embracing three-toed sloths in trysts.

 

7. Introvert's buried treasure

 

8. One who's watchful for tainted sugar

 

9. Hares transitioned into birds

 

10. Kitties turn up at terminal 

 

HINTS:

1. Anagram

2. Homophone 

3. Homophone

4. Anagram

5. Curtailment

6. Container

7. Hidden word

8. Anagram

9. Anagram

10. Homograph/Anagram 

 

Answers:

  

1. SERENGETI  (green site)

2. FLEA ( flee)

3. NOBEL (no belle)

4. EGOMANIAC (come again)

5. IDES (id est) [Latin for "that is"] 

6. LIAISONS (LI AIS ONS) [ai = 3-toed sloth]

7. TROVE (inTROVErt)

8. ARGUS  (100-eyed giant of Greek mythology)

9. RHEAS

10. STOP (pots [kitties - as in poker])