CRYPTO CLUES CCXI

GAMES Magazine

September, 1982

Gary Disch (1-8)

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

April, 2025 (9-11)

 

1. Send timer back

 

2. Stay in Berlin, Germany

 

3. Broke into dried nut mixture

 

4. Composer has unusual drive

 

5. Ointment: Use with cap removed

 

6. Country tableware

 

7. Suffering dealt to Greek character

 

8. Torn lease

 

9. Quits or agrees to a new contract

 

10. Piece of land the race ruined

 

11. Note: Rap mix is given to change 

 

HINTS:

1. Reversal

2. Hidden word

3. Anagram

4. Anagram

5. Beheadment

6. Homophone

7. Anagram

8. Homograph (two meanings)

9. Heteronym (two pronunciations of same word)

10. Anagram

11. Anagram

 

Answers:

 

1. REMIT

2. LINGER (berLIN GERmany)

3. INTRUDED (dried nut)

4. VERDI (drive)

5. UNCTION (function = use)   

6. CHINA (China/china)

7. DELTA (dealt) [character = letter of alphabet]

8. RENT

9. RESIGNS (Z OR S sound of first S) 

10. HECTARE (the race)

11. PROTEAN (Note: Rap)