CRYPTO CLUES CXCV

1. Rabbit fur, say 

2. Bully jumping at nut 

3. Boot turned over to us  

4. Corners his men on the rocks

5. Rampant lie rocked legislature 

6. Descartes is somewhat frenetic 

7. Worthless sounding mineral deposit 

8. Spit a seed out and get out of the way 

9. Index trading carries an additional charge 

10. That manna cooked in a Big Apple section 

11. Auditors feel for rounded-off balance sheet items

12. New Mexico town's food lacking a bit of character

HINTS:

1. Homophone

2-5: Anagrams

6: Hidden word

7. Homophone

8. Anagram

9. Hidden word

10. Anagram

11. Homophone

12. Drop interior letter 

 

Answers:

 

1. HARE (hair)

2. TAUNT (at nut)

3. OUST (to us)

4. HEMS IN (his men)

5. PARLIAMENT (rampant lie)

6. RENE (fRENEtic)

7. VEIN (vain)

8. STEP ASIDE (spit a seed)

9. EXTRA (indEX TRAding)  

10. MANHATTAN (that manna)

11. CENTS (sense)

12. TAOS (tacos) [c = bit of character]