CRYPTO CLUES CLXXXIII

GAMES Magazine

April, 1998

Jane Wykes (1-2)

Charles Adkins (3-5)  

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

April, 2022 (6-11)

 

1. Sacred opinion

2. What's left over doesn't contain a souvenir

3. Expensive brew

4. A month in Capri loafing

5. English city in first place, I'm told  

6. Attractive leader of college hurting

7. Adventurous bird  

8. Monster therefore returned

9. Foolishly estrange a soldier

10. Almost cultivating dried grape

11. First of turkeys flying is feeling some pain 

 

HINTS:

1. Hidden word

2. Drop a letter

3. Homograph

4. Hidden word

5. Homophone

6. Letter plus word

7. Homograph

8. Reversal 

9. Curtailment

10. Letter plus word

 

Answers:

 

1. CREDO (saCRED Opinion)

2. REMINDER (REMAINDER less "A") REMINDER = souvenir and doesn't contain "a").

3. STEEP

4. APRIL (cAPRI Loafiing)

5. LEEDS (leads)

6. CHARMING (C + HARMING)

7. LARK

8. OGRE (reversed ERGO)

9. RAISIN (raising)

10. TWINGING (T + WINGING)